Multi-string slurs
larry...@my-deja.com
I've been working on York's Sunburst and thought I'd ask others if
they do anything special like I do when playing those 3 string slurs.
For those who don't have the music you can see what I'm talking about
if you play a half barre on the 2nd fret across the 1,2,3, strings then
pull off to get the 3 string slur.
My teacher showed me years ago how to make it pop really nice and
clear so I wondered if others here do what he and I do. I'll explain
what I do after I hear from others because I'm curious to see who has
dealt with these kind of slurs and what you did to make them sound at a
good volume. Sunburst is a really fun piece to play and even though
it's one of those pieces that many play it's is a blast to play for
people and will make an excellent addition for anybody who does gigs.
The slurs can be noisy in the second section because it's on bass
strings and it's hard not to get a quick metal to metal buzz against
the fret with all those slurs bunched together.
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felt I could get more purchase on the strings. Having read your post and
tried again I can see that you can get a good sound with the barre. Not
sure I can describe it though! Pulling off down and slightly towards the
first fret gets me the best sound.
Steven
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Steven Smith
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>> I've always fingered that chord 1,2,4
>> rather than use the barre, because I
>> felt I could get more purchase on the strings.
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>
>> Having read your post and
>> tried again I can see that you can get a good sound with the barre.
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>
>> Not sure I can describe it though! Pulling off down
>> and slightly towards the
>> first fret gets me the best sound.
>
>explaining it. I actually turn my hand slightly (1st finger pivots and
>little finger turns out) as I pull off and use the tip as it comes off
>to clip each string. If I did this really slow then I could play each
>pull off 1 at a time. I found that I can actually arpeggiate the slur
>but I don't do that when I play it. See if that makes sense to you.
Yeah, I turn my hand slightly too actually, and the i fingerpad really digs
into the strings.
> How do you like the piece?
I busked this piece alot over the summer; must have played it about 100
times! Its an interesting piece - maybe not harmonically but in terms of
making use of the guitar's resources. Looking at it again, its probably got
alot to do with the cross-string melodic writing which gives it a full and
harpy kind of resonance.
>What's the hardest section for you?
Well, jumping to the 10th position chord in bar 10 took abit of working on.
Also near the start of the slurring section when the chords are anticipated
on the fourth beat. I'm sure its psychological rather than technical.
>For me
>it was the end section with all those slurs. I still miss a few notes
>in that last part but I make it clean and at good volume a lot now but
>not enough to play on stage yet.
Yeah, I tended to practice in two ways: slow and heavy, then prestissimo,
also reversing the accents to iron out any weak links. I still find it hard
to get every note popping every time though. But I just blame my strings.
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> There is quite a few tricks to fingering this piece. At the end there
>is another hammer on on the 10th fret from open strings and I wonder
>how you do that one. I use a partial barre there too but it's real
>tricky to get a clean sound that way from the open strings. I don't see
>how you could finger that part with anything other than a partial barre
>because of what comes after that.
But its so quick I don't suppose anyone would notice a less than perfect
sound.
By the way, I first discovered the idea of using guide fingers in this
piece. I used to be all over the place with the pinky slides in the first
bar. Then I realised if I kept my index on the 2nd string the whole hand
moved as a stable unit. Do you do this?>
> Thanks for the response Steven
>
My pleasure
Steven