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Tapping time!
The second One-on-one Masterclass lesson! This time we will look at tapping à la Eddie Van Halen/Randy Rhoads/Kirk Hammett.
Tapping has to be one of the most popular techniques on the electric guitar - and why wouldn't it be? It's easy to play fast, easy to improvise with, looks very difficult - not to mention it sounds terrifyingly cool!
If you feel your technique isn't evolving as fast as you would like it to, you must give tapping shot. I have taught my beginner students this specific pattern - and they have come back after a week playing it perfectly.
They also usually wonder why I have been telling them that mastering the guitar is a life long dedication - they learned to play fast over a week with tapping, didn't they?! So the three step method of the lesson should hopefully get any beginner started with this flashy technique.
Enough said, tapping is a versatile technique and it can be devloppped into extremely complexe high-tech patterns (Jennifer Batten, Steve Lynch etc.).
In this lesson we will also look at a further elaboration of the standard tapping technique which allows the intermediate/advanced guitarist to create further evariations and improvisations.
The full lesson is available at www.guitarmasterclass.net
Good luck
/Kristofer

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Ok borat thanks for ... ( 2 weeks ago by Ldz255)

Ok borat thanks for the advice :P

Array ( 2 weeks ago by warlockguitarmetal)

Yeah lol. That solo sounds awesome and it sounds hard; but it's actually very very easy. lol.

yeah i know haha. ( 2 weeks ago by lilsphiinx90)

yeah i know haha.

you don't have to. ... ( 2 weeks ago by nebnubs)

you don't have to. it just has to sound right to you.

did you just say " ... ( 1 week ago by PortalRealm)

did you just say "kirk hammet"???? wow... soy fucking gay

dont like it ( 1 week ago by kajukenbo12321)

dont like it

Sounds like the One ... ( 1 week ago by saiyajin11)

Sounds like the One solo. Wow. Looks easy.

Yeah that's one of ... ( 1 week ago by drtre101)

Yeah that's one of the parts in it and then it moves up to the 20th fret and some other shit.

i love this guy ... ( 1 week ago by WhiteKnighT161)

i love this guy haha awesome dude!

I'm not sure why ... ( 1 week ago by dlc06tucson)

I'm not sure why people would say "tapping is the lazy way to play fast". Is this implying that Eddie Van Halen is lazy because he does tapping? If I could have an easier way of doing something that yielded very close or even identical results I wouldn't hesitate to do it even if I was good at it.

yeah its 19 15 12 ... ( 1 week ago by kentinel234)

yeah its 19 15 12 and then 20 15 12 on the e string and the same for the b string but at the last part you slide 2 frets down and then do 10 13 17

can any1 teach me ... ( 1 week ago by crazysk8erkid96)

can any1 teach me how to do it wit a pick?

pick with the side ... ( 1 week ago by tabarnakdecrisse)

pick with the side of your pick as fast as you can. ... 12-15-19 a cople times and then 12-15-20 . then same patern on the b string and then the same thing on the G string. Thats the beggining of the One s solo by Metallica. I think ;P

did he say kirk ... ( 1 week ago by Trooperx0)

did he say kirk hammet!!?! lol hes nothing should of just only said Eddie van halen since he basicily invented tapping.....

noob ( 6 days ago by guilhermelangaro)

noob

boo at the tapping ... ( 5 days ago by A7Xblood)

boo at the tapping but the riff is awesome

Fail. Single Coils ... ( 5 days ago by AsAngelsFall221)

Fail. Single Coils = Not Metal.

I saw Kirk doing it ... ( 5 days ago by AsAngelsFall221)

I saw Kirk doing it live with his middle finger... so I don't know about that, it seems everyone does it that way though.

lol...great tapping ... ( 3 days ago by fenderMerah)

lol...great tapping..

Umm....Yngwie ... ( 2 days ago by Satatik)

Umm....Yngwie Malmsteen? He uses double stacked singles.

Lol, I know man. I ... ( 1 day ago by AsAngelsFall221)

Lol, I know man. I was kidding around, come on. People are too serious these days.

dude singles r for ... ( 1 day ago by megajames3000)

dude singles r for every thing

yah it is lol ( 1 day ago by dgafecb1)

yah it is lol

i bet you can't ... ( 6 hours ago by chrizzz20)

i bet you can't play like kirk. I you can, well..than show me