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PeteDuBaldo
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I tap with my index finger, and keep the other strings muted using a combination of my thumb ball, and the back edge of pinky #2. It's like palm muting but using both sides of the palm - not the middle.
Maybe this will help?
Tapping starts halfway through
http://www.andrapos.com/Vids/Taptaptap.mpg
Maybe this will help?
Tapping starts halfway through
http://www.andrapos.com/Vids/Taptaptap.mpg
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I mute the string lower from the one i'm playing with my right hand, using my palm, and depending how low i get on the neck, i might use my forearm as well, and the higher strings then the one i'm playing with my left hand, using the "meat" of my fingers.
PeteDuBaldo
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It's only wrong if it doesn't work for you.
paranoid70
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MusicManJP6
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Satriani does it... He usually uses it to achieve about the fastest trill i've ever heard/seen.
jagged
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how do you use your pic to tap? im used to tapping with my index or middle fingers..
MusicManJP6
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You just use the edge of your pick instead of your finger. The lower note that you would normally 'pull off' to after the tapped note is not nearly as pronounced but it still works...
Not my preference though...
Not my preference though...
Leftybassist
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I would agree that a technique is only wrong if it doesn't work for you, but, perhaps tapping with a pick IS wrong though. I was taught that what most people don't know about tapping is that it is more than just hitting the string, but that as your finger hits the string your supposed to pull your finger slightly off to the side (which sort of plucks the note) so that you get the precussive tap sound followed by the ringing note. all that is complicated by what order you use rythmically between the tap and the hammers or pull-offs of the frett hand. The difference is more noticable if you do this correct method slooooowwwwly, you should hear more than a tap, but a clear ringing note as well. Rather hard to explain I think, without a demonstration. Maybe somebody can help me clarify here?
I would agree that a technique is only wrong if it doesn't work for you, but, perhaps tapping with a pick IS wrong though. I was taught that what most people don't know about tapping is that it is more than just hitting the string, but that as your finger hits the string your supposed to pull your finger slightly off to the side (which sort of plucks the note) so that you get the precussive tap sound followed by the ringing note. all that is complicated by what order you use rythmically between the tap and the hammers or pull-offs of the frett hand. The difference is more noticable if you do this correct method slooooowwwwly, you should hear more than a tap, but a clear ringing note as well. Rather hard to explain I think, without a demonstration. Maybe somebody can help me clarify here?
I was taught the same way.
slipagent
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Thanks for the advice guys, This kind of stuff helps me out tonnes. This place is awesome!!!!!!
Tim O'Sullivan
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If tapping with the pick sounds good to you, it is good!
Leftybassist
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I did see Tim Renwick (not Dave Gilmour) do an incredible tapping solo on Another Brick in the Wall part II on the Pulse live DVD, where he used a pick to do the tapping, so I wouldn't say its completely wrong. If you don't know what I'm talking about you simply MUST check it out. It's delicious.
robelinda2
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Good one, the classic Surfing With The Alien solo is a good start!
Plus.....
Are you using a noise supressor?
Since putting one of these in my pedal board, I've noticed that lots of previously audible extraneous noise has gone or at least subsided.
Obviously this doesn't replace all of the above muting techniques, but does help keep things even tidier.
Are you using a noise supressor?
Since putting one of these in my pedal board, I've noticed that lots of previously audible extraneous noise has gone or at least subsided.
Obviously this doesn't replace all of the above muting techniques, but does help keep things even tidier.
Tim O'Sullivan
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Or...
You could always mute the stings with your picking hand...
Hard to explain properly, just got to experiment with different hand positions, and practice...
I saw Jennifer Batten use on of these in a clinic once. She demonstrated with and without it, and it made a huge difference.
Tim O'Sullivan
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Its a mute for the 1st fret, for extreme tappers!
