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Master Effortless Speed and Precision on Guitar with Legato and Tapping Techniques

• Struggling with inaccurate legato timing or messy note placement?
• Do your guitar solos lack fluidity and expressiveness?
• Are you frustrated by unwanted string noise when playing with distortion?

Legato & Tapping Rock Guitar Etudes is the definitive guide to mastering smooth, high-speed legato and tapping techniques, and quickly teaches you the art of fast, articulate, yet expressive rock guitar playing.

Authored by renowned guitarist and educator Shaun Baxter, this book delivers a step-by-step approach to developing flawless legato, combining them with advanced right- and left-hand tapping to build seamless, fluid guitar technique.

In Legato & Tapping Rock Guitar Etudes, you’ll unlock the full potential of your fretting hand, improving your speed and precision by learning nine bespoke musical pieces.

Each exciting etude focuses on a different challenge of legato and is supported by targeted exercises and detailed breakdowns that are designed to systematically build your technique.

Discover the Secrets of Perfect Legato and Tapping on Guitar

For intermediate guitarists looking to develop and finesse their legato playing, this method goes beyond basics and teaches you to integrate advanced legato and tapping into every aspect of your playing.

You’ll master:

• Left-Hand Strength and Control Develop clean, articulate legato lines with minimal effort from the picking hand.
• Right- and Left-Hand Tapping Combine both hands for fast, flowing solos while maintaining articulation and timing.
• Damping Techniques for Clean Playing Learn essential methods to eliminate unwanted string noise when playing with distortion.
• Rhythmic Precision and Mixed Note-Groupings Improve timing with advanced odd-note groupings like quintuplets and septuplets, adding rhythmic complexity to your solos.
• Combining Legato with Economy Picking Maximize your efficiency and fluidity by strategically blending picking and legato for seamless transitions between notes.

You’ll also perfect a whole range of musical skills, such as palm-muted left-hand tapping, lateral motion, circular patterns, odd note-groupings, string skipping, adding right-hand taps to bends and much, much more…

Learn Nine Legato Etudes That Go Beyond Boring Exercises

This book doesn’t just teach technique—it breaks down nine complete musical etudes that allow you to master legato and tapping techniques in actual musical scenarios. Each etude is designed to blend technical study with musicality, helping you to quickly integrate everything you’ve learned into your own playing.

Whether you’re soloing over rock, metal, jazz, or fusion, these etudes will prepare you for anything the music might throw at you…

Unlock Fluidity, Speed, and Expression in Every Solo

Shaun’s comprehensive etudes are designed for intermediate to advanced guitarists and will transform your legato and tapping technique in a fun, challenging way.

You’ll also benefit from:

• Improved Timing and Synchronization Refine your coordination between the hands, ensuring hammer-ons, pull-offs, and taps always land precisely in time.
• Increased Technical Endurance Increase stamina and control through carefully designed etudes that push your fretting hand’s limits.
• Real-World Application Apply the etudes directly to your playing with exercises that focus on practical, musical scenarios.
• Precision in Complex Rhythms Master odd-note groupings and mixed rhythms to add variety and depth to your solos.

Hear It!

With free downloadable audio and backing tracks for every example and etude, you can hear exactly how each technique should sound, practice along with the backing tracks and take your legato and tapping skills to the next level.

Ready to transform your rock guitar playing with expert legato and tapping techniques?

Ready to master the art of seamless legato and tapping on guitar?

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