Soundgarden-Rusty Cage Guitar Cover

I own nothing. this is me attempting to play Rusty Cage. fast tempo, time signature change, blisters on my index finger from all the sliding. gotta love Soundgarden.

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[Jacksonrox13]

@Jacksonrox13 *first finger on the EDGE of the first string? Or something like that?

[Jacksonrox13]

@SooaringEagle Mmm, but the hammer-on keeps fucking up. No matter what position I see-saw in, I always end up with the string getting stuck in between the bends of my hammer-on finger, and fucking up the note. You know, like when you do a Bar Chord and the string goes in between the fingers and fucks up the note? That's what I have been trying to do, find a nice position to see-saw or bar in. I was wondering if you could help me with that. Should I have the first string on the

[SooaringEagle]

@Jacksonrox13 you should mute the slide right after you play it and then do the hammer on. i understand what you mean by see-sawing now and that would definitely work in this situation. what i do is slightly release pressure from the bottom note just enough to stop it from ringing out and then i hit the hammer on. hope that helps.

[Jacksonrox13]

@Jacksonrox13 See-sawing is also used in that "West End Riot" song by The Living End. (which is a bitch to play)

[Jacksonrox13]

@SooaringEagle Nah, see-sawing is pretty rare, and it's when you sort of bar two or three notes, except as you pick each note, you "see-saw" the bar off that note and onto the next note, so each note doesn't ring out as if you had barred it.

Which brings me to my final question: when barring, should you let both the slide and hammer-on ring out, or should you mute the slide as soon as you have finished playing it? This is very important to me, as it will change my whole technique.

[SooaringEagle]

@Jacksonrox13 if by see-sawing you mean sliding up AND down then definitely don't do that. I just slide up while barring the 10th fret, and by that I mean i cover the 10th fret on the low B and A strings with my index finger. hope that helps.

[Jacksonrox13]

@Jacksonrox13 *maintain ENOUGH pressure

[Jacksonrox13]

@SooaringEagle The problem is, when I bar like I was doing before, or "see-sawing" off the two strings, the second string gets caught in the parts of my finger that bend, and it just mutes. Oh, and thank you for the tabs btw, but I already have those ones.

So what you're saying is; practise slowly and start BARRING, not see-sawing the slide, and eventually I'll be able to maintain pressure to get the hammer-ons right?

[SooaringEagle]

nevermind i'll send you the tab in a private message cuz youtube doesnt want me to post it here

[SooaringEagle]

@Jacksonrox13 dude I had the same problem when I first started learning it and it took me a while to get the hang of it. I would recommend just starting out reaaaal slow and tapping your foot to the beat. you could also focus on sliding while barring the 10 fret on the two low strings a bunch of times before actually learning the riff. with practice you will be able to get it eventually. this is exactly what im playing: