A recent discussion got me thinking, and realising how I still haven’t known this… I know how to play them I mean, and which fingers to use, I’m just confused… as to which note do you designate the tap for. For example, a long B roll, there’s the B cut, then the tap. I’m not sure if you would call it a B tap, since the tap is decorating the B note, or if you would call it an A tap, because you are tapping the A note. Which is it?
-Eric
My way of saying it is to “tap from B with L2.”
–James
Well that’s what I’ve always seen. And actually it’s best to say T2, for Top hand, as some players play right over left… like me. Then some other humble players like Mary Bergin, and I think Willy Clancy… Then for example B2, for the Bottom hand.
However this still isn’t quite the answer I’m looking for. I’m asking, to call say, a G tap, would that be, while you’re playing G then tapping the F sharp hole? Or, would a “G tap” be when you’re playing A, then tapping the G tone hole. It’s really a terminology question I’m getting at. Not the physical mechanics of taps.
I believe a G tap would be tapping the F# hole… Since you are making the G note tapped - making it a G overall.
Just like a G cut, would be cutting the G on the G itself - while cutting a F# would be done on the G hole.
Either you cut the air flow by raising a finger from top/same place of the note, or you tap the note by covering a lower hole/series of holes. The note that you wanted to sound tapped will be the one you are talking about - the one you are “decorating”. That’s as far as terminology goes for me.
That’s what I was thinking… But a conversation over at www.whistlethis.com is making me second guess it all. Thankyou Trip- you said it perfectly for me.
-Eric