Building The Church tapping solo help

[kirkpetrucci14]

Here's the vid of the intro I said I would make ! I play it slow, then fast. I do mess up some .

http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=582665&t=5267

[knarfzednem]

whoa.that is so much cleaner than i can ever get it.what do you do to mute all the noise?well,that might be just good technique.i better go practice then...

[kpxmikey89]

clap clap clap* well done
u dont seem that old either but good job there

[kirkpetrucci14]

knarfzednem: I use my wrist/palm of my left hand to mute the strings.

kpxmikey89: I'm 16 years old.

[kpxmikey89]

haha im 16 too

[kpxmikey89]

btw what distortion r u using? lotta gain there?

[kirkpetrucci14]

btw what distortion r u using? lotta gain there?

I'm using my PodXT Live. Actually I had the distortion at about 5, so maybe the delay made it seem like there was more or something?

[GrazZ]

ok i've been trying to play it for the past 2 hours and here what i've come up with so far:

first of all you need 0 delay and 0 reverb i think to keep everything from ringing together

second you need to use your pinky and/or ring finger as a string dampener at the same time u are tapping but without sounding the harmonics on the 7th fret i know what your thinking, and yes it damn hard to do and takes a ton of concentration

third....you need a harmonizer hehe

if you can get the right hand position just keep beating it into your head like any other technique, practice makes perfect

[kpxmikey89]

now... can any of u play the building the church solo part 2??
lol.. hard stuf..

[GrazZ]

yeah its certainly not the easiest song in the world hehe

[PureVa|]

haha seein kirkpetrucci play it pumped me to learn it (im 16 also)
3 hours later i got it down thanks for the encouragment

[Knyq]

i learned the intro today. i dont quite have it up to speed yet. its a bit of a tricky pattern, but its cool. i plan to learn the whole song.

[Sliver]

anyone have a tab of the intro?

[PureVa|]

www.powertabs.net

download the program then when youve installed it and everything go find all the Vai songs. building the church is in there.

OR

http://www.jbakerman.com/trans/steve_va ... church.pdf

happy learnin

hey can anyone with a wammy pedal play the backing guitar?
ya know the guitar that comes right after the tapping into?
id like to see how it sounds when someone else plays it...
unfortunately for me i dont have a wammy pedal...

[shredlord]

erm....


correct me if i'm wrong... didn't steve use this tapping technique on "stripper"? you know, in his times with alcatrazz?