Okay. Right! Well, we have reached the final section of this DVD. As promised at the beginning of this DVD, I will simply look at some of the neck tapping. It basically means you are going to take your from this side of the neck and move it over this side. I got the idea, just sort of started doing this kind of thing from Steve Vai. He had a song in this new album called Building the Church. There is no quite like the beginning of that and I have kind of adapt to it a little bit more to use some more traditional shapes for arpeggios in the right hand and just keep locks of my alternating two note tapping the left hand. And so I am going to play through the example and then we will break it down.
Now, we are going to break that arpeggio section down into four parts and I am just going to talk you through the tapping ideas for each arpeggio and then cite what the arpeggio is and then just kind of like go through it a few more times just so you can see how it links up. You will notice that again, throughout this DVD I have been using the half on to the neck. This really comes in handy for this type of tapping. So I got the roll up on the eighth fret and much of my tapping for the first lick is going to be done on the ninth and then it does not really move because obviously, I cannot play and move it at the same time so.
We will just take a look at the first arpeggio and break it down. Now, we are going to look at breaking down that first arpeggio. How I am going to explain this is I want it like note for note but what I will do is just go through the patterns of what each hand is doing and then they just sort of like alternate between the two and it will be the same for the other arpeggios. So what we are looking at is we just imagine that our fingers are going to play on the left hand but we are not going to do anything at those at the moment. So what our right hand is doing is just going to be playing B Minor with the right hand so that kind of shape. But the pattern will go at tap 10 on the high E string, 12 on the B string, 11 on the G string, 12 on the D string, 14 on the A string. Back up to the D string on the 12th fret. Back up to 11th fret on the G string then 12th fret on the B string then back to the 11th fret on the G string then skip over the B string and then just play 10 on the high E, 12 on the B and then 11 on the G.
Now while that is going with your right hand, in between the notes, you are just doing this. With your left hand, so you are just going to be playing fret nine on high E string and fret nine on the D string. And then in between that, we are just going to play that arpeggio pattern that I showed you with my left hand. So let us see what that sounds like so. And for the first arpeggio, we just played through that twice and then we shift position. So let me just play that twice back to back so you can hear what it sounds like. It is a bit more towards the actual speed if I played it originally.
Now we are going to be looking at the second arpeggio and this is going to be a C Major arpeggio in the right hand while the left hand is still the same thing as it was before but just on the tenth fret instead of the ninth fret. So I will play it so we can see how that sounds. Okay, right! Well, we can break this arpeggio down like we did the first one and I am just going to explain what the right hand is doing and then, you know, the left hand to follow. It has just moved up from the ninth fret to the tenth fret, but we are just still playing the same strings.
So the right hand for this C Major arpeggio is going on the high E string on the 12th fret. Then on the B string, it is going to play 13th fret. Then on the G string, the 12th fret; then on the D string, 14th fret; then on the A string, 15th fret and then we are going to go back up again. Play 14 on the D, 12 on the G, 13 on the B then back to 12 the G. Then skipping over the B to the high E string and playing 12 then 13 on the B. Then finally, 12 on the G. Now, as we are doing that, the left hand is just going to be doing in between those notes, but on the fret ten instead of fret nine. So let us just play that slow again so you can hear that sound.
Now, we are going to move up to the third arpeggio, which is an E Minor arpeggio for the right hand. Again, the left hand is still doing the same thing as it has been before in the ninth and tenth frets and it is just going to move up to the 14th fret. And a natural fact, this arpeggio is exactly the same pattern and shape and everything as the B Minor that we first played at the beginning. So what we got to do is just take that pattern. So I will play it for you again just to recap. But just move it up to the 14th fret and just play A minor. So I will play that for you slow so you can hear how that sounds.
Let me just break that down for you; tell you what the right hand is doing. We are going to start tapping this time on the high E string on the 15th fret. Then we are going to move to the B string and play the 17th fret. Then move to the G string and play the 16th fret. Then we are going to play 17th fret on the D string. Then the 19th fret on the A. Going back up so we are going to play 17 on the D, 16 on the G, 17 on the B. Back to the G string in 16 and skipping over the B string playing 15, sorry 16 on the E string, 17 on the B string and then finishing up on 16 on the G string. And again, your left hand is playing those two notes on the same strings in between the notes for your right hand. So I will just play that for you so you can see how it sounds again.
Now, we are going to look at the final arpeggio in this lick. And in the right hand, we are going to be playing a D Major arpeggio and our left hand has moved to play bi-frets on, well, bi-fingers are playing the 12th fret on the A string and the D string as they happen for the other arpeggios. So let me just play that slow for you and then we will break it down. With the right hand, we are pretty much doing the same position as we did for the C Major arpeggio, but just moved up two frets basically.
So, we are going to start the tapping with the right hand on the 14th fret on the high E string. Then we are going to play 15th fret on the B string, 14 on the G. Then we are going to play 16 on the D. Then we are going to play 17 on the A. Then going back up, play 16 on the D. Then we are going to play 14 on the G. Then we are going to play 15 on the B then back to 14 on the G. Skipping over the B string and to 14th fret in high E string and comeback down 15 on the B and then 14 on the G to finish the lick. Again, the left hand is doing the kind of ambulance type of sound and in between the arpeggio. So let me just play it for you again so you can hear that what it sounds like.
Right! Okay. Well, let me just play that lick for you in its entirety all four arpeggios, slow and then I will play a bit quicker and then up to the original speed that I played in the beginning.
What I did forget to mention was you can end this kind of playing on the 12th fret on the D string and then the 14th fret on the G together so you kind of playing like a D power chord, but just with two fingers.
Okay. Let me play that lick for you a bit faster. Let me play that one last time for you up to speed.
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