Legato is an incredibly useful and important technique that guitarists have been using for decades. Simply put: it’s when you play a note without picking it. Hammer-ons and pull-offs are a form of legato and we can expand on those basic building blocks to craft longer phrases and licks.
Monday 4th Sep, 2023
Lesson
Let’s go back to basics and understand what legato is and how best to incorporate it into our ...
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Monday 4th Sep, 2023
Exercise 01
Starting things slow, let's look at getting all four fingers involved on the fretboard. My two ...
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Monday 4th Sep, 2023
Lick 01
This lick consists of a few moving parts but when you hear how the pattern is constructed, it ...
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Monday 4th Sep, 2023
Lick 02
A bit of hammer-on and pull-off exercise mixed in with a lick here. Focus on the rhythmic timing of ...
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Monday 4th Sep, 2023
Lick 03
This open string idea cold easily turn into a Dream Theater riff if you sped things up a little! ...
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Monday 4th Sep, 2023
Solo
With the full solo, I wanted to improvise something and show you how I’d focus on incorporating ...
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