--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 11, 2007, at 11:08 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >> > >> Another Michael Hedges rip-off. > >> > >> On Jan 11, 2007, at 8:27 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> http://tinyurl.com/yfl2ve > >> > > > > That style has been around for centuries. The guitar makes a nice > > percusive instrument. > > > Two hand tapping technique on the guitar, interspersed with body > tapping has been around for a couple of decades, Michael Hedges being > probably the first to use it extensively, esp. using open tunings and > the slapping of strings to produce chords. In the video link given, > the guitarist was playing in the style of Michael Hedges. Steve > Hackett was probably the first guitarist to use it in mainstream > recording with the band Genesis. > > One can see old footage of Segovia doing similar things, with only > one hand. >
And I've seen folk guitarists of all sorts doing it, and its a common flamenco technique as well. As I said, its been around for centuries.
