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Eat-Sleep-andJam View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 12:59 PM
Jun 12 2009, 12:59 PM	GMC:er Posts: 2.412 Joined: 23-February 07 From: New york	I love this guys technique. Marshall Harrison is his name. But I mean It seems so hard to reach legato of this level. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTI2s4svE2s...player_embedded You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Eat-Sleep-andJam: Jun 12 2009, 09:39 PM -------------------- Join Me On the Lyrics Board ! "Find something worth dying for... ...And live for it"-The Uncreator

jafomatic View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 01:26 PM
Jun 12 2009, 01:26 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.049 Joined: 6-May 09 From: Austin, TX	that is truly hypnotic. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- ::jafomatic http://jafomatic.net/tunes/ <-- Here lies the master collection of my collaboration and other improvisation recordings. Might as well add my youtube channel

Kristofer Dahl View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 02:37 PM
Jun 12 2009, 02:37 PM	GMC Founder Posts: 18.752 Joined: 15-August 05 From: Stockholm, Sweden	Very very nice legato technique! Personally I think that developing monster picking speed is harder than to develop the corresponding legato technique. This is because there is one hand less to synchronize. However it seems most shredders start with picking (the reason might because picking seems easier for beginners). You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lesssons

sigma7 View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 04:02 PM
Jun 12 2009, 04:02 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.310 Joined: 17-April 08 From: Rhode Island USA	im changing all my lessons to legato now =) You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! --------------------

Jose Mena View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 04:14 PM
Jun 12 2009, 04:14 PM	Instructor Posts: 1.359 Joined: 28-July 08 From: Miami FL	Awesome Holdsworth style playing, but I don't understand what he says, what he said about the heavy metal type legato, Why isn't it legato?, it was legato but played sloppy on purpose. Then he said his legato didn't have any pull offs, to me if you are fretting with pinky and you let go and now any of the other fingers are fretting and making a sound, you just did a pull off, it might be smooth but it is still a pull off, you haven't picked again so it is a pull off. So again I am confused by what he is saying. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my Video Lessons Visit my Instructor Board Visit MySpace

lcsdds View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 04:21 PM
Jun 12 2009, 04:21 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	QUOTE (Jose Mena @ Jun 12 2009, 04:14 PM) Awesome Holdsworth style playing, but I don't understand what he says, what he said about the heavy metal type legato, Why isn't it legato?, it was legato but played sloppy on purpose. Then he said his legato didn't have any pull offs, to me if you are fretting with pinky and you let go and now any of the other fingers are fretting and making a sound, you just did a pull off, it might be smooth but it is still a pull off, you haven't picked again so it is a pull off. So again I am confused by what he is saying. This is what he is talking about Jose......\m/\m/ http://adam.fulara.com/article2 You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Jose Mena View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 05:00 PM
Jun 12 2009, 05:00 PM	Instructor Posts: 1.359 Joined: 28-July 08 From: Miami FL	Adam Fulara I've heard him before, amazing, he doesn't pull off, he will hammer on oll notes, but to me this guy is using pull offs. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my Video Lessons Visit my Instructor Board Visit MySpace

Kristofer Dahl View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 05:18 PM
Jun 12 2009, 05:18 PM	GMC Founder Posts: 18.752 Joined: 15-August 05 From: Stockholm, Sweden	QUOTE (Jose Mena @ Jun 12 2009, 05:14 PM) Awesome Holdsworth style playing, but I don't understand what he says, what he said about the heavy metal type legato, Why isn't it legato?, it was legato but played sloppy on purpose. Then he said his legato didn't have any pull offs, to me if you are fretting with pinky and you let go and now any of the other fingers are fretting and making a sound, you just did a pull off, it might be smooth but it is still a pull off, you haven't picked again so it is a pull off. So again I am confused by what he is saying. I think he might be referring to the "Holdsworthian" kind of legato. Holdsworth has stopped doing pull offs for two main reasons ( I believe) : * The nature of the pull-off movement creates an out-of-pitch, too sharp note. * Having to do pull-offs as soon as you play a descending line is somewhat limiting for improvisation. The idea is to do hammer-ons all the time - this way you can keep going even if you just want to play one note on a certain string when descending. This opens up for fantastic string skipping runs - as an example. Now I got inspired to get back to my old legato practicing! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lesssons

Pedja Simovic View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 05:49 PM
Jun 12 2009, 05:49 PM	Instructor Posts: 8.109 Joined: 13-September 08 From: Nis, Serbia	This is definitely Holdsworth type legato and I enjoy it a lot. Thanks for sharing video with us ! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Video Lessons

Jose Mena View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 05:59 PM
Jun 12 2009, 05:59 PM	Instructor Posts: 1.359 Joined: 28-July 08 From: Miami FL	I am going to check this out now, you need very low action for this to sound so smooth and even. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my Video Lessons Visit my Instructor Board Visit MySpace

