Quote:
Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Err??? Perscussive sounds are enharmonic, a guitar is a harmonic instrument. Not quite sure what you mean. But if I should be so bold to make an assumption I think you mean "Comping." It might sound like a sounds of a perscussive instrument but in fact there are chordal changes taken place.
|
True, but I think what he means is that string instruments CAN be used in the place of a percussion instrument. Instruments like Banjos have always been favored for this purpose.
Preston Reed and Kaki King are masters of getting percussive sounds out of a guitar, and the slap and pop technique is used by many bassists to get this kind of effect. Les Claypool being the best example.
While they might not qualifiy as truly percussive methods, I'd say they could still be considered percussive
sounds. Though actually, I think the slapping of a string could indeed be considered percussive. The definition of a percussion instrument is anything that could be used to produce a percussive sound by striking it or scraping it, which can be done with a guitar or bass string.