Guitar Tricks 57: Two-Hand Tapping Guitar Lesson - Eddie Van Halen Guitar Lesson

[Huqe]

Pro tip: Don't just use pentatonic notes, take the 2 and 6 of diatonic natural harmonic too. You can make interesting melodies if you include them! Also the blue note and #5 are great...

[JaySinghMusicPR]

Neal, i play for a big band called Hothouse and they've asked me to do a solo over final countdown, all i know is that the solo is on the 15th fret scale, they want some quick tapping, if you can help me learn it for Saturday i would appreciate it :) Thank you :)

[Nanoboy92]

What Equipment was used in this video? I love the tone you get in all of your videos!

[petewat98]

why do I always get vibrations from the other stings when i two hand tap? It somehow gets sound out of the other strings and sounds horrible

[Guitartricks]

@petewat98 it takes a little muting practice, this video has some good tips for you: Thumbnail Guitar Tricks 44: Stop String Noise -Neal



[bronconoah]

@petewat98 put a hair band around the neck by the nut.... itll mute the other strings

[petewat98]

@bronconoah All the hair bands I have are too big and slide around :P

[bronconoah]

@petewat98 oh well nevermind then aha:)

[lumyingluo]

cool lessons \m/

[skatebboard]

I subscribed :)

[46luuk]

no sorry.. by the way sorry for my bad english i am a 13 year old dutchman :P

thanks for helping with this video

[46luuk]

be my cousin or something !!! :)

[Guitartricks]

@46luuk do they have an app for that? -Neal

[ncethngs]

great teacher and nice guitar and tone

[Guitartricks]

@ncethngs Thank you! :) -Neal

[62rome]

hey camera man can we get a close up shot!!!!.

[kingkonaha]

i actually use my first finger and pinkey

[ravenshield56]

hey buddy, can you do a lesson on tap bending? and/or tap harmonics? :)

[Guitartricks]

@ravenshield56 we did a tap harmonics lesson, check it out! -Neal

[HoopsMaster4]

how do you keep the strings from ringing when tapping?

[Guitartricks]

@HoopsMaster4 You can use a hair tie at the 1st fret, other wise palm mute with the right hand -Neal

[Fredel41]

Congrats man really nice lessons keep it up they've been very useful for me thanks =)

[onfire4000]

is it possible to do that with a crapy crapy guitar?

[Guitartricks]

@onfire4000 tapping? totally!

[onfire4000]

@Guitartricks thanks



[TheShowBuds]

Your playing is so sweet ! So is your guitar!

[Guitartricks]

@TheShowBuds thank you so much!! :) -Neal

[guitarninja820]

im a moderate guitar player whats a good exercise to speed up my fingers like any scales or anything

[boyofrabat]

Neal, while I tap on first string the E4 I can't hear the notes (I try to play "Metallica - One" solo) I don't know if it's my guitar or the amp or the amp settings =/ lil help please

[TheSpanishkiller]

3:48 hot for teacher!!

[ZacharyM24]

@DirtyGhettoOmalette

No I am way to young to have arthritis and I don't have small hands... I also am not a beginner.. I have been playing for almost 2 and a half years and my hand never cramps or hurts except when I do my barre chords...

[ZacharyM24]

Dear Guitartricks,

I have a problem with Barre Chords... I can play them good an even switch too them easily it's just that if I play them for about 2 minutes in a row my upper wrist and lower thumb starts hurting and cramping up and I can't find any better way to do them.. Help!

[DirtyGhettoOmellete]

@ZacharyM24 there alot of different things it could be do you have arthritis? you could need a guitar with a smaller neck if your hands are small or you could just experiment with different fingerings idk if your a begginer or not but if you are its prty normal for your hands to cramp after a while

[Guitartricks]

@ZacharyM24 this is normal, make sure and rest your hands between practice, the wrists are sensitive. If you play standing up with a strap, try raising your guitar some, this helps.

As your muscles get stronger your hands and wrists wont hurt as much.

-Neal

[Sean5300]

you should do a lesson on pinch harmonics

[barcelonadk]

@Sean5300 /watch?v=fNhxMfCJf_Y

that is done :D

[Guitartricks]

@Sean5300 did one! #6 :)

[hardyslash]

But steel wool wont damage the arm of the guitar?

[Guitartricks]

@hardyslash it won't damage the back of the neck if it's "0000" grade steel wool.

[xbob23]

nice ending :)

[yoimHoHo]

I was using steel wool to scrap off the finish on one of my older cheap guitars, will it be alright to use on more expensive necks? And I don't get what you mean by 4 O's. thanks for the help bro

[Guitartricks]

@yoimHoHo "0000" is the grade, the finest grade. If you google "steel wool grades" you'll get more. It's like sandpaper grades. -Neal

[mjguitar6132]

again, could you please show some good amp setting or effects to improve our riffs and solo

[metalpunk654]

@mjguitar6132 I'm with this guy. Also keeping good sound with chords playing with distorton.

[hardyslash]

Ca I use Furniture polish?

[Guitartricks]

@hardyslash No, stay away from furniture polish!

[hardyslash]

@Guitartricks So what sould I use?

[hardyslash]

@Guitartricks What can I use? (I don't know what this steel wall is) I'm Portuguese, so there are some things that I don't know =/

[hendrixkixas]

@hardyslash Ola! Steel wool is a lot of very fine steel wire made into a fabric. Sou portugues tambem!

[metalpunk654]

@hardyslash steel wool. not wall. go to the cleaning section of a store. or a hardware store.

[ChannelxxAUSTRIAxx01]

@Guitartricks

Haha you are awesome. You are a very likeable and funny guy.

[synrocker666]

@Guitartricks OH MY! i used some before! D:

[carlosbarraganrules]

and the other one ha! nice lesson that would be awesome if u did a lesson on bucketheads two finger tapping.

[MBvolcom92]

awesome lesson, thanks! too bad i can't try it out right now as i am in sweden

[gymnasticowl]

@MBvolcom92

i'm in sweden and i can try it out right now ;D

[MBvolcom92]

@gymnasticowl haha lucky! but i live in norway so my guitar is in norway :((

[johnnymfapplecore]

Awesome lesson.

[JRSchrim]

Yeah! first view!!