8-finger tapping?

[Inisfail]

Hello guys!

Anyonte here tried 8 finger-tapping? Use both your hands for legato (if standard tapping is for 5 fingers: 4 fingers on your lefthand and 1 on your righthand). Try it, sounds damn cool.

[noticingthemistake]

Tried it. Couldn't do it all that well. LOL

[Pantallica1]

Hahah, same here noticingthemistake.

[u10ajf]

If you have several axes and take this game really seriously then string one upside down and learn to play some simple stuff wrong-handedly and then your tapping will really improve.
Here's a nice exercise:
http://www.guitartricks.com/2000/trick.php?trick_id=4741

[noticingthemistake]

Being able to play piano would help out alot too. One of my friends can actually do it and he plays piano. He's said that made a huge difference.

[Pantallica1]

I can play the piano, well some of it, I still have some trouble reading standard notation, but if I sit down long enough I can play several songs.

Doesn't help me a damn bit. :(

[noticingthemistake]

:) I mean for 8-finger tapping. hah. Since you have to play with both hands it might help get you used to using all your fingers for tapping. The way my friend doesn't 8-finger tapping is he lays both his hands over the top of the neck and just plays it like a piano player. If you have a different technique of doing it I guess it wouldn't help, but I've seena few players do that like that.

[Pantallica1]

I mean't for 8-finger tapping too. It doesn't help me a damn bit. Oh well...

And I was thinking about something:

If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, then why practice?

[noticingthemistake]

Originally posted by Pantallica1
I mean't for 8-finger tapping too. It doesn't help me a damn bit. Oh well...

Hmm..Oh well just a suggestion. My problem with it was I have very little control with why tapping hand, since I don't play piano. Well seriously.

And I was thinking about something:

If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, then why practice?

You quoting Billy Joe Amstrong??

[Pantallica1]

I heard it somewhere, don't remember where. If that's who said it, it's kind of funny, in a way.

[Azrael]

it does help alot to put the fretboard to a pretty vertical position (like on the stick). Try playing melody ines with just your right hand and nothing more - use different strings also - a good example can be found on chopsfromhell.com - go and look at Chris Brodericks "rondo a la turca" - two hand tapping can be very cool!

[ketsueki15]

ive watched that vid like 3 times..its amazing..but i can get my amp to get that clear tap sound..any tips on amp settings?

[Ruyard]

Where abouts on the CHopsfromhell site do i find it? I looked around the site but cannot seem to see it.

Tommy & Phil Emmanuel do a great duet of that song (if its the same song).

I find i can have 8 fingers tapping on the the one string, and sometimes 2 but does anyone somehow do more than 2 strings? Im sure (ill have to check) that Eddie VanHalen on the live Video Right Here right now in his solo part at one stage tapps with eight fingers and it appears to be over a few strings and looks very difficult!

[Ruyard]

I just checked the Van Halen video and he does 6 finger not 8, but it still looks damn great. Its just after he plays the mean street intro, he taps this tune using harmonics for a bit and then at one stage brings his left hand over the neck and play like a piano and there is notes going everywhere and its sounds great and hard!

[IcedMammoth]

Jeff Watson from Night Ranger is excellent at this. Listen to the songs "Rock in America" and "Dont tell me you Love Me" The solos blow you away.