Two Hand Tapping

In this lesson we're looking at two hand tapping using the pentatonic scale. Two hand tapping is great for adding flavour to a lick or a solo! It allows us to play fast without exerting a lot of effort, and lets us play sequences of notes that are far apart rather than staying with notes that are close to each other.

Lesson aims

1. Focus on keeping the other strings muted to avoid excessive noise while tapping
2. Practice tapping with your right hand middle finger while still holding a pick
3. Learn to move both hands up and down the neck independently while tapping

Am pentatonic on the high E string

These are the notes of the Am pentatonic scale on the first string. This lesson focuses on this scale, but any scale can be used with the two hand tapping technique.

Example 6 - Two Hand Tapping