Hammer-ons, pull-offs, tapping, two-handed, eight-fingers (etc) all fall into this category. The common denominator is the smoothest shred technique out there: legato.
In this lesson we will work on basics of legato. It is very important to work on legato the correct way from the very beginning as it often happens that guitarplayers practice legato the wrong way - and later spend much more time correcting mistakes than actually practicing the technique.
There are a few secrets you should know in order to master this very useful technique and you will find them all inside!
Juan gives his first lesson, an exercise in D Major played with tapping. This exercise could be played with sweep technique, but it sounds more clean with 2 hands tapping.
The Major scale is a great key to shred in. This lesson will focus on different techniques that will hopefully inspire you.
We'll be using 3 notes per string scales in order to play fast legato runs. Memorize the 4 different modes that are written below as they are all taken out of a G Major scale.
Let's study a nice classical idea using tapping. The whole song will only use the high E string of the guitar. The changes are very melodic and should be memorized before linking everything together.
Tags: high E string, tapping, EVH
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