MIKANATOR!!
these are some exercises to help u get better at tapping.....
increase speed gradually for each exercise
exercise 1:
T T T T
e-|-7p0h3p0--7p0h3p0--7p0h3p0--7p0h3p0--|
b-|-------------------------------------|
g-|-------------------------------------|
d-|-------------------------------------|
a-|-------------------------------------|
e-|-------------------------------------|
excercise 2:
T T T T
e-|-7p0h3h5--7p0h3h5--7p0h3h5--7p0h3h5--|
b-|-------------------------------------|
g-|-------------------------------------|
d-|-------------------------------------|
a-|-------------------------------------|
e-|-------------------------------------|
excercise 3:
T T T T T
e-|-7p0h3h5--7p5p3p0h3h5--7p5p3p0h3h5--7p5p3p0h3h5--7p5p3--|
b-|--------------------------------------------------------|
g-|--------------------------------------------------------|
d-|--------------------------------------------------------|
a-|--------------------------------------------------------|
e-|--------------------------------------------------------|
excercise 4:
T T T T T
e-|-10p0h5h7--10p7p5p0h5h7--10p7php0h5h7--10p7p5p0h5h7--10p7p5--|
b-|-------------------------------------------------------------|
g-|-------------------------------------------------------------|
d-|-------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|-------------------------------------------------------------|
excercise 5:
T T T T T
e-|-12p0h7h10--12p7h10p0h7h10--12p7h10p0h7h10--12p7h10p0h7h10--12p7h10--|
b-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
excercise 6:
this tapping excercise contains tapping on two strings(the high E and the B)it will take a bit
of practicing to get perfect
T T T T
e-|-10p5h8---T-------10p5h8----T--------10p5h8---T--------10p5h8---T-------|
b-|----------10p5h8------------10p5h8------------10p5h8------------10p5h8--|
g-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
excercise 7:
this excercise has you move your "fret" hand,the others you kept your hand in the same position
T T T T T T
e-|-10p5h8---T--------10p5h8---T--------10p5h8---T--------11p6h9---T--------11p6h8---T--------11p6h8---T-------
b-|----------10p5h8------------10p5h8------------10p5h8------------11p6h9------------11p6h9------------11p6h8--
g-|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
T T T T T T
e-|-12p7h10---T---------12p7h10---T---------12p7h10---T---------13p8h11---T---------13p8h11---T---------13p8h11-
b-|-----------12p7h10-------------12p7h10-------------12p7h10-------------13p8h11-------------13p8h11-----------
g-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
T T T T
e-|-14p7h10---T---------12p7h10---T---------12p7h10---T---------12p7h10---|
b-|-----------12p7h10-------------12p7h10-------------12p7h10-------------| fhew...that was a long one
g-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
excercise 8:
back to one string
e-|-T-------T-------T-------T-------T-------T--------T-------T-------T-------T-------T-------T-------
b-|-12p5h8--12p5h8--12p5h8--12p5h8--12p5h8--12p5h8---12p4h7--12p4h7--12p4h7--12p4h7--12p4h7--12p4h7--
g-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-|-T-------T-------T-------T-------T-------T--------T-------T-------T-------T-------T-------T-------T-------|
b-|-12p3h6--12p3h6--12p3h6--12p3h6--12p3h6--12p3h6---12p2h5--10p2h5--10p2h5--10p2h5--10p2h5--10p2h5--10p2h5--|
g-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
excercise 9:
a bit of switching strings again
T T
e-|-8p5h7---T-------8p5h7---T---------------T---------------T---------------T-------------
b-|---------8p5h7-----------8p5h7---T-------8p5h7---T-------8p5h7---T-------8p5h7---T-----
g-|---------------------------------9p5h7-----------9p5h7-----------9p5h7-----------9p5h7-
d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-|-T---------------T---------------T------------------------------------------------------
g-|-9p5h7---T-------9p5h7---T-------9p5h7---T---------------T---------------T--------------
d-|---------9p5h7-----------9p5h7-----------9p5h7---T-------9p5h7---T-------9p5h7---T------
a-|-------------------------------------------------9p5h7-----------9p5h7-----------9p5h7--
e-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-|----------------------------------------------------------------|this is a really good
d-|-T---------------T---------------T---------------T--------------|excercise to practice
a-|-9p5h7---T-------9p5h7---T-------9p5h7---T-------9p5h7---T------|
e-|---------8p5h7-----------8p5h7-----------8p5h7-----------8p5h7--|
excercise 10:
this is called "sweep picking" i put it in because it has a little tap in it
all downstroke upstroke
|----------------------| |---------------|
T
e-|---------------------12--17p12------------------|
b-|-----------------13-------------13--------------|
g-|-------------14---------------------14----------|
d-|---------14-----------------------------14------|
a-|-12--15-------------------------------------15--|
e-|------------------------------------------------|
if you practice all these excercises you should improve on your tapping.........
by...MIKANATOR!!
