Tapping and Sliding

"Let's start with this E natural minor tapping run (see figure 10a and photo B). By sliding the tapped note two frets up the neck (photo C) and then back again, we can effectively extend the reach of this run and also make it sound a bit more interestingly weird (figure 10b). Another approach is to use the left hand index finger slide at the other end of the pattern (figure 10c) You can then combine the two ideas, using slides at both ends of our basic run (figure 10d). This is my answer to eight-finger tapping. Instead of using more than one right hand finger to tap, I just slide a single finger."

By tapping with my middle finger instead of my index finger, I don't have to juggle my pick every time I prepare to tap." Occasionally, he'll tap using the edge of the pick. "Tapping with the pick give me a lot more definition and a stronger attack. Sometime I'll even tap with a quarter to get a different sound."

Figures 11, 12 and 13 are three more examples of how George combines tapping and sliding. Calling this "trill tapping," George demonstrates everything in figure 14 with precision.