Tapping Problem Options

[inertia]

Hi Muris,

I'm really struggling with tapping, I find that I always have adjacent strings ringing even when I fully concentrate on only tapping the one string. Can you explain how you physically tap like how you hold your tapping hand on the fretboard etc? I find often it looks as though people somehow anchor their tapping hand on the fretboard but I don't see how that is possible without muting the strings. I have changed my picking style completely to emulate yours because it seems to work well and is very efficient but the tapping isn't going as well...

thx

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[Storm Linnebjerg]

Been thinking about this for a while:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of tapping with a downwards motion instead of an upward motion? I've always been doing the latter, as that felt most natural to me, as with a regular pull off you also tuck your fingers into your hands, which you also do with an upwards tapping motion.

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[Muris Varajic]

Been thinking about this for a while:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of tapping with a downwards motion instead of an upward motion? I've always been doing the latter, as that felt most natural to me, as with a regular pull off you also tuck your fingers into your hands, which you also do with an upwards tapping motion.

Depends of your tapping hand position actually,
and I don't believe there are any advantages or disadvantages,
it's just what feels more comfortable to you.
I use downwards motion in like 95% of situations,
maybe with upward motion on lower strings,sometimes.
But I use upward motion mostly when doing 8 fingers stuff
cause my tapping hand is more "above" the neck,if you know what I mean.

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