Guitar Lesson #6 - Pedal Point
Pedal Point (also called "Pivoting") is a technique where you keep returning to some base tone called the "Pedal Tone," for instance: 

32, 31, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33  (always returning to 3)

21, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22  (always returning to 2)

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        Pedal-Point Guitar Solo, Major Scale audio example.

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Finger-Tapping is a technique where you play scales or arpeggios with your left hand and hammer-on (ie, "tap") one or more additional notes with your right hand (I use my index finger). I particularly like to use notes that are all right next to each other in a row for the right-hand notes as this is easier to do and less prone to mistakes than trying to find notes that are scattered all around:          
                                                              

Kris Barras of Shred Academy demonstrates Finger-Tapping:: 

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