Tapping Discovered
A fresh approach for guitar players of rock, metal, funk, country & fusion styles
Published on 27. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
148 pages
978-1-9163024-5-7 (ISBN)
Description
If you are looking to tap on guitar or you're looking to increase your knowledge, understanding and technique then Tapping Discovered by Honza Kourimsky and released by GMI - Guitar & Music Institute is the book for you.
146 pages of pure tapping goodness takes you from first principles in chapter one all the way through to the fiendishly complete solos in chapter five.
¿ After legend and Tapping Form sections and videos there are 5 chapters.
¿ Each of the first three chapters offer 14 exercises and then a complete solo.
¿ Chapter four demonstrates ten amazing tapping licks in a variety of styles.
¿ Chapter five includes two extended solos which includes all techniques, concepts and ideas presented within the text and videos of entire book.
CHAPTER ¿
By the end of this lesson you will be able to travel up and down the length of the top string using multi-finger tapping. You will also learn how to adjust both your fretting and tapping grip to fit into and complement specific harmonic contexts. Finally, you will also learn to connect tapping patterns in a way that keep your hand relaxed and your playing in time with the music.
CHAPTER ¿
By the end of this lesson you will be able to move up and down the length of the top string using legato tapping as well as combining legato tapping with multi-finger tapping as covered in lesson 1. As always, the emphasis will be on being able to execute these multiple techniques whilst staying relaxed and in time with the music.
CHAPTER ¿
By the end of this lesson you will be able to connect multi-finger and legato tapping patterns with pentatonic tapping patterns and legato playing as well as making use of each of these patterns to cross strings on the guitar neck. You will be shown how to combine and use all the patterns you have learned so far to move both up and down the instrument horizontally and vertically.
CHAPTER ¿
In this lesson we will study a variety of licks that use tapping to form at least part of their melody. Apart from adding to your library of patterns and tapping technique, these licks will also show you how to connect tapping with other popular guitar techniques such as bends, slides vibrato etc. Of prime importance is how many of the styles presented are in styles of music often not thought compatible with tapping.
CHAPTER FIVE as mentioned brings everything together in two amazing extended solos.
Over one and a half hours of HD video included via QR codes.
24 professional quality backing tracks for you to download and practice all of the exercises, examples and solos with over and over again.
146 page total book packed with ideas, concepts and helpful ideas.
NOTE: All video content is viewable via QR codes via cell/mobile phone or table device. Most devices now come with QR codes as standard, however, a QR code reader(s) are available for download free from Apple and Android app stores.
More details
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9163024-5-7 (9781916302457)
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Honza Kourimsky is a Czech born guitarist/composer/performer. After enrolling for a degree programme in the Scottish Capital, Edinburgh, Honza was quickly identified by staff at Edinburgh Napier University as "one to watch" with regards to his exemplary playing technique/musicality, approach to work and his interactions with fellow musicians.
Since graduation, Honza has more than lived up to this early promise. He has continued to base his life in Edinburgh, his playing and musical production enriching the life of the capital city and taking him throughout Scotland, the UK and Europe. His work to date has included the arranging and performance of several albums and EPs, singles and classical scores.
His work within musical theatre has featured his writing and performance skills within several productions at the prestigious Edinburgh International Fringe Festival gaining four star reviews in publications across the UK. He has also composed several musicals for theatrical runs back in his homeland, the Czech Republic, which have been very well received by critics and public alike. Honza works with several Edinburgh based music education programmes, providing a large roster of students both guitar and music theory studies.
As if all this was not enough, Honza heads up and performs with six different bands from funk to progressive improv. based music. In 2020 Honza was approached by GMI - Guitar & Music Institute to be one of the main writers within the company, a chance that he grabbed with both hands. This publication, his first for GMI, has been the result of hundreds of hours of teaching and performance in the field. The material within this book has been more or less tested to destruction.
Honza has undertaken all composition, analysis, transcription and performance of the content so that the user of this first book can hit the ground running from the first page and expand on their tapping knowledge and technique.