As shown in the photo above, the concept of guitar 
tapping, is to
 
Step One * Fret the notes as usual with your frethand.

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Step Two * Instead of using a guitar pick to play
the notes that are fretted, reach your pickhand
over the top of the guitar between the body and the
neck and use a finger of choice to "tap" a note
thats located higher up on the guitar neck.

Q: Common question's by guitarist are: "Which finger
or fingers should I use to tap with?

A: Players like Eddie Van Halen hold the guitar pick
as normal between the pickhand thumb and index finger
and then use the middle finger to perform the tap 
technique.

Van Halen Fingertapping Technique

Others use the index finger for fact that it's easier
to coordinate when first learning this technique.

Some players use more than one finger or all of their
pickhand fingers tapping several notes in combination.

The basic guitar fingertapping techniques are taught on
You Can Play Guitar DVD Volume 4

Guitar tapping is also commonly referred to as:
guitar fingertap's, guitar finger tap, guitar fingertapping


Note: The letter "t" idicates to use your pickhand index 
(or middle) finger to "tap" the note , to produce the sound 
of the note , rather than picking it.

Symbol "p" indicates the "pull-off" technique and symbol 
"h" indicates the "hammer-on" technique.

Here is a basic beginner exercise.

Try fretting the note with your frethand index finger 
shown on the 2nd fret G string. Once you have have
that finger into position, then.....

Use the pickhand index finger to tap the note shown on
the 14th fret to produce the sound of that note.


After you have produced the sound of the note on the 
14th fret, then "pull-off" (by lifting your tapping
finger) away from the string to produce the sound of
the note on the 2nd fret.

     tap  * pull-off
e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :--14--------2------------------------------------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-------------------------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|


The way to utilize the tap technique to it's fullest
potential is to follow up with with additional guitar
techniques, which most commonly is the hammer-on
technique which is followed by the pull-off.


This exercise is from the You Can Play Guitar method
and is found on the Metallica Style lesson.


Lick #14
8x each
    t p h     t p h    t p h     t p h
e :-12-8-5----13-8-5---13-9-6----14-10-7------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-------------------------------------------------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-------------------------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|


Finger Tapping Combinations

Different players, favor different techniques which
attribute to their playing style and overall sound.

For example:

While Eddie Van Halen is famous for the guitar tapping
combinations of = tap * pull-off * hammer-on

Guitarist Randy Rhoads was famous for elaborating that
combination, using the combination's as follows...

tap * pull-off * tap * pull-off * pull-off * hammer-on


The Free Guitar Finger Tapping Lessons lessons provided
by You Can Play Guitar were created by Billboard top
rated instructor Scott Morris who shared this knowledge
for you to learn which were taken from his private
taught guitar lessons which he originally created and 
used for teaching private taught guitar student's.


You'll find 15 great lessons below that include lessons
on fingertapping major and minor guitar scales, chords 
and arpeggios, pentatonic scales, blues scales, song fills
and lessons focused on players styles like Eddie Van Halen
and Randy Rhoads including the finger tapped arpeggio's
that Rnady used on the song "Flying High Again", all of
which are broken down into chord formulas and also
lead guitar solo licks from Randy Rhoads Live Guitar Solo.

Pentatonic Guitar Scales Fingertapping Lesson

Van Halen Guitar Fingertapping Lesson

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