Pentatonic Legato Workout Lesson

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- vintageplaya66628th July 2008
  Great Lesson Joe! As always!
- Muris Varajic28th July 2008
  Nice stuff!!
- Nighthawk128th July 2008
  Cool lesson to practise this crucial tecnique !
- Joe Kataldo28th July 2008
  I Designed this exercise to improve my legato techniques back in days, and I thought "why not share it with the gmc community
  
  Thanks
- Gerardo Siere28th July 2008
  Great lesson.
- Ivan Milenkovic28th July 2008
  useful exercises
- Pablo Vazquez28th July 2008
  Very nice lesson Joe!!
- Dejan Farkas28th July 2008
  Cool lesson
- Juan M. Valero29th July 2008
  great exercise Joe !! really interesting and useful
- Joe Kataldo29th July 2008
  Thanks
- Brother Woodrow29th July 2008
  Crucial techniques - thanks for the helpful exercise!
- Sergio Dorado29th July 2008
  Wonderful lesson!
- Marcus Siepen30th July 2008
  cool lesson Joe
- Joe Kataldo30th July 2008
  Thanks Guys
- Danilo Capezzuto31st July 2008
  Really a nice lesson Joe!
- Toni Suominen8th August 2008
  Useful lesson Joe!
- playaxeman21st April 2009
  Great exercise Joe
- Daniel Realpe30th April 2010
  excellent workout

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- Tags: Legato, Pentatonic, Position shifting
Hi guys Joe Kataldo here, today I've prepared a workout specifically made to improve your legato techniques, all over the neck.

This Lesson Will Improve
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Legato
Pentatonic Knowledge
Position Shifting

Pentatonic Legato Workout - E Minor - 100 bpm
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The study starts for E minor pentatonic box I played with open strings ascending with hammer on then slide up to the next pentatonic box, and descending it with pull-off, once reached the sixth string slides up again to the next pentatonic box, and so on in a cyclic motion.

Theory Focus
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Legato is an Italian word that means, "smooth" sounding and is graphically notated on staff and tab with an arc between notes that have to be played legato, or all over the passage that need to be played legato.

Techniques Focus
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Legato techniques is accomplished by two main articulation:

Hammer-on: Literally hammer with left hand fingers on strings to produce sound, and make them vibrate, instead of use right hand.

Pull-off: Pull down strings with a toward the floor movement to produce sound, and make them vibrate, instead of use right hand.

Pro Tips
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When you use picking in combination with legato techniques, try to balance the volume of the picked notes with the one of the hammered or pulled one, to get a good legato smooth sound.

Keep Practicing!
Joe Kataldo

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