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1 String Guitar Tapping

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This lesson is on 1 string guitar tapping! These 80 different tapping licks are all yours. Use them in your own music, change them up to make your own awesome sounding guitar tapping licks. I will walk you through every single tapping lick giving you tips on how to play them with ease and the best way to practice them. Ready?

Contents
Introduction 4 Notes Per Beat Tapping Licks (1-25) 5 Notes Per Beat Tapping Licks (26-45) 6 Notes Per Beat Tapping Licks (46-61) 7 Notes Per Beat Tapping Licks (62-77) Next Lesson 2 String Tapping Licks (78-80) 3 4 14 22 28 34

Introduction
What is guitar tapping? Guitar Tapping is one of the many techniques for guitar. It involves one finger on your picking hand to hammer on any note above the lick played with your fretting hand. For a more in depth lesson for tapping check out the Guitar Tapping page at Full Score Guitar Lessons.com. What finger to I use when tapping? You can use any finger you want. Eddie Van Halen uses his first finger. I use my second finger. Eventually this tapping lesson will grow into tapping with all 4 fingers. So, youre going to end up using all of your fingers so choose the one your most comfortable with. Can I tap any note above the lick I play with my fretting hand? Yes...and no. What I mean is you can tap any note above your lick, but if its not in the same key then it might not sound as good as the other notes in the scale. Although, you will find notes that are out of the scale youre playing that will sound great with it. This is where your ear comes in handy. This is your music. Never limit yourself to playing in the key. Lets get started!

Lesson 1 4 Notes Per Beat

We will start this lesson off by learning 25 different 4 notes per beat tapping licks. I will walk you through every one so you get the most out of each example.

Lick #1 Here is the first lick. The symbol (T) shows you what note you need to (Tap) with your picking hand. Need help with reading tabs or sheet music? Click here to learn how to read guitar tabs. Click here to learn how to read sheer music. With this lick and every lick after this use your metronome. Start each lick really slow around 60 beats per minute, and move the beats per minute up as you get comfortable at that speed. Make sure you play them how they are written. For example, you will play four notes to every beat in the example above.

Lick #2 Lick 2 is pretty simple as well. Tapping with your picking hand on the 12th fret. The pull off on the 8th fret to the 7th may be a little harder to get sounding clean than the hammer ons. Get this down slow first.

Lick #3 This lick has a really unique technique in it. The ( / ) symbol is a slide. When you see this you are going to slide up or down to the note after the /. This technique requires you to tap on the 8th fret with your picking hand then slide your fretting hand finger to the same note. You will see this more in this lesson. When I do this technique I tap the 8th fret with my second finger then as I do a pull off my fretting hand is on around the 3rd fret (I like to make it sound like a big slide) and I slide my fretting hand up to the same fret.

It doesnt matter what note you slide from on your fretting hand because you are immediately sliding once your picking hand has pulled off the note. This will take practice, but you will use this all the time once its comfortable. Lick #4 This lick has another strange but awesome technique in it. In this you will tap the 12th fret and hammer on from 0 to 10 with your fretting hand. Youre going to have to make room for your picking hand to tap the same note. I hammer on with my fret hand then as Im lifting my finger off the note (this makes more room for the picking hand) Im hammering on with my picking hand. This will also take time to get comfortable. Practice practice practice. Lick #5 Lick 5 doesnt need much explaining. This is a standard tapping lick. By now you probably have noticed the this symbol

This is a slur. When you see this it just means that you wont pick any note you will just hammer on and pull off as needed. Lick #6 Lick 6 is another self explanatory example. You have to start somewhere. These first licks are building your tapping foundation. If these are a little difficult then Click Here to start from the beginning. These licks are for the guitar tappers who want to take their knowledge of tapping to the next level. The following licks will become harder and more advanced. I know if you practice with a metronome and start slow you can get any of these up to shredding speeds. Lick #7 Here is another great technique. This lick involves you to tap with your picking hand on the 10th fret then slide, while holding your note with your picking hand, to the 12th fret and back to the 10th fret while keeping time. You will hear this a lot in Paul Gilberts playing. This will feel odd at first, but its one of the most used tapping techniques for guitar.

Lick #8 Here is another basic tapping lick. Make sure you slide when you play from the 3rd fret to the 2nd fret.

Lick #9 Lick 9 has two different tapping slides in it. Make sure that the notes sound clean and are sounding out during the slides.

Lick #10 Pretty simple stuff here too. If you keep your first finger of your fretting hand by the 3rd fret and your third finger by the 5th fret you wont have to move around as much.

Lick #11 This lick requires you to stretch a little with your fretting hand. Make sure to stretch your hands and wrists before playing and when you feel any tension.

Lick #12 Here you are going to start off this lick with a hammer on with your fretting hand. Make sure you get the slide at the end. Try using your third finger to slide that way your first finger is right there on the 5th fret to start the lick over again.

