Common
right hand tapping ideas
Here is probably the easiest and most common two
handed tapping idea. You are going to tap the first note with
your right hand 1st or 2nd finger. Then pull-off from that note
to your left hand 1st finger, then hammer on your 3rd (or 4th)
finger to the next note. This will give you a 3 note combination.
Since there are 3 different notes, this idea tends to be played
as an 8th note triplet or a 16th note triplet. In a nutshell an
8th note triplet is when you play 3 notes for every beat, a 16th
note triplet is 6 notes for every beat.
Tapping
notes in a minor pentatonic scale
The minor
pentatonic scale is a staple of rock improvisation. So when
first learning to use two handed tapping in your music, the minor
pentatonic is a good starting point.
Here is a basic fingering for a minor pentatonic
scale.
Here is the minor pentatonic scale again. This time
the dots in red represent some additional notes that you can use
for tapping with your right hand. These are definitely not the
only options, but they are all in the minor pentatonic scale.
Try playing the basic 3 note tapping combination that you learned
above on every string. Tap the highest note, pull off to the lowest
note, then hammer-on to the middle note.
Tapping
Lick
Here is a basic two handed tapping lick that comes
right out of the minor pentatonic scale above.
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There are definitely many more things that you can
do with tapping, but this should at least get you started.
Page 2, notation used for right hand tapping
Page 1, Intro to right hand tapping
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