Kristofer Dahl7th April 2010Very cool sounding workout Daniel - what are you guys waiting for, get legatoing NOW! =D
Sergio Dorado7th April 2010Cool exercise! Well done
Bogdan Radovic7th April 2010Very interesting way to make a cool tune out of an exercise!
zen7th April 2010Just what i needed .. I love such exercises.. and my legato is very weak .. so I should get on with it.. Thanks Daniel. This will be very helpful.
Adrian Figallo7th April 2010very nice daniel!! my legato sucks, will practice this!!
NoSkill7th April 2010Nice lesson Daniel. With this, are you doing some right hand muting as well? Great exercise.
playaxeman7th April 2010Best legato workout on GMC atm in my opion
Marius Bob7th April 2010nice mix between symphonic style and legato technique.
great progression.
Darknodar1237th April 2010Cool workout!!
By the way how do you get this sound? Do you use a wah pedal or autowah perhaps?
Wilska7th April 2010Haha that's a great silly backing track for an exercise! Sure makes it funnier to train tho! Thanks Daniel
Daniel Realpe8th April 2010Cool exercise! Well done
thank you Sergio!Very interesting way to make a cool tune out of an exercise!
Thank you Bogdan!
I did the exercise first and came up with the backing...Just what i needed .. I love such exercises.. and my legato is very weak .. so I should get on with it.. Thanks Daniel. This will be very helpful.
I know it's gonna be very helpful for legatoing
if it hurts means you are doing it right
no actually, make sure you warm upvery nice daniel!! my legato sucks, will practice this!!
Legato was one of those techniques that took me a while to get good at...It pays off though, such smooth sound!Nice lesson Daniel. With this, are you doing some right hand muting as well? Great exercise.
yeah, I just make sure none other strings rings except the one I'm playing. I rendered one video zooming on my right hand. I did it once because it's the same on all strings.Best legato workout on GMC atm in my opion
thank you Playaxeman. I thought it was a good idea to isolate the technique completely in a musical context. Before you know it, after repetition, you will have the skill!nice mix between symphonic style and legato technique.
great progression.
thank you Marius. The progression is based in only two chords. The dominant and root chord of every key that shows up. The rapid changes between keys gives it the "dramatic" effect imo.Cool workout!!
By the way how do you get this sound? Do you use a wah pedal or autowah perhaps?
Thank you. It's a phaser effect.Haha that's a great silly backing track for an exercise! Sure makes it funnier to train tho! Thanks Daniel
THank you! it's kind hollywoodish or whatever, heheh
Vasilije Vukmirovic8th April 2010Cool lesson! Nice exercise!
Santiago Diaz Garces8th April 2010Nice lesson! I'm sure it will help lots of students. I don't think there's too much lessons focusing only on legato
Hisham Al-Sanea8th April 2010very good exercise & nice idea
Marcus Siepen8th April 2010Awesome workout Daniel.
thefireball9th April 2010I like it!! I might need to learn this because I need help with my hammerons and pulloffs
- thefireball9th April 2010
yes, i thought that was phaser...awesome!
Laszlo Boross9th April 2010Very interesting and useful lesson!
- Daniel Realpe10th April 2010
warning: this work-out can hurt a little bit.
As they say: No pain no gain 
MigeZ11th April 2010I have been working on this for a two days now and I can hear a significant difference in my legato. At least in the accuracy
Thank you for the great lesson
Cheers
Zsolt Galambos12th April 2010Very inspiring! I like this way of practicing!
- Daniel Realpe19th April 2010
I'm very glad you've improved on your legato so quickly Mige!
Aleksander Sukovic2nd July 2010Great workout man!
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Tempo Workout
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Hello guys and welcome this new GMC lesson!
This lesson is intended for you to develop strength in your pull offs. I have made an exercise based on the dominant and root chords of many different keys with a symphonic backing track.
At first it might be a little difficult or uncomfortable to play it clean and accurately, but believe me, from this little exercise you can gain a lot of fluidity in your playing and start gaining that smooth tone in your fingers that many great guitarist have.
It’s basically a repeated pattern that involves two positions. First position consists on fingers 1,2 and 4, the first three notes of a Phrygian scale. And the other position used here is a minor position that uses fingers 1, 3 and 4. Once you master these two positions you’ll be able to play many difficult passages from guitarists such as Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci among others.
There are slower versions of the backing tracks so you can have a different feel to the piece.
Let me know of questions!
Daniel