Jose Mena View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 09:06 PM
Jun 12 2009, 09:06 PM	Instructor Posts: 1.359 Joined: 28-July 08 From: Miami FL	I think I got it, this isn't easy, I guess the trick is to keep all fingers that are not playing away from the string, so that you can hammer the note when it is that fingers turn. It is like playing a piano instead of a guitar, but why is the Petrucci, Satriani, Vai way not legato? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my Video Lessons Visit my Instructor Board Visit MySpace

lcsdds View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 09:19 PM
Jun 12 2009, 09:19 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	QUOTE (Jose Mena @ Jun 12 2009, 09:06 PM) I think I got it, this isn't easy, I guess the trick is to keep all fingers that are not playing away from the string, so that you can hammer the note when it is that fingers turn. It is like playing a piano instead of a guitar, but why is the Petrucci, Satriani, Vai way not legato? I like the petrucci, satch and vai way better. My ear can't hear the difference.....that's not surprising though..... If you are gonna play that way you should just put a string dampner on and throw away the pick altogether IMO.... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Tolek View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 09:32 PM
Jun 12 2009, 09:32 PM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 2.888 Joined: 23-March 07 From: Brighton	Hey, could you please post the link to the video? I can´t see it. EDIT: It´s ok now. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Tolek: Jun 12 2009, 09:41 PM

Kristofer Dahl View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 09:34 PM
Jun 12 2009, 09:34 PM	GMC Founder Posts: 18.752 Joined: 15-August 05 From: Stockholm, Sweden	QUOTE (Jose Mena @ Jun 12 2009, 10:06 PM) but why is the Petrucci, Satriani, Vai way not legato? Well I certainly agree with you that their technique is just as much legato as Holdsworth's... I guess the world is full of "puritans" ! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lesssons

lcsdds View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 10:16 PM
Jun 12 2009, 10:16 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jun 12 2009, 09:34 PM) Well I certainly agree with you that their technique is just as much legato as Holdsworth's... I guess the world is full of "puritans" ! I think this is one thing that makes guitar so damn cool and at the same time so damn hard. There are SOOOO MANY techniques to learn. With piano you push a key and make a sound.....simple. With guitar you can pick the note, tap the note, hammer the note, pull off the note, sweep pick the note, strum the chord, finger pick the chord........... I'm still waiting for my Kazoo I bought through ebay......that thing I am sure I can master..... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Kristofer Dahl View Member Profile	Jun 12 2009, 10:34 PM
Jun 12 2009, 10:34 PM	GMC Founder Posts: 18.752 Joined: 15-August 05 From: Stockholm, Sweden	QUOTE (lcsdds @ Jun 12 2009, 11:16 PM) I think this is one thing that makes guitar so damn cool and at the same time so damn hard. There are SOOOO MANY techniques to learn. With piano you push a key and make a sound.....simple. With guitar you can pick the note, tap the note, hammer the note, pull off the note, sweep pick the note, strum the chord, finger pick the chord........... I'm still waiting for my Kazoo I bought through ebay......that thing I am sure I can master..... hehe so true! + If you add tha fact that two guitarist can attempt to do the exact same thing - but since so many factors come into play (hand synchronization, picking strength, sound etc) it will in fact sound like completely different techniques. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lesssons

TheKeplerConject... TheKeplerConjecture View Member Profile	Jun 13 2009, 06:41 AM
Jun 13 2009, 06:41 AM	GMC:er Posts: 131 Joined: 10-June 09 From: Boston Mass	This is interesting. I've recently started to lift all fingers that are not playing notes while practicing a particular alternate picking exercise. I've noticed it has cleaned up my normal playing a bit. I just took a quick shot at this... It's hard. How is this dude prohibiting open string vibrations? Like, what are the mechanics? Is he muting with his palm? Super-softly lifting his fingers from the string? It sounds really good and consistent. But it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe because this guy thinks his poo is ice cream and he just made me try some. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

jafomatic View Member Profile	Jun 13 2009, 03:19 PM
Jun 13 2009, 03:19 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.049 Joined: 6-May 09 From: Austin, TX	QUOTE (TheKeplerConjecture @ Jun 13 2009, 12:41 AM) Is he muting with his palm? Super-softly lifting his fingers from the string? Considering how infrequently he needs to pick, I suspect the palm could be used for a lot of mute. I didn't watch the whole video to see if that's actually what this guy is doing or if he's just really precise. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- ::jafomatic http://jafomatic.net/tunes/ <-- Here lies the master collection of my collaboration and other improvisation recordings. Might as well add my youtube channel

Skalde View Member Profile	Jun 13 2009, 03:28 PM
Jun 13 2009, 03:28 PM	Learning Roadie Posts: 803 Joined: 13-January 08 From: Germany	Which scale should I use for practising lagato? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

sted View Member Profile	Jun 13 2009, 03:33 PM
Jun 13 2009, 03:33 PM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 1.758 Joined: 13-April 08 From: Merseyside, UK	QUOTE (Skalde @ Jun 13 2009, 03:28 PM) Which scale should I use for practising lagato? Any mate, ideally sclae runs with at least three notes per string. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

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