Editing Tapping (section)

==Description==
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Tapping is an [[extended technique]], executed by using either hand to 'tap' the strings against the [[fingerboard]], thus producing [[legato]] notes. Tapping generally incorporates [[pull-off]]s or [[hammer-on]]s. For example, a right-handed guitarist might press down abruptly ("hammer") onto [[fret]] twelve with the index finger of the right hand and, in the motion of removing that finger, pluck ("pull") the same string already fretted at the eighth fret by the little finger of their left hand. This finger would be removed in the same way, pulling off to the fifth fret. Thus the three notes (E, C and A) are played in quick succession at relative ease to the player.

While tapping is most commonly observed on [[electric guitar]], it may apply to almost any [[string instrument]], and several instruments have been created specifically to use the method. The Bunker Touch-Guitar (developed by Dave Bunker in 1958) is designed for the technique, but with an elbow rest to hold the right arm in the conventional guitar position. The [[Chapman Stick]] (developed in the early 1970s by [[Emmett Chapman]]) is an instrument designed primarily for tapping, and is based on the ''[[Free Hands]]'' two-handed tapping method invented by Chapman in 1969 where each hand approaches the fretboard with the fingers aligned parallel to the frets. The [[Hamatar]], Mobius [[Megatar]], Box Guitar, and Solene instruments were designed for the same method. The [[NS/Stick]] and [[Warr Guitar]] are also built for tapping, though not exclusively. The [[harpejji]] is a tapping instrument which is played on a stand, like a keyboard, with fingers typically parallel to the strings rather than perpendicular. All of these instruments use both string tensions lower than on a standard guitar and low [[action (music)|action]] to increase the strings' sensitivity to lighter tapping.