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Tapping is a guitar playing technique, where a string is fretted and set into vibration as part of a single motion of being pushed onto the fretboard, as opposed to the standard technique being fretted with one hand and picked with the other.

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Could you play guitar and never pick a note?

Certainly! I've been known to play gigs on bass that way, but that's a much easier job than Bach fugues. Yes, whole pieces can be hammered on, although I wouldn't mind betting there are some plucked n …
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Acoustic finger tapping

If it's the fretting hand playing the notes, it's usually called 'hammer-on'. The usual strumming hand does it too, and that's often called 'tapping'. With fretting hand, as the name suggests, finge …
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How do I start guitar 'tapping' style?

Picked harmonics are always more successful when plucked close to the bridge of the guitar. Love to know why!
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