Foot Tapping Question from Julian Lage Lesson

**mr. beaumont** · 07-01-2014, 10:14 AM

Try the toe twitch. Ya ain't gotta be Ray Charles up there.

I learned it from a cat who plays violin in a sinfonetta...you can't tap in that environment, the acoustics are often too good.

**ecj** · 07-01-2014, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by mr. beaumont

Try the toe twitch. Ya ain't gotta be Ray Charles up there.

I learned it from a cat who plays violin in a sinfonetta...you can't tap in that environment, the acoustics are often too good.

I can't tap my toes that fast.

Looks like it's time to bust out the metronome and shed my toe wiggle.

**henryrobinett** · 07-01-2014, 11:40 AM

I used to be a notoriously bad foot tapper. It drove some guys crazy, or humored them. I didn't seem to have problems with my timing. But my foot had a mind of it's own. Since I've put attention to it and as far as I know, my tapping has improved immensely. I didn't tap to the quarter note, particularly. My foot was connected to my playing - hitting accents and offbeats. Very confusing.

**Space Pickle** · 07-01-2014, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by basinstreet

Do anyones shins begin to kill if they tap fast tempos for an entire tune?

Yes, I find it a lot easier to lift my heel than the front part of my foot.

**whiskey02** · 09-12-2015, 11:33 AM

Anything you do that works for you is RIGHT. Anyone who says not to do something that you do with success is completely full of BS. It matters not the least bit HOW you get where you need to be, only that you get there.
fwiw, I found at least the first 2 sound samples in the premier guitar article to terribly poor examples, more accurately an example of someone doing it wrong. I didn't bother to listen past ex #2 but that guitar was not consistently in sync with the metronome, the majority being early. I find it difficult to believe that that could be JL playing.