| Different
guitar players employed different methods to perform tapping. The common methods
are: Method
1: Use
your middle finger to do the tapping. This lets you continue to hold your pick
with your thumb and index finger. Doing it this way helps you move from picking
to tapping smoothly. Method
2: Tap
with your index finger and hold your pick with your middle finger and thumb. This
still allows you to pick and gives you the power of your index finger when hammering
on the fretboard. You can also hold on to the neck of the guitar with your 3rd
and 4th fingers for more support. Method
3: This
is quite similar to method 2. You still tap with your index finger but hold the
pick with your middle finger only. A little tricky at first, but Van Halen uses
this methods a lot in his playing. You can also hold on to the neck of the guitar
with you 3rd and 4th fingers as well as your thumb for more support. | 
Tapping
is performed by hammering on a note (usually with the index or middle finger).
After tapping a note, pull it off to a lower note. 
