legato

Playing "legato" on the guitar means doing hammer-ons and pull-offs, and in this lesson we will mainly focus on the pull-off part. If you are new to the legato technique - you will find that even the first exercise presented in this video lesson can be quite a challenge. However, it is well worth the effort - because once you do nail the basics of the technique, all you need is time and practice - and you will be well on your way to extreme legato playing!

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[AlsatianCousin]

This is not legato.

[benroo89]

you can do it any way you want

[by0nd]

Legato is more than just playing something smoothly and being the diametricaly opposite technique of staccato. Legato is playing something smoothly, that is also slightly 'slurred'. The slurring is created by slightly overlapping the notes, in relation to the beat. This musical fact, has been lost in modern rock Legato, which typicaly ends up being, no more than hammer ons and pulls offs, as we see demonstrated in this video. One can also pick, while still having proper legato

[defleppardmetallica]

@zlider17jr No. This is not legato.. Legato is opposite of staccato, which is to play in a choppy style or to interrupt your notes immediately after hitting them, like the beginning of Purple Haze for example. Legato simply implys that the notes ring out and are uninterupted, like the slide lead of Free Bird. This lesson, which is very informative and well done by a great teacher, is simply a lesson for hammer on a pull off techniques.

[xeeet99]

@AlsatianCousin even the tone is so annoying for legato stuff its pinching as opposite to smoothness

[MNightShamamalama]

there is a difference between hammer ons and pull offs and legato. there are hammer ons and pull offs, not legato.

[gebass6]

Legato.Notes are long,connected whether picked or not.Staccato.Notes are dissconected.Short,choppy,

[AlsatianCousin]

@ChameleonKyle - So how come it didn't sound smooth?

[tomek1995v8]

Thanks!!! It helps me alot ;) I'm going to learn this and practice :D

please watch my cover Satriani ;)

[darthmorbous]

thanx man! in college you forget how to do cool things with SIMPLE things, and those sound mostly better than the usuall bebop thing. (well, not ALWAYS , bit you get what i mean). you are also a very good teacher, i wish you luck with your lessons.

[ChameleonKyle]

@AmandoRambo Yup

[AmandoRambo]

@ChameleonKyle so in written pieces would that include tied notes?