Rock Guitar Tapping Technique

Master Tapping Technique for Rock Guitar and Beyond



Ready to master effortless tapping on guitar?

Need a powerful guide packed with technical insights and dozens of great licks?




Rock Guitar Tapping Technique is your comprehensive guide to fretboard tapping mastery. It'll teach you to go beyond the limitations of the fretting hand to create dazzling licks that will make jaws drop.




Tapping is now an essential guitar technique and has found its way into most modern genres. Once mastered, a whole new palette of sounds and textures is available to enhance your creativity. And who better to teach you than renowned technical virtuoso Chris Books?




In Rock Guitar Tapping Technique You'll Learn:


Tapping technique fundamentals and optionsSingle string drills and licksHow to create tapped pentatonic and blues licksTapped diatonic scale runsCreative tapped arpeggiosMulti-finger tapping technique and monster licksYou'll also discover harmonics, slides and hand-crossing embellishments that'll turn you into the ultimate guitar god!




Master the Basics Then Ignite Your Skills

Go from zero to hero, starting with a powerful tapping primer that covers which fingers to use, clean technique, and how to create powerful tones, before enhancing your skills through a range of exciting licks, tricks, advanced techniques and etudes. You'll quickly become an accomplished technician of guitar tapping technique.




Complete The 6 Powerful Tapping Modules




Module 1: Learn the perfect mechanics for tapping, such as anchoring and string muting. Learn a range of cool licks and discover articulation techniques.

Module 2: Get the most from single-string tapping with a collection of scale sequenced, arpeggio-based and ostinato licks. Learn etudes in the style of Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads.

Module 3: Learn how to extend pentatonic patterns with tapped notes to create powerful licks. Discover polyrhythms and explore advanced blues scale ideas.

Module 4: Create diatonic modal licks and sequences. Learn three-note-per-string legato runs in the style of Reb Beach and Steve Vai. Play string-skipping taps in the style of Guthrie Govan and Michael Romeo.

Module 5: Master three-octave string-skipping triads, seventh arpeggios and extensions, and how to sequence arpeggios. Play lines in the style of Nuno Bettencourt, Michael Romeo, Guthrie Govan, Greg Howe and Steve Vai.




Bonus Module 6: Get refined with tapped harmonics, crosshanded tapping, and multi-finger lines. Learn the approaches of the greats with a collection of absolutely killer licks.
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