[pianotech] OT: I know it's not a piano...

[paul bruesch]

With the poor syncing in YouTube it's hard to tell if it's "live" or
"memorex", but it is quite easy to create the effect. I used to do it on my
viola in high school (for fun), and occasionally see it done by St. Paul
Chamber Orchestra performers.  I also usually do it on my son's electric
guitar when he lets me touch it. It's even cooler with the weird distortions
on his amp.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote:

> I'm not a guitarist, but Jose Feliciano used to play some fast passages
> that way.  He would just slap the string against the fret hard enough that
> the string would vibrate.
>
> dp
>
>
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Jon Page
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 9:05 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: I know it's not a piano...
>
> I think he's finger-syncing to a recording.  How can a plucked string
> emanate form merely touching the fret board?
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page
>
>
>
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