People from Argentina are freaks. Every person I have ever met from there, are crazy at guitar. It pisses me off ha ha. jk. I thank your country for keeping the true spirit of this beautiful instrument alive
@tracebrem You can play staccato with just hammer-ons and legato by picking every note.;) It´s very hard to play legato if you alternatepick every note but possible,
On acoustic, alternate-picking is the most consistent way to sound ultra-fast while keeping the volume of each note even and clear. On distorted electric, the signal is so hot, the notes ring out loudly no matter what technique is used. The same on the clean channel, but to a MUCH lesser degree. Also, a lot of Rock players, especially younger intermediate ones, use tapping as a "shortcut" to sounding fast. Under those circumstances, I can see what Al means by "shortcut" and "cheating."
Sweeping and Legato are not going to be good in the long run for more intricate kinds of music? Come on Al! I heard when U.K supported him, he was blown away by Allan Holdsworth, who is a fucking legato master! And he must know who Frank Gambale is, the guy who turned sweeping into an art form.
@tracebrem You can play play staccato by using only hammer-ons for sure and I think I have heard Holdsworth and maybe Mclaughlin playing legato and alternatepicking every note so that´s possible too extremely hard though.
Ovation Acoustic , is actually an Acoustic / Electric ,you plug in and get the same tone on all of them ,not like wood construction .Di Meola ...is the master of the Ovation Acoustic Electric
right hand technique is crucial! but c'mon.. haha "hammer-ons is a shortcut"? :) hammer-on is just a technique to get a legato effect.. just as picking is to get a staccato effect.
I guess Al gotta sell what he does best - extremely fast, machine gun-like, alternate picking - so it's fitting for him to 'diss' legato, sweeping, hammer-ons and pull-offs. Although he's got some nice compositions (like 'Mediterranean Sundance'), his soloing vocabulary, articulation, never been my cup of tea, although I recognize it's all being played w/ amazing chops/speed, 'impressive' technique - that's what he's about - I even read on an old Guitar Player interview from the 1980s where he admitted his original goal was to be the fastest guitar player on the planet. But, yeah, if you wanna sound like him on acoustic guitar, you gotta go for straight up alternate picking.
I saw Al in Vegas at the old Calamity Janes
People from Argentina are freaks. Every person I have ever met from there, are crazy at guitar. It pisses me off ha ha. jk. I thank your country for keeping the true spirit of this beautiful instrument alive
@tracebrem
You can play staccato with just hammer-ons and legato by picking every note.;) It´s very hard to play legato if you alternatepick every note but possible,
On acoustic, alternate-picking is the most consistent way to sound ultra-fast while keeping the volume of each note even and clear. On distorted electric, the signal is so hot, the notes ring out loudly no matter what technique is used. The same on the clean channel, but to a MUCH lesser degree. Also, a lot of Rock players, especially younger intermediate ones, use tapping as a "shortcut" to sounding fast. Under those circumstances, I can see what Al means by "shortcut" and "cheating."
Sweeping and Legato are not going to be good in the long run for more intricate kinds of music? Come on Al! I heard when U.K supported him, he was blown away by Allan Holdsworth, who is a fucking legato master! And he must know who Frank Gambale is, the guy who turned sweeping into an art form.
@tracebrem
You can play play staccato by using only hammer-ons for sure and I think I have heard Holdsworth and maybe Mclaughlin playing legato and alternatepicking every note so that´s possible too extremely hard though.
Ovation Acoustic , is actually an Acoustic / Electric ,you plug in and get the same tone on all of them ,not like wood construction .Di Meola ...is the master of the Ovation Acoustic Electric
right hand technique is crucial! but c'mon.. haha "hammer-ons is a shortcut"? :) hammer-on is just a technique to get a legato effect.. just as picking is to get a staccato effect.
I guess Al gotta sell what he does best - extremely fast, machine gun-like, alternate picking - so it's fitting for him to 'diss' legato, sweeping, hammer-ons and pull-offs. Although he's got some nice compositions (like 'Mediterranean Sundance'), his soloing vocabulary, articulation, never been my cup of tea, although I recognize it's all being played w/ amazing chops/speed, 'impressive' technique - that's what he's about - I even read on an old Guitar Player interview from the 1980s where he admitted his original goal was to be the fastest guitar player on the planet. But, yeah, if you wanna sound like him on acoustic guitar, you gotta go for straight up alternate picking.
You have to be kidding.
Great show