Welcome to this song tutorial on chordal tapping! The song Last Stand is off my Fret Dance (2003) album, and is the last track on that album. This lesson will only be an excerpt from that song, since I have omitted the last up tempo allegro part of it. This type of tapping differs somewhat from the type of tapping I discussed in my Timing and Note Value Alteration tutorial. Instead of hammering-on and pulling-off, we will only hammer-on here, much like a piano player would. Using this technique, you can create very lush chord/melody arrangements not usually played on a guitar. This tutorial is just a taste of what can be done with this technique. To further dive into this way of playing, I encourage you to study players like Stanley Jordan (Jazz), Eric Mograine (contemporary) or the legend Michael Hedges (all of the above), that is one of the originators of the new wave of acoustic tapping.
So happy tapping, and see you in my next tutorial!