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Two-hand tapping · 4/4 · 70110 BPM

Tap cascade

Right-hand tap, pull-off, left-hand hammer. A three-note cell across two strings.

Tapping in drop tunings wants open strings as drones. The cell has to be even or it sounds like a glitch.

triplets

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Pull-offs as loud as taps. Ghosted pull-offs kill the cascade.

  1. 01

    On the fourth string: tap fret 12, pull to open, hammer 7. Repeat.

  2. 02

    Keep the sixth string ringing as a drone if you can mute the rest.

  3. 03

    The three notes are equal 8th-triplets. Metronome in triplets.

  4. 04

    Move the tap 12–14–15 to outline add9 / minor / major color.