Tapping - Licks without Picks

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Members practicing this lesson:
dreadzboy
jaxon
thwack

There is nothing more satisfying than to play a nice long tapping lick...
This track is all built on that technique. No guitar picks needed!
The song is constructed over an A natural minor chord progression.
All the licks are fairly easy to remember and can be used in a vast variety of styles.

Hope you enjoy!

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

Muris Varajic	31st July 2007
Instructor	Fast and furious,great!!!

timono	31st July 2007
Member	wow, nice man

Stratman58	31st July 2007
Member	sweeet

Wikingman	31st July 2007
Member	yeeeeeeey

Nick325	31st July 2007
Member	awsome

The Uncreator	31st July 2007
Fire Up The Blades, Moderator	Great lesson, Licks Without Picks is clever i must say!

David OToole	31st July 2007
Instructor	Nice lesson Mr. W - yup, as Muris put it fast + furious ! Cool progression there too.

Xranthoius	31st July 2007
Member	whoah i better start improving my taping!!

Skorpyon	31st July 2007
Member	Amazing tappin, great lesson lord i have work to do!

FretDancer69	31st July 2007
Member	yeah! awesome lesson, i need to work on my tapping

preownedguitar	31st July 2007
Member	Great Job David

stratman33	31st July 2007
Member	AWESOME!!!

Ryan	31st July 2007
Member	This is one of m favorite techniques

shredmandan	1st August 2007
Member	good lesson Ended out to be a little harder than i first though watching it

Kai Muehlenbruch	1st August 2007
Instructor	That's The Way aha aha i like it aha aha!!! love the slide in the end

ThatGuy	1st August 2007
Member	Ah... I got this one DOWN in less then 15 minutes. Of course. There was that one week. When all I worked on was tapping with all four of my fingers.... I still haven't gotten that one down. You should (if you can) do a lesson with that. Or at least. Someone should.

fire	1st August 2007
Member	great job!! Can you do a lessons of same schemata with multi finger tapping? would be amazing!!

Wyvernx	1st August 2007
Member	Haha Sweet! the sound reminded me of Daft Punk's Aerodynamic sounds really cool.

David Wallimann	1st August 2007
Instructor	Thanks for the comments! I'd love to develop another lesson like that with multi fingers.. I'll see what I can do.. :-)

jammer91	8th September 2007
Member	This seriously is the best tapping lesson! VID 1 cleared my greatest mistake which was avoiding downward motion while tapping.Thanks a lot. Its back to school day after and im gonna master this to own in guitar battles!

The-Levy	19th November 2007
Member	Oh no!!! I love it but my left hand is starting to hate the punishment I am getting it trough!!! Is it there a finger stretcher machine?? Great lesson!!

The-Levy	19th November 2007
Member	Sorry for the double post. Any advice on effects/amp settings to get the most of the tapping? I use a pod xt by the way.

David Wallimann	19th November 2007
Instructor	I'm not very familiar with pods.. But a noise gate or noise supressor can be useful.. I also like to add a little delay to make the taps seem even faster... :-) QUOTE (eesquivel @ Nov 19 2007, 05:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry for the double post. Any advice on effects/amp settings to get the most of the tapping? I use a pod xt by the way.

Carlos Carrillo	20th February 2008
Instructor	Fantastic!! Really heavy!

Danilo Capezzuto	19th March 2008
Instructor	Great tap!

Melodicintenions	4th April 2008
Member	haha more to add to my ammunition for Furious Crowd pleaser's Perfect for the Aspireing new Artists and new comers to guitar alike thanks! and saying thanks for everyone else whos smart enough to add this to their vocabulary hint hint!