Guitar lesson - Economy of motion

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A short guitar lesson explaining how I approach practicing with economy of motion for the fretting hand.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Guitar
• Lesson
• rick
• graham
• technique
• Brett
• garsed
• legato
• joe
• satriani

[dirtydonki]

2 minutes of blah, blah, blah and then I fell asleep. :)

[starlinginspector]

have to admit that did make me laugh.

[starlinginspector]

Just a few points on the vid:

at 2:36 I should have said left hand hammers AND pull offs only(no picking) and not left hand hammers only.

[TheLostTruckDriver]

What's that cricket chirping? Thanks.

[starlinginspector]

summer in the South of France.

[jdatnva]

What model is the Ibanez and the Classical guitar that you play? By the way excellent playing on both and you have a very nice style and touch. JD...

[starlinginspector]

Thanks! Its an ibanez js2000 and the classical is a Michael Gee.

[00Dakka]

then do it without pulloffs :)

[boogyman19946]

omg T_T what the hell is that ringing in the background... IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE >.<

[reanimator9]

great lesson, you're also a good teacher

[Barefoot67]

you can't play fast if you're not relaxed, remember that newbies!!

[ibzmav]

Thanks so much for this vid, Rick. You changed the way I play the guitar. After 3 weeks of practice, I'm now playing legato cleanly and effortlessly :)

[mentaltilltheend]

Found this really informative,thank you. =)

[speeluh]

Great lesson!!

Please watch my video: "Damn Jam".

Greetz, Fred Westra (Holland).

[Fretophonic]

Great lesson. One question for you:

Around 4:05 you say "hammer on the third finger at the same time"...what do you mean by that?

Thanks

[Tomastheskater]

at 2:01 are you picking hard or is that the noise the pick makes when you play? i notice alot of guitar players make that same noise with their pick.

[13guitard00d]

Amazing lesson,simple and effective!

I have a rather unusual problem with my legato technique: when playing hammer-ons the hammered notes are distinctly louder than the first (picked) note.

Do you have any advice about that matter?If you do,please let me know.