fretboard tapping

[Granny33]

can anybody give me some tips on tapping? i know how to do it, but i don't get any sound...is it all about banging the note with my right finger real hard or should my amp be turned way up too?

[dmbguitar718]

can anybody give me some tips on tapping? i know how to do it, but i don't get any sound...is it all about banging the note with my right finger real hard or should my amp be turned way up too?

ive actually been working on this alot lately. my best advice is to keep practicing. keep trying, and you should find a way that works. i used it in my song "one day" (sig) if it helps.

[bngholio14]

Its easier to do with a pick, just tap with the edge of ur pick, instead of using ur finger.

[ShawnRT]

It's wayyyyy easier to pull off with an electric through an overdriven tube amp. Try a les paul type guitar using the neck pickup in the 7-12th fret area on the neck. You have to use the fleshy end of your fingertip to pluck the string a tiny bit as you tap. That and the natural singing overdrive of the amp should get you there. Once you master it on the electric you can move on to trying it out on an acoustic. The same is true for pinch harmonics...a lot easier on an overdriven electric, but once you get it down you can eventually pull them off on anything

[dmbguitar718]

just to reiterate, the tapping in my song is left hand tapping. for right hand tapping, all i can really say is to use your middle finger, and press down hard. its difficult to be accurate at first.

[dmbguitar718]

Its easier to do with a pick, just tap with the edge of ur pick, instead of using ur finger.

not always the case, especially on the acoustic, where most tapping is done with fingerstyle guitar.

[Granny33]

i hear it is easier to use a pick, but also it sounds better with finger. yea i play on an electric and am looking at les pauls and stuff like it. whats left handed tapping? rapid hammer/pulloffs w/ just left hand?

[Bill Efting]

Okay...

This is a relativly simply technique once you figure it out!
Timing is the key here...

Wrap your fretting hand around the neck normally, and use your index and pinky to tap two notes two frets away from eachother, example, on the G string, hold down the 5th fret with your index, and pull off and hammer on the 8th fret with your pinky. Got that? okay, your index finger remains in that spot, unless you move the position of the notes your tapping up and down, but keep the relative position!

Now take your picking hand index finger, I usually slide my pick between my middle and ring fingers during this, and tap the 12th fret of the G string , with the pinky finger going after it, 1. 2. 1. 2. 1. 2. like that

Now, hammer on and pull off with the index on the left hand, 1.2.3.1.2.3.1.2.3 !

Using an overdriven amplifier is a must for the popular tapping sound, but with enough practice you can do it on a guitar, a bass, a banjo (it sounds messed up, trust me), or whatever!

so, 1.2.3.1.2.3.1.2.3.1.2.3 you may recognize the pattern with those frets as something, if you do it, post and let me know, I'd be glad to help with any "virtuoso" techniques on the boards.

-Bill

[dmbguitar718]

http://www.rootwitch.com

amazing. go to the mpeg tutorials.

(michael hedges)

[c_tietze]

very nice site (rootwitch.com)

thanks

[saleen]

the first video for arrowhead might just be one of the coolest guitar things I have ever seen, everyone should see that video, my jaw dropped.