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Two Hand Tapping Guide

by stuartb0ffin

                  
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Introduction.................................................................1
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Why this is Useful...........................................................2
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How To do it.................................................................3
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Type 1......................................................................3A
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Type 2......................................................................3B
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Contact Info.................................................................4













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For those of you wondering "what the hell is two hand tapping", well im here 
to tell you and teach what it is. Two hand tapping is when you use both your 
hands to tap a solo or hard Hammer-on section in the song, This is quite 
useful if you want to get far in Career mode.

Now obviously this is only useful in Expert, so please, stop reading this 
guide if you can play in Expert. Two hand tapping is mainly useful for 
getting 100% in a song on Expert, but mainly for passing curtain parts and 
sections. JamesLikesCoulter and iamchris4life two hand tap basically 
everything! These guys get 100% in expert like its no big deal, so if it 
works for them then it will work for you.

If you've never heard of two hand tapping then that's obvious, two hand 
tapping is a hard skill to learn so not a lot of people can do it, and there 
aren't a lot of guides that how you how to do it, there are also a lot of 
Cheap videos on Youtube the don't help a lot.












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People like JamesLikesCoulter and iamchris4life use two hand tapping to get 
100% in Expert. Two hand tapping can also be used to pass hard parts like the 
Intro of Through the Fire and Flames in Expert. because some parts really 
aren't possible without two hand tapping them. Before you can learn this trick 
you need to learn how to tap normally. So just go to practice mode tutorials 
and there will be one to teach you how to use Hammer-ons and Pull-offs (the 
Advanced Skills Tutorials).
 









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Please note that there are two ways to two hand tap, Type 1 and Type 2
Heres there difference.

Type 1
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If there's a Section where the notes are all spread out in a order (like the 
intro of Through The Fire And Flames) and requires you to use your right hand 
to hit more the then one group of frets, while the other hand must hit 
another group of frets.

Type 2
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This is when the notes go back and forth and you use one hand to hold on 
group down and you use your other hand to quickly tap the other side.


Type 1 Examples
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Through the Fire and Flames - There Hammer-ons
Through the Fire and Flames - Herman's Solo
Through the Fire and Flames - Sam's Solo
Through The Fire and Flames - Twin Solo
Through the Fire and Flames - So Far Away II
Through the Fire and Flames - So Far Away III (Red Snake)
Through The Fire and Flames - Blackest Waves
Through The Fire and Flames - You Rock!!!!
One - Solo A
Knights Of Cydonia - Galloping Triplets


Type 2 Examples
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Through the Fire and Flames - Bridge I
Through the Fire and Flames - Synth Death
Monsters - Bridge 3
Cliffs of Dover - Intro Solo 2
Raining Blood - FLOOD!!!



Now here are the terms I will use through the faq,

Diagram:

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 G    R    Y    B    O
 r    e    e    l    r
 e    d    l    u    a
 e         l    e    n
 n    f    o         g
      r    w    f    e
 f    e         r  
 r    t    f    e    f
 e         r    t    r
 t         e         e
           t         t



GF  -  Green Fret
RF  -  Red Fret
YF  -  Yellow Fret
BF  -  Blue Fret
OF  -  Orange Fret


(O)  -  Hold Down
(_)  -  Hit


L  -  Left Hand
R  -  Right Hand









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A good way to learn to two hand tap (Type 1) is to go into practice mode and 
try the intro on Through The Fire And Flames on Expert. Do the Intro in 
Slowest, do the Best you can, now try doing it by tapping every note.
Once you do that do the song like this:

(O)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)
L     L     L     L     L  
____  ____  ____  ____  ____



Then like this

(O)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)
L     L     L     L     R
____  ____  ____  ____  ____



Once you master that, try this.....

(O)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)
L     L     L     R     R
____  ____  ____  ____  ____




Then Try this...........
(O)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)
L     L     R     R     R
____  ____  ____  ____  ____




Once you master that, try it in Slower, then Slow, Then Full Speed.
This might take you a couple of days to do but you will be able to get pretty 
good at it over time.

Try practicing it by playing:

Through The Fire and Flames - You Rock
      (O)   (_)   (_)   (_)
       L          L     R
____  ____  ____  ____  ____



Through The Fire and Flames - Red Snake (So Far Away III)
(O)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)
L     R     L     L     L
____  ____  ____  ____  ____
(this is Extremely hard and not recommended for beginners)




 


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Type 2 is actually much easier then Type 1.
the Big Difference is that you only half to hold down one fret with your left 
hand, and you just keep tapping the other note with your right hand.
You can use your Index Finger and your Middle Finger on your right hand to 
move back and forth to tap faster.
Now go into practice mode and go to Monsters in Expert (can only be unlocked 
by playing it as an encore in Co-op Career ode) and go to Bridge C:

Start Tapping like this, and it won't be that hard to do this:
(O)   (O)   (_)    (_)
L     L           R
____  ____  ____  ____  ____ 
Then it will go like....
(O)   (_)   (_)   (_)
L           R
____  ____  ____  ____  ____
Then it will go like....
(O)   (_)    (_)   (_)
L     R
____  ____  ____  ____  ____


This is actually really easy to do; it should only take you 30 minutes to do.








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Just Contact me at [email protected] 

If you have any questions, more info about what to tap and how to tap it, or 
if you've found grammar/spelling mistakes