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Solo. The very word send shivers of 

excitement down most people's spines. For 

you, it means the chance to permanently 

embed yourself in these people's minds 

forever. In order to do that, you need to learn 

how to tap. But wait! What IS tapping exactly? 

Well, that's where I come in...

-At electric guitar

-An amp with distortion or extreme overdrive

-Not broken index and ring fingers

-A distortion pedal (If you don't have an amp 

with overdrive or built-in distortion)

-Pick (optional)

-A shoulder strap (HIGHLY recommended, but 

optional)

-A brief understanding of hammer-ons and 

pull-offs

Before I explain how to do the awesome art of 

tapping, I'm going to give a little bit of tapping 

history, so that you're not completely clueless 

after you're done reading this. So, tapping was 

originally "invented" by awesome guitar legend 

Steve Hackett. Everyone thought Hackett was 

crazy for using two hands on the fretboard, but 

after they heard the stupid-fast speeds of 

Hackett's solos and riffs, they quickly changed 

their minds. It was popularized after Eddie Van 

Halen's album, Eruption reached the ears of 

the public. 

Since I said before, in order to tap, you need 

to know what hammer-ons and pull-offs are. A 

hammer-on is where your finger acts as a 

hammer, and after you strum a note, you use 

your finger to hammer-on a higher note on the 

same string. This technique is used for very 

fast solos, and mainly for not tiring your hand 

or arm out from strumming. A pull-off is where 

you strum a high note where two or more 

fingers are on the string when you strum, and 

pull-off the highest finger from the string.

So, now that you know almost all the info 

needed to tap, here's how to actually tap. 

First, put your ring finger on a fret, and put 

your index finger on a lower fret, up to three 

frets lower, and then with the opposite hand's 

index finger, (or a pick) strike, (or tap) the 

high fret on the first hand,(index fret) and then 

pull-off the string with your tapping finger 

downwards, then almost simultaneously pull-

off the ring finger on the other hand, and put it 

back on the same fret, then start the process 

over again by tapping your index finger on the 

first high fret, and blah blah blah.

So that's pretty much all the info you need to 

tap and show off your skills to people. Start off 

slow at first, then gradually increase your 

tapping speed. Using a metronome works 

incredibly well with this. Along with that, I can 

tell you some songs that have really sick 

tapping solos that you can learn and practice 

to.

One-Metallica 

You Really Got Me-Van Halen

Beat It-Michael Jackson

Thunderhorse-Dethklok

Fury of the Storm-DragonForce

Well, that's pretty much it. How to tap. Have 

fun out there, and don't forget the headbang.

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