| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Slants: Flips or Wrists? | | Date: | Monday, June 25, 2007 12:30:44 (-0400) | | From: | John DeBoalt <johnd1944 @........net>
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| In reply to: | Message 6968 (written by Pete Grant) |
RE slants, IMHO the metnod depends on the speed the chord has to be played.
If you have to get in, and out quickly, I think a wrist motion is the
easiest. If the tune is slow, and you can hang on the chord, the finger
flip method gives more control over the intonation.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Grant" <pete@petegrant.com>
To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:12 AM
Subject: RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Slants: Flips or Wrists?
> With a flip of the fingers, you're moving less mass and putting less wear
> and
> tear on your wrist.
>
> A bullet bar -- I favor the medium size John Pearse bar -- is great for
> forward
> and reverse slants. You can also cover two adjacent strings with the tip
> of the
> bar while using open strings elsewhere. A bullet bar is far superior for
> vibrato, since you want to roll the bar when playing more than one note at
> a
> time. It's OK to wiggle it back and forth for single notes, but, with
> chords,
> you get far too much string noise.
>
> Pete
>
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