Lick #13 Lick 13 is another tapping slide. Im throwing a lot of these in here so you can get used to them.

Lick #14 In this example you are going to tap slide from the 8th fret to the 7th fret and immediately get back to the 10th fret to start the riff again.

Lick #15 We are starting off with a low tapping at the 5th fret. This one shouldt take long to master.

Lick #16 This is a downstroke symbol. When you see this it means you are going to play the note its above with your pick. So, you will pick the open e string and continue with the pattern. Once you get to the end of the pattern you can just pull off from the 8th fret to the open e string to start the lick over instead of having to pick the first note every time.

Lick #17 Remember the tap and slide to the same note technique we learned earlier? Well here it is again. This whole lick is nothing but tapping a note and sliding up to the same note. This is a great exercise to practice if you want to get this technique down.

Lick #18 Here is something simple and fun. When you play this lick you are double tapping the 12th fret before you move to the other notes. This technique played up to speed sounds amazing!

Lick #19 At the end of this lick you are tapping on the 10th fret the hammering off to 0. Immediately after, you are going right back to the 10th fret to slide the beginning of the riff.

Lick #20 You should be comfortable with this one. We played one like this earlier in the lesson.

Lick #21 This is very similar to the previous lick

Lick #22 Again, we have an example that starts off by picking the first note. You can treat this one like the lick #16. At the end just pull off 5 to 0 to start the lick again.

Lick #23 This is another tapping lick with a stretch in it. Try to use your first, third, and fourth fingers to play the 5, 7, and 9th fret.

Lick #24 At the end of this riff you want to keep your fretting hand on the 7th fret because you are going to pull off from the end of the riff (15th fret) back to the 7th fret to start it again.

Lick #25 This is the last 4 notes per beat tapping lick. This has a big stretch from the 3rd fret to the 7th fret. Now that you have mastered all the 4 note per beat licks here and are comfortable with tapping you can move on to the...

Lesson 2 5 Notes Per Beat

Now we have the 5 notes per beat tapping licks. These are a little more difficult in the fact that you have to evenly space 5 notes inside one click of the metronome. These will take time to master, but once you get the feel for 5 notes per beat then it becomes second nature.

Lick #26 I made this first lick pretty simple so you can get the 5 notes per beat down. Remember to practice slow and make it clean.

Lick #27 Lick 27 repeats itself twice within the lick. Use your first finger to slide the 3rd fret to the 5th fret so your pinky can hammer on the 8th fret.

Lick #28 Although this might seem like an easy lick, if your fingers havent played this particular pattern before it will be oddly difficult to get up to speed.

Lick #29 This lick uses the technique used in lick 4. You will hammer on the 10th fret with your fretting hand then tap it with your picking hand.

Lick #30 This example will be weird at first but you will get used to it really quick.

Lick #31 This one may be the easiest of all the 5 note per beat licks. You shouldt have much trouble with this one.

Lick #32 At the end of this lick you are going to have to be quick and move from pulling off on the 7th fret to hammering on the 12th fret at the beginning of the riff.

Lick #33 This is another simple lick. No explanation is needed for this one.

Lick #34 When you get this one up to speed it is a great shredding lick. You should have a goal tempo for every lick. Be realistic and stick to it until you reach your goal.

Lick #35 This lick only has one tap in it. This may throw you off since the groupings of 5 arent distinct.

Lick #36 This is almost like the last one. This tap lick has more movement and quite a stretch than the last one.

Lick #37 In this lick I brought back the tap slide from lesson 1. On this one your fretting hand can stay in the same place.

Lick #38 Here you can leave your hands in the same position as well. Keep your first finger of your fretting hand above the third fret and your third finger on your fretting hand can be above the 5th fret. Your picking hand will stay above the 7th fret for the tap slide.

Lick #39 Keep your first finger of your fretting hand above the 5th fret and use your third and fourth fingers to play the 7th, and 8th frets.

Lick #40 This lick has another complicated technique. This involves your fretting hand to play the note above your tapping hand while keeping your tapping hand on the string.

So, when you get to the tap on the 7th fret you will hold that note and with the middle finger of your fretting hand you will come around your tapping finger and hammer on the 8th fret then pull off back to the note you are holding with your picking hand. Practice this one really slow so you get the clean sounds and right technique.

Lick #41 Start this lick by just hammering on the 7th fret not picking it.

Lick #42 Here is a lot of movement. Take this one slow. There isnt anything in this riff thats too difficult.

Lick #43 This should be easy for you by now. Other than the timing you should get this right off the bat.

Lick #44 Here is more tapping slides. Nothing too hard though.

Lick #45 This is the last lick for the 5 notes per beat. It has a fast change in the end from tapping on the 8th fret to the beginning of the riff on the 10th fret.

