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How do you slap the chords like this


Kentrel

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Jason Mraz does this technique a lot with chord, but I can't get the hang of it. He finger picks the first two strings then slaps the chord. Mine just sounds like chucking. He also seems to be tapping the guitar body with his pinkie at the same time. Can anyone teach me exactly how to make that kind of sound?

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its all about timing - your strumming hand descends and basically slaps the strings to make them reverberate off the top frets at the same time as muting them ... this gives that sort of "click" that you hear. Here's a link that will show you the technique in a Jack Johnson song ... nicely taught it is too :)

 

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/ST-603-TimesLikeThese.php

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