You're reading this because you want guitar speed. Maybe you want to play more intense music. Maybe you just want the praise from band mates, friends, family, and the chicks.

And by the end of this article, I promise you'll know what you need to do to get blazing fast on your instrument in a short amount of time. Even if you believe you can't get there and you've tried it all.

This isn't another piece of common advice. I'm talking rocking, rip-roaring notes flying from your fingertips like a baseball card hitting the spokes of a bike. This is something little known about being a monster musician. I'm talking about a type of speed you can attain even if you practice less than an hour a day. And it's still impressive.

What I'm talking about is legato. Legato means smooth and connected. It's basically playing all hammer-ons and pull-offs.

Most guitarists know how to play legato style on the pentatonic scales and a little on the 3-note-per-string diatonic scales. The result is more like a bag of tricks than freedom.

The guitar speed you want is free flowing from mode to mode, from fret 1 to fret 22. You want to be an absolute animal on guitar. But you're not really willing to put in the 8 to 12 hours of practicing a day like Joe Satriani or Steve Vai. Or else you'd be there already.

Well, I'm with you! I don't want to practice all that much either. Because I just like to rock and have a life. My playing is influenced by my experiences in my life and if it weren't for those, I'd be playing a bunch of stale music. It wouldn't be worth it.

On the contrary, my man, you want to actually enjoy playing.

Okay, so what you need to learn are different tactics for attacking legato playing on 3 and 4-note-per-string scales (4-note-per-string scales I'm talking about are called tetrachords).

Here are some legato technique tips:

-Hammer-on and pull-off 7 times on the 3 notes of each string.

-Climb with hammer-ons for 6 notes and pull-off back 3 notes, then continue hammering-on with 6 notes, and continue pulling-off back 3 notes, and so on.

-Hammer-on 3 notes, skip a string, hammer-on all three notes, pull-off 5 notes back, and from that point repeat the string skipping process.

Can you visualize what I'm talking about in your mind? If so, you have 3 new ways to play all 7 modes all over your guitar very fast.

Think about how you can apply these techniques to your pentatonic scales when cutting across your fretboard as well. Think of cutting across your fretboard in 5 note octaves and you can use these same guitar speed techniques to tare up that guitar.

Once you master these tactics, you'll be able to attack your guitar in wild new ways. What's crazy is you'll unlock the type of playing that's been amazing you for years. Even crazier, playing it legato you can play like a legend by practicing less than 1 hour a day.

And the top 100 guitar solos of all time, the best, are:

1.Eruption – Van Halen
2.Surfing With the Alien – Joe Satriani
3.Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
4.Hotel California – The Eagles
5.All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
6.Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
7.Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
8.Sultans of Swing – Mark Knopfler
9.Black Star – Yngwie Malmsteen
10.Cortez the Killer – Neil Young
11.Alive – Pearl Jam
12.Master of Puppets – Kirk Hammett
13.Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix
14.Layla – Eric Clapton
15.Cliffs Of Dover – Eric Johnson

16 through 21 of the top guitar solos of all time...

16.For The Love Of God – Steve Vai
17.November Rain – Slash
18.Crazy Train – Randy Rhoads
19.Dream - John McLaughlin Dream – John McLaughlin
20.Aqualung – Martin Barre
21.Whole Lotta Love – Jimmy Page

This list is being compiled by the guitarists at ATOMIC Guitarist. YOU included. Feel free to contact me at the link above with your suggestions!

22 through 100 will be added as soon as gathered!

If a sweet guitar solo mp3 or wav is what you're looking for, listen to the guitar playing in the background! What's crazy is that you could play like that too. For real.

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Wait, I haven't even told you the best part yet! You can double or even triple your guitar speed in 3 days. If you're not already a monster player, I guarantee you will!