satch pick tapping

[BarHook]

i just was interested in knowing how to do that really fast high picking that satch does when he plays surfing with the alien or satch boogie, I tried doing it but im probably doing in wrong, the only way i can do it is to tense my forearm till it shakes lol
thanx

[Dejan Sajinovic]

When I play the tapping pattern from Surfing With Alien, I use pick and tap on as fast as I can. Remeber that changes are important here, nowone can hear if you tap the note 2-3 times less our more, just make sure to make those changes corect and smooth. I find it pretty simple nowdays but I had some trouble to gain the speed before.

[SLY]

Yeah, it's the same like the theory behind 'tremolo picking'. you don't count your pick strokes, you'll get the feel of it naturaly , but you gotta take care of the beat and the changes.

[SLY]

I forgot to say that I use my wrist movement for this.

[u10ajf]

I've found there are two very different ways of pick tapping. You can use the edge of the pick and just hammer it onto the string, if you release it quickly enough before the string looses energy it doesn't matter that there's no lateral movement to power the string in the manner of a real pull off. Alternatively you can use the tip of the plectrum itself and tremolo pick with the plectrum turned at right angles to the string so that the curve of the plectrum forces the string to fret with every up/down stroke. This sideways picking isn't so hard if you stary relaxed; it's a similar kind of grip to the one I use for pinch harmonics actually, but with a slightly greater angle between the pick and the string. This method creates a shorter duration higher note than the traditional way but is freakily fast.