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Eruption Without Tapping?! Two-Way Pick Slanting Guide

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Aug 22, 2025
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What if Eddie Van Halen’s legendary Eruption intro wasn’t tapped… but played with strict alternate picking instead? 🤯 In this guitar lesson, I take the iconic Eruption tapping intro and break it down using alternate picking — a challenge first popularized by Stephan Taranto. This approach not only sounds awesome, but it’s also one of the best ways to improve your alternate picking technique and overall guitar accuracy. If you’ve been struggling with two-way pick slanting, this lick will push your technique to the next level. It’s a perfect alternate picking exercise to build synchronization, speed, and control while fixing common picking problems. 🎸 In this video you’ll learn: How to play the Eruption intro with alternate picking (no tapping!) Tips for mastering two-way pick slanting guitar technique How to use this lick as a powerful guitar practice routine 👉 Grab your guitar and let’s dive in! Skype Guitar Lessons with Ozz http://ozzguitar.com/skype-guitar-lessons/ https://www.patreon.com/ozzguitar Join my Patreon family to Access all my YouTube lesson videos PDF and GP tabs, LESSON MATERIALS specialized for my patrons: Guitar practice, ear training, music theory, recording technologies, improvising, composing, sound&video production, Video Feedbacks to Your Videos and more!!! Support my channel by being a Member of my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVHRiSpvBqAtxCX_MajPY-g/join The Most Detailed Picking Technique Lesson Video I've Ever Shared https://youtu.be/O_0c_Xm-Q_8 4-Week Program to Master Alternate Picking Technique https://youtu.be/banQTdaBmzs For warm up you can use this video; https://youtu.be/coYiy75GVI8 ​​​​#guitarlesson #eruption #pickslanting

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