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Tapping On Bass Guitar. Part 3 - Two Hands Technique
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Tapping on Bass Guitar Lesson #3
================================
In the previous lessons we've used double stopping to form chords. We have also considered moving the left and right hand parts further apart. We'll continue with this idea now by moving the two hands even more independently.

Consider the following chord:


                                       -O-

                                       ---
                                        O
                                       ---
			    __ 
|-------12--------|	|--/--\--------------------
|-------12--------|	|  \   | .
|----7------------|	|------|-------------------
|-----------------|	|      / .   O
			|-----/--------------------
			|    /
			|---/----------------------
			|
			|--------------------------

It should sound fairly dissonant, but provided your sound isn't overly bassy it won't be too bad in context.

We can then move the bass note (resolving it) to a G while keeping the right hand harmony notes constant:


                                       -O-    -O-

                                       ---    ---
                                        O      O
                                       ---    ---
			    __ 
|-----12-----12---|	|--/--\--------------------
|o----12-----12--o|	|  \   | .
|o-7-------------o|	|------|-------------------
|---------3-------|	|      / .  O
			|-----/--------------------
			|    /
			|---/----------------------
			|  
			|-------------------O------

Once you're happy moving your left hand while holding your right still, we can move to an Am in the same way we did last week to get
the classic opening riff to "Purple Haze" (or at least sufficient outline to carry the rhythm while the guitarist shows off)
                                                          O
                 -O-    -O-		  -O-            ---

                 ---    ---		  ---            -O-
                  O      o		   O
                 ---    ---	          ---            ---
    __ 
|--/--\-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|  \   | .                      |                               ||
|------|------------------------|-------------------------------||
|      / .  O O       O     O   |                               ||
|-----/-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|    /                          |                               ||
|---/---------------------------|-------------------------------||
|                               |                O  O           ||
|-------------------------------|--O--O-------------------------||
|				|				||
|	    e  e  e  s   s+q q	|  e  e  q      e   e    q      ||
|				|				||
|-----------------12-----12-----|--------12--------------14-----||
|o----------------12-----12-----|--------12--------------14-----||
|o----------7--7------7------7--|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--3--3----------5--5-----------||
            L4 L4 R12 L4 R12 L4    L1 L1 R12     L3 L3   R12

(The timings are an approximation - with all lessons you should experiment to find a comfortable groove).

Once you've got this working you may feel that the initial E lacks the emphasis you'd like to place upon the begining of such a great
riff.

Last week we tackled the problem by taking the note down an octave. In this case that's an open string so we can't hammer it on. We could tune down, but the proximity of the nut would reduce the volume, and in any case - tuning down is inconvenient. The answer is to sound the open E with your right hand.

Moving in and out of the position used for tapping is often inconvenient - going to a walking finger style is too slow, and a
plectrum is out of the question! However, you should find that your right hand is in a pretty good position to slap the bottom E - it's
perhaps a little further up the fretboard than is desirable but it is quite workable (See Doug's slapping lesson #1 for details of the VERY simple slap we're now going to use). Simply twist your right hand, bring the thumb down on the E string and let it bounce back.

Of course if the right hand is slapping then the left hand is going to have to play the double stop. This is accomplished by bringing your third finger down flat across the G and D strings at the 12th fret. With both this and the slap, experiment to find the optimum amount of force.

                                        -O-    -O-

                                        ---    ---
                                         O      O
                                        ---    ---
			    __ 

|-------12-----12---|	|--/--\--------------------
|o------12-----12--o|	|  \   | .
|o-----------------o|	|------|-------------------
|--0--0-----0-------|	|      / .  
			|-----/--------------------
   RT RT L3 RT L3	|    /
			|---/----------------------
			|  
			|--------------------------
                                 -O- -O-   -O-

Putting the whole thing back together we get:

                                                          O
                 -O-    -O-		  -O-            ---

                 ---    ---		  ---            -O-
                  O      o		   O
                 ---    ---	          ---            ---
    __ 

|--/--\-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|  \   | .                      |                               ||
|------|------------------------|-------------------------------||
|      / .                      |                               ||
|-----/-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|    /                          |                               ||
|---/---------------------------|-------------------------------||
|                               |                O  O           ||
|-------------------------------|--O--O-------------------------||
|				|				||
|	   -O--O-   -O-     -O-	|				||
|				|				||
|	    e  e  e  s   s+q q	|  e  e  q      e   e    q      ||
|				|				||
|-----------------12-----12-----|--------12--------------14-----||
|o----------------12-----12-----|--------12--------------14-----||
|o------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------0--0------0------0--|--3--3----------5--5-----------||
            RT RT L3  RT L3  RT    L1 L1 R12     L3 L3   R12

That's all for now.
Ian

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