Can you do this?

Mar 24, 2007 11:00

OK, this was so amazing, I just had to share it. Scavenged from my friend glitch25's LJ, here's a math problem for you:

One guy, four guitars. Can you do the math on this one? It's beyond my paltry skills. Wow.

He must have a bit of drummer in him, with all that limb coordination.

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alexgaratelli March 26 2007, 09:22:47 UTC
Wow. Just, wow. That's crazy, man!

From what I could see, the dual guitar is obviously guitar/base. He's playing it by hammering the strings like hammers in a piano. Same thing with the twelve string guitar on the floor with his toe. A twelve string guitar is the only thing that I could think of that could generate that sound. Then, the other guitar on the table to stage left is played similarly to the hammer technique, except as he's hammering out so many 16th/32nd notes, he has to use his thumb to hold the fret to strum the string, instead of so much hammering.

This is just what I could see. As far as math is concerned, I don't think I can pull off Boolean Algebra, except maybe in a research paper made of 95% BS.

Still, awesomeness. Good find!

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He's alive! wayfarer_atlas March 26 2007, 19:50:56 UTC
Hey, you're still alive and all that!

Thank glitch25 for the find. On his post, he called it 'Tapping Technique'. A quick Google search unveils much about this topic. Of course, as we both know, googling for something and actually being able to utilize that knowledge are entirely different things. My number of years playing violin leaves me somewhat unprepared for this strange technology known as 'frets'.

Question: If it's a Boolean paper, wouldn't it have to be 0% BS or 100% BS?

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