Math Rock Tapping Technique: The Basics

An in-depth beginner math rock guitar lesson on two-handed tapping technique. This lesson covers techniques for both fingerstyle players and pick players. I also offer some concepts / ideas that you can try to practice if you are new to this style!

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[musiclife]

I'm sure it's helpful so I like and then watch

[retep]

Trevor is like some math rock samurai master

[lilybeejones]

Hey I love that you put the instructions on the side as you go. That is a brilliant idea especially for folks that might need the extra input from reading it along with hearing it.

[joes]

I wish I had this guy as a teacher when I was younger. Simply amazing.

[PraetorianCuber]

hey trevor! i wanted to thank you for all the help in creating chords and all of your alternate tuning videos, i loved dadf#ae yet i wanted to make a more melancholy sounding tuning, so i lowered the f# to an f to make a dm add9 tuning, it's really pretty and i've already created a bunch of chords using the d minor scale, i used your tip of taking a chord and moving each note to the next available one in the scale and it's helped me find so many voicings. thank you so much for everything!

[chamiechalametparnajovbeto]

You're my inspiration to study more about music theory and to love the Mathrock music and genre even more *sorry my English was bad*

[jitulborah_]

Yayyy..❣️💫
your videos got me into music theory seriously💓

[boywithabass]

I’m loving these. I’m trying to get
More into math rock/Midwest emo. Even got myself a telecaster lol. I grew up in a musical fam so I have a tiny bit of knowledge but I just really wanna improve so bad. see there’s this girl… 😅

[pringleboyo]

Thank you for the lesson! I’ve been meaning to get better at tapping on bass and guitar, and this really helped :) great work!

[JorbyIsBad]

I didnt think it would be, but the thumb anchor point alone is SO CRUCIAL

[mannacharya]

Can't afford an electric. But I will work as hard as I can on the acoustic I own.

[ryanfraley]

You and Uncle Ben Eller were the only ones on this platform that have explained how to do tapping very well. While I get your focus in on math rock, all the techniques you mention in this video are equally applicable to shred applications like Eruption as well as math rock songs.

[caseyselanders]

This is ridiculously helpful. Thank you.

[drink.juice.]

very good practices and thorough instruction. this should get people on the tap game for sure

[johnhartley]

The basic exercise is also very useful developing finger picking independence and dampening control for playing slide. Instead of just pull off pull off and then return to stop one finger at a time with the other fingers dampening the unplayed string

[Sonicstillpoint]

Very good video. Do you have a talent for assiduously selecting every detail for highlight in the proper pattern to make learning incredibly easy. I wish I had somebody like you around when I was trying to figure this out 20 years ago. It took a lot longer than necessary it’s always fun.

[johnwduncan]

Will you over some melodic ideas for tapping? or some shapes you find useful when creating melodies?

[joseph]

as soon as I can afford your patron I will join. Thanks for everything!

[BluesBrogio]

09:21 "Van Halen so cheesy, but we can make it sound good". The disrespect... I LOVE IT

[Rehtoric_fix]

Mom: why is your phone upside down?

Me: 👁️👁️ dw ab it