Tappin' The Blues
. Author: Bob Balsley
. Publisher: Guitar Player Magazine
. Category: Blues, Theory/Techniques
. Description: So, you think two-hand tapping
is only for metal freaks, shredders, Van Halen
wannabes, and bass monsters such as Stu
Hamm? Truth is, there’s a fun way to incorporate
tapping into your everyday blues, jazz, and rock
playing, and it starts with learning the simple
move in Ex. 1—a simultaneous tap on the fourth
and second strings with the picking hand’s index
(i) and middle (m) fingers.
To put this approach in motion, try the
swingin’ maneuvers in Ex. 2, which work great
over a minor blues in E. The phrase starts with
the open low string being sounded with your
thumb. Next, pluck the Em7triad. From this
point on, the rest of the first measure is slurred,
including our dual-tap at the 12th fret. In bar 2,
a juicy, close-voiced A9is plucked and immediately
livened up with a dual-tap at the 7th fret.
Finally, in the second ending, you’ll find a tasty,
tap-happy II-V turnaround, with C9acting as a
tritone substitution for the II chord.
Bob Balsley is a guitar and recording instructor
at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
. Length: 4:51 min; File Size: 2320KB
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