BiwNattapol
Verified buyer
06/04/26
Good Lesson
The skill lesson is good, need to spend time to archive them. Waiting the next lesson from Sarah :)
First Flight Tapping Techniques for Guitarists (JamPlay)
Innovative Techniques & Musical Mastery on Extended-Range Guitars
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About this course
Step into the world of modern virtuosity with First Flight Tapping Techniques, an immersive course from trailblazing guitarist Sarah Longfield. Known for her genre-defying compositions and technical artistry, Sarah shares the unique techniques that shaped her voice on extended-range guitars and helped her rise as one of progressive music’s most innovative players.
This course is far more than a tapping tutorial—it’s a complete creative toolkit. You’ll explore rhythmic tapping patterns, legato phrasing, tapped arpeggios, sweep-tapping hybrids, ambient fingerpicking, and advanced extended-range ideas. Sarah also walks you through her original compositions like First Flight, Tydes, and Autumn Air, giving you a firsthand look at how she crafts dynamic, expressive arrangements.
With 30 video lessons covering everything from alternate tunings and pick-handling hacks to tone shaping and overcoming technical hurdles, this course is designed to inspire guitarists of all backgrounds. Whether you're playing a standard 6-string or an 8-string monster, you'll find new approaches to rhythm, melody, and expression.
This is your launchpad for taking flight with modern tapping.
This course is far more than a tapping tutorial—it’s a complete creative toolkit. You’ll explore rhythmic tapping patterns, legato phrasing, tapped arpeggios, sweep-tapping hybrids, ambient fingerpicking, and advanced extended-range ideas. Sarah also walks you through her original compositions like First Flight, Tydes, and Autumn Air, giving you a firsthand look at how she crafts dynamic, expressive arrangements.
With 30 video lessons covering everything from alternate tunings and pick-handling hacks to tone shaping and overcoming technical hurdles, this course is designed to inspire guitarists of all backgrounds. Whether you're playing a standard 6-string or an 8-string monster, you'll find new approaches to rhythm, melody, and expression.
This is your launchpad for taking flight with modern tapping.
What you'll learn
- Execute a complete melodic tapping solo with slides and bends
- Play the Autumn Air solo excerpt at full tempo (140 BPM)
- Incorporate expressive techniques like bends and vibrato into tapping passages
- Recognizing the connection between piano technique and guitar tapping
- Understand how to slow down and focus on individual note expression in fast passages
Release date: 07/30/2018 • 1h 58m runtime
Sample lessons
Tapping Chords
Advanced Tapped Arpeggios
Sweep Tapping
Ambient Fingerpicking
What's included
30 lessons • 26 charts
Series Introduction
Sarah gives you a quick rundown of what to expect from her new course.
Basic Tapping Exercise
Sarah shows us a tapping warm up exercise that builds in complexity.
Building Tapping Patterns
Sarah shows a tapping exercise that centers on a complex rhythmic motif.
Tapping Chords
Sarah builds on the rhythm from the previous lesson, this time applying it to chords.
How to Stash Your Pick
Sarah shows how she stashes her pick for tapping so that she is able to switch back and forth at any time.
Legato Tapping Run
Sarah teaches a legato tapping exercise in four parts that takes you up and down the neck of the guitar.
7-String Tapping
Sarah teaches a 2 pattern motif that starts on the 5th fret of the low b string and ascends to the 12th fret of the high e string. Utilizing string skipping extensively, this piece is a little more challening. Sarah breaks it down note for note and at slow speeds.
+ 23 more lessons
Reviews
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troglio
Verified buyer
03/05/25
Tapping madness
fred4
Verified buyer
12/27/24
will teach you to fly. . . with tapping
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