Pedal Tone Legato

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Welcome! In this tutorial, we're going to explore a technique I call "Pedal Tone Legato". This is a classically-influenced technique that combines different elements of legato and pedal tones. Before we learn the technique, let's make sure we understand what legato and pedal tones are. Legato is the smooth transition between notes, usually attained by tech...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

Excerpt: We're now going to expand on the exercise we learned in Lesson 1. If you truly took the time to master the pattern in Lesson 1, then you'll definitely be ready for this exercise! In total, there are 8 measures in this sequence. The first 4 measures are going to be played slightly different than the last 4 measures. The only difference is that we're going to...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Let's make it more difficult! We're going to do a similar pattern from the last lesson, except we'll be taking the difficulty level up a notch. We're now going to be moving higher up the fretboard and playing on the D, G, and B strings. The first 4 measures will be played without the B string, then the last 4 measures will be played with the open B string a...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Advanced Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

Excerpt: In Lesson 4, we're going to learn a variation of the 6-note pattern that we've been playing in the previous lessons. Up until now, in our 6-note grouping, we've always pulled-off from nowhere on the 5th note in the grouping. We're going to keep doing that, except now we'll be switching the finger we pull off with every other 6-note grouping. Sounds like a mo...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Even though Pedal Tone Legato has a classical feel by default, that doesn't mean it can only be applied to classical styles. So in this lesson, let's apply it to a rock song. One thing to note, is that we're now going to be playing in even 8th notes and 16th notes. In all the previous lessons, we've been playing the exercises as triplets, but in this piece ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Great job! You're ready for the backing track. If you ever record yourself playing along, be sure to post it in the forum so we can hear your skills!

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