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The phrase "a tapping on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action of lightly hitting or striking a surface, often to get someone's attention or to indicate a sound.
Example: "I heard a tapping on the window and turned to see who it was."
Alternatives: "a knock on" or "a rap on".
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The first half ended with Maki Ishii's "Monochrome," in which a tapping on seven small drums little louder than a buzzing of insects swells into what a swarm of locusts must sound like, before subsiding and giving way to pounding on larger drums.
But now there was a tapping on the window.
I walked in the door and heard a tapping on the back patio door.
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And then there is "The Dark Knight," which, safe to say, set no toes a-tapping on its dysphoric way to the biggest movie opening ever, tuneful or otherwise.
There is a tap on his shoulder.
I feel a tap on my shoulder.
Starsia felt a tap on his shoulder.
Chenayya felt a tap on his shoulder.
He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned.
"I received a tap on the shoulder," Nicol said.
Indeed, he soon received a tap on the shoulder.
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