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Hello my fellow bassists!!

Here is the fifth and final lesson in the beginner tapping series! In this lesson, I teach you a piece called "Moonlight", which I composed in a way that specifically uses all the techniques you've learned in this series, but in a musical way.

This is definitely the toughest lesson in the course, but if you can master this piece you will have truly earned your "intermediate tapper" status and you can confidently move onto the next series.

Once you can play along with me and the metronome, try performing it completely solo, and if possible, in front of friends, family or even on stage. Playing in front of just one person is great practice and feels very different from practising on your own.

As always, let me know if you have any questions or comments, thanks for coming here and practising with me and I'll see you back here soon for the next lesson!

Charles

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Jeff

Hi Charles, I’m having trouble figuring out how to hold my left thumb to get enough counter force for left hand tapping without my thumb getting very fatigued. It looks like you hold the inside of your thumb to the back neck, how much pressure do you apply with your left thumb? Thanks

Dustin P.

Hey Charles! I've noticed that many other bassists use a fret wrap when tapping, but I haven't ever seen you using one. How do you get such a clean sound and avoid the noise that a fret wrap would otherwise handle? And as always, thank you for all the content and inspiration!

Jeff

Seems like the best way for me is to keep the tip of my left thumb against the neck and just behind my middle finger.