The ravishing Miss Batten needs no introduction to most guitarists and this book is proof that not all two-handed tappers sound the same. Interestingly this is another short book, and shares a few ideas with Mr Celentano and Mr Lynch (parralel useage of pentatonic scales) but Jennifer quickly moves onto position shifting and using the technique to outline triadic ideas, as well as introducing extra tension in the course of a motif with the b5 and b9 scale degrees – all inside of a couple of pages!!

Interestingly, there are more examples of this technique as applied to “tasty” rock licks than you might expect. Tapped double-stops and bends abound, tricky slides with both hands come into play, and not content with that there’s a sprinkling of tapped harmonics on top of the jaw-dropping widdly licks. There’s also a section with clean-toned licks before returning to the high-octane wizardry she’s best known for.