Two Hand Tapping on Acoustic Guitar Made Easier ★ Acoustic Tuesday 250

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

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🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Two-hand tapping on guitar isn't easy. It's even harder on acoustic guitar. But what if there was an easy, step-by-step guide for learning how to tap on acoustic guitar? Tapping on guitar is an advanced technique. It provides a bright, ethereal sound (as long as you're not using overdrive or distortion!). And, for most of the guitar's existence, it's been used primarily on electric guitar. It's that classic shredding sound that was popularized by Eddie Van Halen and other electric guitarists. But what if the same technique is applied to acoustic guitar? On today's episode, you'll get an easy step-by-step guide to learning how to two-hand tap on acoustic guitar. It requires a good amount of dexterity and finger strength, but Tony's Acoustic Challenge members should be up for the challenge. By tuning down the guitar, breaking the technique into chunks, and creating actionable steps where you feel confident in your playing, I hope you can successfully apply these techniques to your playing. It's a bit of a specialized skill, but you never know what kind of creative horizons you may expand. Two-hand tapping is a fairly new technique for acoustic guitarists. If you want to hear more examples of this technique, I highly recommend you visit the modern fingerstyle acoustic guitar genre. Many of the players in this style are virtuosos, but you'll get a taste of what kind of sonic possibilities exist. Featured in this episode...- Hawktail - Molly Tuttle - Tommy Emmanuel - Martin Guitar - Billy Strings - Taylor Guitars - Mule Resonator Guitars - Carter Vintage Guitars - National Guitars

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0:00.0	On today's show, I'll be teaching you one of the most odd acoustic guitar techniques in existence.
0:07.0	One of the most seemingly difficult ways to play the acoustic guitar.
0:12.0	However, it's actually pretty easy.
0:15.0	On today's show, I'll be breaking down and teaching you two-hand tapping on the acoustic guitar. So you can see that it's far more
0:22.7	than a novelty party trick and actually a very useful way to fuel your creativity and explore
0:29.4	the acoustic guitar.
0:31.2	Hey, Tack family, welcome to episode 250 of the Acoustic Tuesday Show. This show is designed to inject your guitar journey with a weekly dose of fun, focus,
0:41.3	progress, and inspiration.
0:43.3	Today you'll be learning one of the best tricks I've ever heard to make sure that your
0:48.3	guitar routine is as consistent as it can be and bulletproof from distraction. You're going to be learning this trick from TAC family member Mary G, who has 10 kids, two of which still live at home,
1:01.0	and she maintains a regular guitar routine, as regular as the rising and setting of the sun.
1:08.0	You'll hear what she has to say a little bit later, and of course you're
1:10.8	going to see what the TAC family is working on today. It's a guitar lick entitled Trampoline
1:16.5	Accident. And of course, your weekly dose of acoustic news awaits, which includes polarizing guitars,
1:23.8	an all-star duo guitar jam, the bug guitar, and much, much more.
1:29.7	But first go ahead and grab your guitar, open your mind, reserve judgment, and let's
1:34.3	learn two-hand tapping.
1:36.6	So we'll take this step by step, and the first step is going to be to tune your guitar
1:41.6	to an open tuning.
1:43.5	For all of the examples today I'll be using
1:46.1	open d major tuning. That means you'll take your low e string, tune it down to a D. Your A
1:53.7	string stays the same. Your D string stays the same. The G string drops to an F sharp string or an F sharp note I
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