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How do you notate a guitar slap?
slAp: Strike (“slap”) string with right-hand thumb. pop: Snap (“pop”) string with right-hand index or middle finger. muFFlED strinGs: A percussive sound is produced by laying the fret hand across the string(s) without depressing them and striking them with the pick hand.
What is it called when you slap the guitar?
In this lesson we'll go over what is commonly referred to as the strum slap (… or “slap strum,” “acoustic slap,” “percussive guitar technique,” or “percussive slap” – while googling the interweb, I discovered about 5 different names for this technique, so we'll just keep it simple and call it a “slap” from here on).
