Thunderstruck

thomasross20

Is that intro picked? Sounds like it. Man, it's got me in a twist!!

Great picking practice

Moe_Zambeek

Hammer ons / pull offs usually.

thomasross20

Definitely? 

I'm going to try and get it down with picking. Sure it wont take too long - honestly such a great exercise if you can do it all picking. Much harder though (to me, anyway)

mike_l

It's alternate picked, despite all the tabs showing legato.

thomasross20

That's what I thought. Sounds that way

thomasross20

Think I've got it down now. Interesting to try upstroke on main beat.
Then downstroke on main beat.
And for both, upslant pick one time, and downslant it next

mike_l

https://youtu.be/V5iTQf5PDyY

Moe_Zambeek

The live version is picked, the original album version is not.

benmurray85

Moe_Zambeek said:

The live version is picked, the original album version is not.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AC41dglnM

If thats the album version its still picked, he's just showing off in the video. you can clearly hear that its picked. Apologies if thats not the album version.

mike_l

benmurray85 said:

Moe_Zambeek said:

The live version is picked, the original album version is not.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AC41dglnM

If thats the album version its still picked, he's just showing off in the video. you can clearly hear that its picked. Apologies if thats not the album version.

It is, the vid shows legato as it the promo vid, not the actual playing.

digitalkettle

I saw a second-hand comment alluding to an Angus interview where, apparently, he says 'it started off as a one-handed thing'...but I just messed around with it in my DAW and it does sound 100% picked on record :-?

I reckon a good compromise is to pick all the fretted notes with a downstroke and pull off to the open string.

Great exercise anyway: I was switching between downstrokes, upstrokes, and alternate picking every four bars

n.b. the River Plate performance is a bit painful

underdog

mike_l;913739" said:

It's alternate picked, despite all the tabs showing legato.

Even the music video shows it as legato but I'm with you it's definitely picked, and fairly easy I found, not a fan of the band but that bit sounded fun.

DLM

Performance on album's picked, Tigger. And the rhythm part that comes in behind it is much harder to nail than the lead. Good ol' Malcom.

hywelg

Moe_Zambeek said:

Hammer ons / pull offs usually.

Original is all picked, every damn note.

meltedbuzzbox

yup another vote for it being picked. Its how I used to play it as well 

thomasross20

Assume you guys do the beat stroke with a downstroke. Do you upward or downward pick slant it?

musteatbrain

Because it's all on the same string. There can't be any benefit of slanting either way can there?

mike_l

thomasross20 said:

Assume you guys do the beat stroke with a downstroke. Do you upward or downward pick slant it?

normal alternate, down on the beat, up on the And.

thomasross20

musteatbrain said:

Because it's all on the same string. There can't be any benefit of slanting either way can there?

Exactly but just wondered..