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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 2975594" data-attributes="member: 34175">The technique was "invented" by Eddie Van Halen (I'm sure there are a few classical folks that will disagree with that staement, but the form used today was his unique creation).  The whole point is to increase the speed of notes that is heard by the listener without increasing the number of "picking" motions made by the player. In the years when guitar picking was done with the fingers only, this technique was unnecessary becuase you individually plucked each string anyway. (qv Chet Atkins for the most effective method)  Eddie created the style after single-handed picking (ie using a pick held by two or more fingers to strum the strings) had became the norm, but the speed of the music was continuing to increase.To hear its evolution listen to Eddie's guitar solos (Eruption, etc) on Van Halen's first three albums in order.  then contrast that with basically any other guitar hero from a period before that (Hendrix, Clapton (w/ Cream), Harrison, who ever) you can hear a marked difference in style and speed.  The way to build that speed is to find a series of three  to six notes that sound good in arpeggiated progression (a chord w/ the notes played individually in order) and then repeat the tap - pull -tap - pull progression over and over until your speed is absolutely blazin' then put band-aids on what is left of your bloody fingertips until the calouses form from repeated use. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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