Watched all 3 new ones. Of course you know this but I’m gonna say it anyway: there are amazing musical ideas in there! Specially n. 13 (edit: I meant 12, numbers are too close on the damn phone!!!) you can really see where all of this is going: quite
Impressive Scott. Thanks for taking the trouble of sharing this.
Cheers
Rod


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Scott, I had to break out the ipad at work so I could watch these and mind the fort before a long weekend (MLK Jr Day). Unfortunately, I didn't have a Stick at work to rock out along with you, but I still got a lot out of the vids.

#10

Welcome to Tap Hack #10! Look at you up to 10 already, and building on that foundation. I dig the dexterity exercises. I may not have (sheepishly) shared with you that I'm finally going back to scales and arpeggio exercises on the Stick, as I try to navigate between various Sticks tuned and strung in various ways. I find the scalar patterns really help get a feel for where my next note is, and muscle memory rocks when you can get some speed up and stop thinking about it. And you know I (used to) really really hate scales. I still do on piano. But the pattern is the same on whatever side of whatever Stick you're playing, so I dig that.

#11
I like that you start each video with a furious riff or thing. Okay, hands together, now! Ouch, that's going to hurt. I need this one especially.

Ah, here is where mirrored 4ths will really lend itself to playing similar patterns on both sides at the same time. This exercise here is something I kind of half-ass am trying to do already, but I need to alternate going up as well as down. I do a very similar thing on my NS/Stick with both hands, since it's straight 4ths all the way across.

#12 An even dozen! This started sounding a bit Bachy.

So we grab any diatonic note with the left hand in the bass, over the right hand doing the ascending (or descending) arpeggios. That makes some nice tonalities, and seems easy enough to get the two hands working together in key. I'm definitely going to roll with that one this weekend.

Awesome, Scott! A very helpful series. Thanks for sharing!

JSK: "I don't know why 5ths is so troublesome for me on a Stick. It's a non-issue on violin or guitar..."

EC: Thot you'd go for the rewards, blazing RH lead fingering like you do with your LH on guitar. Hendrix did a lot of string tapping just with his fretting hand. Your RH comes over the board from the opposite side making the fingering almost identical to your LH on lead guitar.

Strings are low. Touch is light. And, it's your right hand! Speed and expression should be no problem (unless you're a lefty). So then, how to support this with your other hand?

I'd say, make it easy (I know it looks hard). Do something different in the accompaniment, something more basic. LH 5ths seem to focus more on bass roots and inversions with plenty of chords to punctuate. It may be more repetitive and even motor oriented, but it allows creative concentration on the RH lead line, your forte on the guitar - a no-brainer.

Then again, maybe you don't want to be that beast on Stick.

were there ever tap hacks 8-9 ?!

Haha yep, there were/are I will be uploading them later today when I get home.
Funny story, I made them a while ago and just completely forgot to upload them. Doh!

Thanks for checking them out, guys - hopefully it doesn't feel like I am forcing any kind of tuning on anybody as my intent is just to share ideas and jam a bit before the actual idea part!

And Emmett, you really have me thinking... thanks always for your insight!

Okay, here's one of the missing tap hacks - #8! Wooo!

This one is on using the right hand thumb, and adding a percussive element to really snag a cool kind of effect. It's a cool starting point, so I thought I'd share it. It's fun! lol not my best video ever, but hey none of them ever are, someone has to be terrible, right? (Pick me!) Anyways, have a good one guys.I hope this helps someone out a bit.

This one was helpful in getting some of that percussive stuff going on. Love your series, Scott.

Was there ever #9 ?

also always wonder- what is that time machine beside you ?

Guessing that's a 3d printer.