Legato

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal

Excerpt: This lesson will cover one of my favorite techniques along side alternate picking, which is legato. This technique has been favored by a lot of different players, especially jazz/fusion players like Allan Holdsworth and Brett Garsed who use legato to emulate the sounds of famous horn players. Now, the legato technique is composed of 3 different techniques:...

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal

Excerpt: In this lesson, we will be going over Pull-Off and stretching exercises. Now, for the pull-offs, the trick is that you're not just simply lifting your finger off the fretboard, you're actually pulling the string off of the fretboard. A good way to go over this is with doing Trills, which are rapid flurries of hammer-ons and pull-offs, which is in Example 1....

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal

Excerpt: We are now going to take all the techniques that we have learned thus far and apply them to actual legato licks. Now these licks can be used verbatim or they can be re-worked into different licks that you can use within your own playing.

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Metal

Excerpt: Now, we are going to continue learning more legato licks but this time we are going to apply them to scales outside of the 7 modes. Hopefully these will persuade you into diving into other modes as well as making these a springboard into creating your own legato licks. I hope that you have enjoyed this tutorial on Legato. Take care!

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