Eight Finger Tapping Lick Videos

Dull. No imagination whatsoever. No context, or application to real-world music making. Fortunately, the three videos together add up to less than one minute.

I guess they were not intended to be in any larger context, but that's not to say they couldn't be put into context.

You really think they are that terrible? I realise these licks don't feature much rhythmic variation, but harmonically I thought they were cool. Too each their own; I wasn't exactly blown over by your Tarrega interpretation either.

I guess they are not intended to be in any larger context, but it would not be hard to arrange any of those licks musically, but if they are shit then I guess it's not worth the time.

You really think they are that terrible? I realize these licks don't feature much rhythmic variation, but harmonically I thought they were cool, maybe moreso in person than is conveyed by my webcam.

Here's my take on what it "sounds" like...and the reason I kind of agree with Alan.

It just sounds like you are tapping a scale. Just going up and down in triplet-type fashion. The length of the videos don't bother me, it's a demonstration...but yeah...there really wasn't much imagination of feeling put into it I guess. Sorry man. Maybe if you had it applied to something much larger it would be better, but on it's own it was a bit dull.

I do know that there is a time and place for tapping, so having knowledge of the technique if you are playing music that has tapping is good to have, so if that's a practice run from a book, it sounds fine, and I think that's maybe where another problem comes in.

But I will also say that you asked what we thought. We all are in the habit of giving honest opinions. It doesn't matter how long we have been playing, if I produce something that's crap, I want to get called to task on it to become a better player.