OT: Tapping mini-course

[Alvabass]

Hi everybody.

Well, as a "vacation farewell", I've just created some short videos trying to explain the basics of tapping technique on bass since I've seen that some of you are interested on this. Right now I'm in the process of uploading them but it takes a while. I'll be out most of the day today, so I think that only tonight I'll be able to finish uploading. Right now I just wanted to let you know of this, so stay tuned!

 

[Bill]

Cool!! This may be the break I need to learn some of this technique. I'll be looking forward to it!

 

[roballanson]

Thats really great. I know virtually nothing about how to tap properly....

 

[Figjam]

Ill be sure to check it out.

 

[Dr Stankface]

Keep us posted.

Andrew

 

[Alvabass]

Well, here it is. My intention was to upload the files to PutFile, but size limit was not enough for me, so I decided to use YouTube for this. PLEASE EXCUSE MY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION. Currently I have nobody who can help me practicing it.

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Part 5 is about practicing independence and as I said there, there are much simpler exercises for this, but I wanted to share that one because it's very cool (at least for me). Here's the transcription for that exercise:

There's an important remark about this exercise that I forgot to mention: In part 2, I said that the right thumb always must be on the top side of the neck. When playing double stops on adjacent strings, the situation is a bit different. Anchoring the thumb only works for intervals greater than a tritone (most likely tritone, perfect fifth and minor sixth), but the smaller ones (most likely perfect fourth, major third and minor third) become very awkard to play without letting your thumb float (actually, minor thirds must be played with the thumb and the middle finger).

I hope you'll find this information useful. I'm by no means an expert on the technique but I like it and have been struggling with that for years. My knowledge on this is very limited but I think it's very useful for the tapping newbie who really wants to get into this stuff. Have fun!

 

[Figjam]

I dont belong to youtube

 

[Alvabass]

I dont belong to youtube

As far as I know, you don't need that. Just click on the links. Let me know.

 

[Bill]

It's telling me "This is a private video. If you have been sent this video, please make sure you accept the sender's friend request."

 

[Alvabass]

It's telling me "This is a private video. If you have been sent this video, please make sure you accept the sender's friend request."

OK. Thanks for letting me know. I'm going to fix it right now.

 

[Alvabass]

Done. Try again.

 

[Bill]

Now it works! Thanks!

 

[basserfire17]

That is absolutely fantastic. Thanks so much for putting up these videos. I had no idea where to start tapping-wise. Hopefully this should set me in the right direction.