Ok.. I already have been doing finger tapping for a number of years, so I know the basics of it. I have even composed a tune where the backing track is tapping with a slight delay effect. I can play the AC/DC Thunderstuck thing with all the single hand tapping etc..

What I want to know is how to go from playing lead/solo to finger tapping, then back to playing the lead/solo again without it seeming like I am changing at all.. I need it to flow from one thing to the other...

I think the main problem I am having is which frets I should be hitting with my right hand when playing in certain modes of certain keys. Whenever I try to just play based on the shapes I know work with normal soloing, it just sounds wrong..


I've also wondering about the plectrum technique I see some people do, where they hit the strings fast with the plectrum and deliver a different sort of tapping sound.

Here's a couple of examples of what I am talking about to help clarify my questions.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DG8YMB63O58

0:34 - At this time in the video it has Tim doing the plectrum tapping I am talking about.

1:00 - At time in the video it has Tim doing the standard finger tapping.