You are now ready for the 6 notes per beat tapping licks.

Lesson 3 6 Notes Per Beat

Surprisingly these will be a little easier because of the even number of notes per beat. Although, they are going to get more difficult and more notes means more to practice and memorize. You are half way there to mastering 1 string tapping!

Lick #46 For this first lick you wont do anything crazy. This is a simple 6 note per beat riff.

Lick #47 Here is one of the more simple riffs. This lick is just grouping sets of 3. By now you probably noticed how much easier it is to count these licks than the 5 note per beat ones.

Lick #48 This lick involves picking the first note and tapping slides. Your fretting hand can stay in the same position the whole time.

Lick #49 We had a lick like this one earlier where you tap the same note that you just hammered on. This is just alternating between the 10th fret and the 12th fret. Make room for your picking hand finger to tap the same note.

Lick #50 This shouldt give you any trouble. Basically youre just tapping down the neck.

Lick #51 This lick alternates between hammering on and pulling off after the tap.

Lick #52 If you keep your fretting hand in the same position for this it will make it a lot easier.

Lick #53 Your fretting hand plays the same thing both times here. Your tapping is the only thing that changes. Pretty simple stuff.

Lick #54 Again, here we are just alternating between hammer ons and pull offs.

Lick #55 Here your picking hand is going to move a little bit. Getting from the 12th fret to the 15th fret to slide will take some time to get down clean.

Lick #56 A good way to practice these are to play them with the finger you feel most comfortable with then using a different finger. This makes it interesting and helps you get used tapping with other fingers. Lick #57 In this lick make sure you are sliding with your fretting hand from the 5th fret to the 3rd and the 3rd to the 2nd.

Lick #58 Pick the first note of this exercise. This has a lot of movement. Its not a long move, but at high speeds it gets a little confusing.

Lick #59 This uses almost all of the techniques we have learned in this lesson. You will tap slide in the beginning and tap and slide with your fretting hand twice. This one will be confusing at first Whip out that metronome and go SLOW! Lick #60 Here is a break from the confusing. This one should take no time to master at all.

Lick #61 This is a fun one to play up to speed. This is also the last of the 6 notes per beat licks.

After this you are ready to take down probably the hardest licks yet.

Lesson 3 7 Notes Per Beat

Now you are ready for the 7 notes per beat licks. These next 17 licks are all going to be somewhat challenging at first. The odd number of notes in each group makes each lick a challenge to get the timing just right. Lick #62 I made this first one really simple so you can get the timing of 7 notes per beat down. Lick #63 Here is a lick that has fret hand slides in it. Everything is the same. The only thing is the slides are opposite.

Lick #64 If you pull off the 12th fret tap to your pinky finger on the 10th fret it will make the whole lick easier.

Lick #65 You are going to tap the same note as your fretting hand in this lick try to hammer on with your fretting hand towards the top of the fret so you can get your picking hand in there.

Lick #66 This lick has the double tapping in it. When you play this up to speed it sounds really great. Get all of these riffs up to the speed you want and mess with them and make your own. Lick #67 This is the highest tapping lick here. In this lick you will have to use all 4 of your fretting hand fingers to make

the stretch. This needs to be played slow at first. If you feel any tension in your wrist remember to take a break and massage them. Lick #68 Here is another great lick for learning tap slides. Your fret hand can stay in the same position the whole time. Lick #69 Lick #70

Here in lick 70 you will pick inside the tapping lick twice. This will take practice to get clean and comfortably. Try not to move your picking hand all the way back to its normal position. Instead, try to pick the string up on the frets. This will be odd at first. Unless you have practiced it before.

Lick #70 Again you are going to have to pick twice inside the lick.

Lick #71

Lick #72

Lick #73 You are going to have to hammer on with your fretting hand above your picking hand again in this lick.

Lick #74 This lick is a little different. Once its played fast it can become confusing. The double tapping is used twice and it doesnt help that there are an odd number of notes in each group. Lick #75 This is really cool and easy for this odd number grouping. You will probably get this one right off. Lick #76 Lick 76 is really tough at first but its really not all that hard. All the movement makes this riff harder than it really is.

Lick #77 Here is the last of the 7 notes per beat licks. The tapping in this lick is like the same note tapping. You will tap the 8th fret with and pull off to your fretting hand sliding into the 5th fret. You will do this for all the slides in this example. Well, there it is. Now that all of these tapping licks are under your belt you can easily say that you have mastered 1 string tapping licks. If you are ready to take your tapping to the next level then keep your eye out for the upcoming book How To Master 2 String Tapping! Here are some examples of the next lesson. Until next time. I hope you enjoyed this and found it helpful. Leave me a comment letting me know how Im doing. Thank you again, Full-Score-Guitar-Lessons.com

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