Revealing Steve Vai's Secret Tapping Techniques

[@Hutging1470]

Good lesson! I saw just one thing steve vai said in an online lesson on tapping. He uses the major and ring fingers in combination for tapping. But thanks you for the exercise!

[@fulltimeguitar]

got a link to that video? :D

[@lukdb]

For tapping I'd say Greg Howe, that whole sequence on the Jump Start solo is absurd. Also Paul Gilbert's tapping on Frenzy still eludes me.

[@fulltimeguitar]

I was practicing a greg howe solo for a while, might have to pick it back up again. for sure i'll be doing more paul gilbert and doing a video on his tapping licks is a great idea!

[@emersonward6996]

I just found your channel. Thank you so much for providing these lessons. Your invaluable instruction saved me weeks of time, and I love the "historical/where it came from" context in your lessons. Thank you.

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying it :D

[@waynedelosangeles9729]

Have been subscribed to a lot of guitar teacher here in this platform over the years, but this dude stands out. I found myself learning lots of new things and binging his lessons. Thanks for sharing all these cool lessons

[@fulltimeguitar]

thanks so much! really appreciate you watching multiple videos :D

[@scottfriery9091]

Steve Vai made me want to learn to tap. Your fluidity with it is also pretty inspiring. Love how you've summed things up here nicely. The soloing at the end was also incredible. Thank you for putting it all together. You have given me something new to add to my trick bag!

[@fulltimeguitar]

So glad you liked it! i take a very long time on these videos and solos :)

[@PaulPauliePabloPaolo]

Really great vid… Ive passed on tapping so many times but this one got me!. Thanks for taking the time!.

[@fulltimeguitar]

haha, yeah i think i know what you mean, i honestly dont use tapping much while improvising nowadays (which is why i used that clip; i couldnt find a good one with right hand tapping) but i had a feeling people would find these techniques fun and helpful here on youtube :) and no worries! any questions let me know !

[@peterjacobs359]

Hi what a great lesson, and if it was good enough for Seve Hackett then it is certainly good enough for a lesser mortal like myself. I wanted to say that I really appreciate the amount of time you must have spent on this and the selfless way you put this on You tube so that people like me can integrate these ideas in to our own licks/sets. Many thanks Pete

[@fulltimeguitar]

so glad you found this helpful peter, lots more on the way. spoiler alert, I'm editing a video on Nuno bettencourt style licks right now :D

[@closedeyesopenmind]

Trey Azagthoth - Some crazy tapping and overall alien approach

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks :D

[@RockHeavyMetalStratoCohen]

Lovely !

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks dude!

[@slappywag7210]

Greg Howe and Reb Beach smooth tappers.😎

[@fulltimeguitar]

Absolutley LOVE both these players :D

[@WeareSouledOut]

great lesson!

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks so much, glad you found it valueable. more video just like this one coming soon. looking at Joe Satch and Paul Gilbert

[@ernestsguitarandmusicchann6938]

great player. great video. thanks :)

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thankyou!

[@williamsimpson5507]

Honestly, Vai was the one who made me want to learn to tap. I heard the guitar solo from "Bad Horsie" when I was like 13 and I've not been the same since 😂

[@fulltimeguitar]

awesome! :D

[@uv777gr]

Same as you, EVH's Eruption back in the day. Vai takes it to a new ferocious level.

[@fulltimeguitar]

Nice, and yes he does :D

[@petromusic23]

Thank you!!!

[@fulltimeguitar]

you are welcome! any questions/ video requests let me know :)

[@Guto-df3hq]

Excelente 😄🎸

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks :D

[@naispuma21]

Nicely presented vid - liked and subbed!

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks so much!! got a tonne more planned. any questions let me know :)

[@00_MyBestAdvice_00]

Kirk Hammet got me into tapping when Justice was released.

[@fulltimeguitar]

Nice :D

[@dethskullcrusher]

I like your style man! I'm subscribing now, just remember us when you channel gets big!

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks so much!! more incoming soon. And while i hope that days comes where its impossible for me to respond to every comment, thats not gunna be for a very very long time if ever haha. SO, hit me up here with any questions you have :)

[@fredimachadonet]

Awesome content mate! It would be awesome if you could make more videos about Vai. I was actually wondering about the tapping in The Animal. Thank you!

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks so much! Passion And Warfare is such a classic, listening again now haha. I was thinking of doing a video on the tapping in "Building the Church". either way for sure there will be more Vai for sure :)

[@DrRachelRApe]

2:49 Nice I love Mika! He's an amazing guitarist

[@fulltimeguitar]

yessss! did you play the Mr FF game when it was still around? im so gutted they took it down in 2020

[@DrRachelRApe]

@@fulltimeguitar No I just discovered him like a year ago unfortunately! :(

[@joeylodes]

Great lesson. U should have 10s of thousands of more subs. In time. 👍

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks so much! i hope so, almost at 10k as of writing. Who/ what should i cover next?

[@joeylodes]

@@fulltimeguitar how about a style lesson on a guy who doesn’t get nearly enough praise : Jake E Lee.

[@fulltimeguitar]

@@joeylodes thanks for the suggestion! i was excited when i was reading about him just now and saw he used to be in RATT. the solo from "nobody rides for free" was one of my favourites i learned back in the day. but turns out thats actually a different player haha. there are so many!

[@marcelosanchez8891]

Awesome content you share here buddy! And that guitar is really dope, what brand it is?

[@fulltimeguitar]

Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 HSH MH. I need to start posting this in the video, i get asked so much about this guitar haha

[@Rsand-fy8cp]

that last lick in your solo...

[@fulltimeguitar]

its mostly just lifted from Vai! But thankyou :D

[@SidAlienTV]

There is that old song from Alcatrazz "God blessed video", in the chorus Steve play a sick tapping line. And the worst is, that he played it live................. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6urYp97fdCIjrs

[@fulltimeguitar]

I had a quick watch, looks awesome. i think the tapping lick your hearing is a pedal tone style tap (a bit like the one near the start of the Mateus Asato demon slayer solo i transcribed). I think Vai is also using a stereo delay which makes it sound almost harmonized. There is a crazy sweep/ eccomony picked lick in there too which is awesome. thanks for sharing! :D

[@李正偉]

喔耶

[@fulltimeguitar]

Thanks ! Lets goooo 🤘

[@danielwatson7540]

All I heard was that I don't need to learn theory

[@fulltimeguitar]

haha, yeah i like the approach of only learning what you need to play what you want, and nothing else

[@stevesteve6545]

Learn theory. Learn everything you can.

[@fulltimeguitar]

@@stevesteve6545 i mean... sure learning theory is better than netflix. my point is just that you wont be likey to retain anything you dont apply to your playing reglarly thats all :)

[@DannyLangstondrums]

I can do a paradiddle, what level am I?

[@fulltimeguitar]

i never saw steve vai on drums so im not sure haha

[@filter101072]

Stick

[@JohnSunda]

it's a great lesson but you don't show at all the steve vai's secret tapping. Just a "small part" of "one song". Too sad

[@fulltimeguitar]

thanks for saying its a great lesson, it takes me 50-100 hours to make a 7 min video like this haha. sorry if i didnt have time to include more :P. i was thinking of doing a video on his intro tapping from building the church, what do you think? :D

[@jaxone1259]

Steve Hackett

[@fulltimeguitar]

Wow, thanks for the high praise! Steve Hackett is a legend, and being mentioned in the same breath is truly humbling! btw feel free to ask any questions i will help anyway i can :)