Richie Kotzen Style Legato

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Hello hello! I hope everyone is well! This time around I thought I'd talk a little about legato playing, specifically some Richie Kotzen patterns I learned a long time ago that I still use in my playing today. Each pattern is meant to be more of an additive to your already existing legato licks. If you are just starting to use legato style playing then thi...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Alright this first pattern might be the most recognizable if you are familiar with Richie's playing, especially from the 1980's era Kotzen. This is the 6 note pattern I had mentioned in the last video. As you can see in the tab this can be approached as triplets or 16th notes. The most comfortable approach is to apply this as a triplet but I strongly encou...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: This next pattern is a little trickier to feel. Since it is a group of 5 notes you'll be tempted and more likely to play this with a 5 notes per beat feel rather than the written 16th note feel. I recommend putting a metronome on 80 and really trying to play this pattern as straight 16th notes. It will feel slightly odd since the downbeat will happen on a d...

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