Two Handed Tapping

[Jonny]

How is it um.. created? Formed? I'm not sure of the exact word.

I know how to play it in songs etc. but if I were to make my own sort of melody out of it how would I work out where to tap? It just confuses me.

[Johnny Mac]

Well do it in linear scales or something like that, I just use my ears and blind faith. Well used to I don't tend to do it now.

[bobthemerciful]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxpBXs6bOZ0

This is basically the approach I took to it. Learnig scales linearly as Johnny said is the key not just to tapping but being comfortable with the fretboard. You'll find yourself being able to find the notes you want to hear easier, rather than (as I used to) doing a run across the fretboard, then realising the note you wanted to end on is further up, adn having to slide up to find it. If you pick your favourite scale and learn it all over the neck then the fretboard becomes less scary; you'll find yourself playing on all of it, not just the bits you feel comfortable with. Learning to tap helps reinforce where the notes are in your head as well, even if you don't actually use it that much it still does your understandin of the guitar a lot of good.
Have fun  :D

[Matt77]

Don't know how much you know about theory, but learning the intervals of chords helps

[Jag]

A wacky nice idea I stole from Mattias Eklundh is this. Make up a little melodic line that you like (a normal one handed one) and the displace every second or third note by an octave by tapping it with your right hand.

Other than that the best tip I read as on how to approach tapping came again from one of my favorite players (cant remember if it was Govan, Thal or Eklundh though). Don't think off it like it's something separate from what you normally do. Just think that you have one huge hand. Try to reach notes that you cant normally.

Hope this helps a bit!  :D

[Adam.M]

Don't two hand tap just for the sake of it, i'd only do it when the melodic idea fits the technique.

Use scales and triads, though i will say i find tapping with the pentatonic scale really dull.

The best use of tapping is to reach notes you otherwise would not be able to stretch to, or its easier to tap to. This is where i use it the most.