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but who is talking about a golpe? www.myspace.com/luisangulocom --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: feedback nylon tapping hedges > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 11:50 AM > Classical guitar has a long tradition of using the > "golpe" technique that > Greg describes ... it really isn't a 20th century > invention. > > Dennis > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:10 PM, greg williams > <gregorwilliams@comcast.net>wrote: > > > I have some Baroque guitar tablature (Sanz, Murcia, > etc.) which contains > > specific symbols for 'golpe', making a > percussive sound on the face or > > bridge of the guitar. It's rare, but it is there, > mid/late 1700s. > > > > ~Greg > > www.myspace.com/gregwilliamsguitarist > > http://www.magnatune.com/artists/greg_williams > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: L.Angulo [mailto:labaloops@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 3:42 PM > > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > Subject: RE: feedback nylon tapping hedges > > > > i really dont know how to describe that style,you guys > know better than i > > do > > about the true inventor,off course we could even go > back to the blues and > > there were guys tapping on the guitar but i mean that > slap harmonics over a > > harmonic node and the use of right hand hammer-ons > with bass notes and the > > left hand for hammer-ons and pull offs, percussive > slapping on the guitar > > body,unusual strummings tunings etc. if he didnt > invent that then it was > > Preston Reed or who you guys are mentioning,but i > guess he was given credit > > for that.In any case because of that style i believe > there were few pickup > > systems at that time like the FRAP(now trance > audio),but i see a lot of of > > cats now that do that sort of style having to get > special custom made > > systems for them,so the market must still be too > small... > > like looping was!! > > > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom > > > > > > --- On Fri, 1/2/09, samba - > <sambacomet@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > From: samba - <sambacomet@hotmail.com> > > > Subject: RE: feedback nylon tapping hedges > > > To: billwalker@baymoon.com, > loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com > > > Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 12:24 PM > > > I don't think Tuck was the > originator,didn't mean to > > > suggest it,just that Hedges, wasn't. He was > great > > > though.He was a fan of my old band,so I was very > slightly > > > acquainted,great guy too. I thought of mentioning > Farlow,but > > > he didn't exactly tap melodic passages or > riffs so much > > > as use it for articulating chords,as far as I can > tell.I > > > never heard him live.I know he had huge hands > could reach > > > insane voicings,and would do stuff like strum a > chord > > > fingered high up the neck,then tap a low > position bass note > > > with the right hand 1st finger while holding the > chord. Or > > > strum a chord with the little finger while > holding a bass > > > note with the 1st .Yeah the great Baden > Powell,and other > > > Brasileiros ,like the Flamencos did all sorts of > percussive > > > tapping. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If > > > we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal > duration but > > > timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those > who live > > > in the > > > present.Ludwig Wittgenstein > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok well, as far as I know Tal Farlow beat > > > everyone to it, at least to the finger tapping > part.and > > > that's not > > > talking about the Brazilian guys like Baden > Powell, who > > > could mimic a samba > > > batteria with percussive slaps and scrapes on his > guitar. > > > This was happening > > > back in the 60's at least. > > > > > > Bill. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: samba - > > > [mailto:sambacomet@hotmail.com] > > > > > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 > > > 9:05 AM > > > > > > To: > > > loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com > > > > > > Subject: OT:feedback nylon tapping > > > hedges > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "... two hand tap acoustic guitarrists,... > since > > > Michael Hedges invented it." > > > > > > Heges was brilliant,inspiring etc. But > definately > > > didn't invent tapping. My friend > > > > > > Paul Prince,(an excellent guitarist,prolly the > first to > > > apply tapping to African guitar styles) > > > > > > told me about sitting with Hedges at the old > Varsity > > > Theater, > > > > > > in Palo Alto ( sort of the clubhouse for Windam > Hill) > > > listening to Tuck Andreas,who was tapping > > > > > > and Hedges saying "that's it" He > got the > > > idea from Tuck. > > > > > > But maybe you meat Hedges picku system,which wa > highly > > > worked out,esp fro his modern harp guitar. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://myspace.com/usrsbin > http://audiozoloft.com > http://usrslashsbin.angrek.com/