What sort of style is this?

[Mr Bee]

Hey all,
Love this kids music, but I always wonder what kind of 'style' it actually is and also, how I could learn/ write a piece like this!

I know there is definitely finger style in some of the pieces, but I am unsure what else.

Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amp1T3NYtPo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZykCgBfNyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRaaQD51cyQ

[HHP]

Keith Moon Style guitar

[Mr Bee]

Originally Posted by HHP

Keith Moon Style guitar

Haha, a bit of The Who drumming going on there

[posternutbag]

I have heard it called "percussive fingerstyle." Sort of Michael Hedges and Don Ross taken to the extreme.

[Mr Bee]

Originally Posted by posternutbag

I have heard it called "percussive fingerstyle." Sort of Michael Hedges and Don Ross taken to the extreme.

Yeah? Do you know/reckon it would be hard to get into?

[Tony Done]

It seems to be gaining steadily in popularity, the name I know it by is tapping:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping

Andy McKee has found a good niche with this style, plenty of his stuff on Youtube.

[eLPee]

I would call it lap tapping. Eric Mongrain has a few lessons on this style on Jam Play. I've never been through the lessons, though, so I can't say how in-depth he gets. See a video of Eric Mongrain here lap tapping.

[posternutbag]

I would say that tapping is a technique that is utilized in percussive fingerstyle.

Gabriela of Rodrigo y Gabriela has a series of lessons on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMNZz18VZik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfFt0R_-IEE

She is an amazing player. The duo is awesome, but it is Gabriela's rhythm playing that really carries the duo.

If you do a youtube search for percussive fingerstyle and get more intro lessons.

None of this is lap style, though.