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Muris Varajic22nd July 2009That's great to hear!!
ninjawrathz22nd July 2009Great exercise indeed
It has improved my accuracy and coordination a great deal ever since adding it to my technique routine.- Muris Varajic3rd May 2009
You're very welcome, let me know if you need anything else.
Alexiaden933rd May 2009Thank you, Muris ! I had actually bookmarked that lesson so I could be able to start learning this one ! You are very helpful !
Marcus Siepen3rd May 2009great Job Muris, very useful exercise
- Muris Varajic2nd May 2009
I'm not really sure what you mean by how
but you can pick anyway you want, all upstrokes, all downstrokes,
mixing, doesn't matter actually cause there is plenty of time
for any of those options,
just be sure to pick ONLY first note on each string. 
Jaymz2nd May 2009So how should I pick during the legato parts? The video confuses me.
- Muris Varajic2nd May 2009
Alex, you can work on those pull-off here.
Starry Manhattan Rain, there's a thread. 
kaznie_NL2nd May 2009Nice one Muris!
Starry Manhattan Rain2nd May 2009Hey Muris, awesome lessons as always!
Awesome guitar too! What are the specs? Sorry if you've already answered this in your board, but I haven't been around for a while, so if there's a thread could you post the link?- Alexiaden931st May 2009
Oh, sorry, I actually meant pinky-finger, but I guess my ring-finger could use some work-out too
Vasilije Vukmirovic1st May 2009Very useful Muris:)
Jose Lassaga1st May 2009Very interesting lesson Muris!!! Legato is my favourite technique!!! And alternate picking too, and sweep picking too and...hahah
- Muris Varajic1st May 2009
Thanks Trond.
Trond Vold1st May 2009Nice one
- Muris Varajic1st May 2009
Alex, ring finger is kind of attached to pinky and it's not
fully independent to it takes some more practicing
to get totally in shape, sort of speak, glad you like the lesson. 
TreyDeschamp1st May 2009Cool lesson!
Sensible Jones1st May 2009Another great lesson Muris and very useful! This is something I need to work on!!! Thanks!!
David Wallimann30th April 2009Great lesson as always Muris, I love the backing!
- Alexiaden9330th April 2009
Hey, I find I can do some level 5 things quite well, but I guess pull-offs are my great weakness in guitar playing. Especially my ring-finger is a real weakling, so I just practice some of this stuff !
Very nice lesson, once again, Muris ! 
Hisham Al-Sanea30th April 2009useful lesson Muris.great job
- Muris Varajic30th April 2009
Red, if you have any problems with it
please do let me know! 
Piotr Kaczor30th April 2009Cool lesson, not only for beginners!
Lian Gerbino30th April 2009very cool exercises!
Red30th April 2009I just realized how bad i am at legato, it seems like i am an beginner again..
Stephane Lucarelli30th April 2009Great job Muris!
- Muris Varajic30th April 2009
Thanks guys, glad you've found it useful!
AlexLion30th April 2009Nice lesson Muris
First lesson with new guitar! Looks even more pleasant than your "older" one, IMO.- vampire1830th April 2009
great lesson. i was looking for beginner lagato lick that sounded good enough to inspire me to practice legato for a long time now.
Pedja Simovic30th April 2009Great lesson Muris - very useful concept !
Emir Hot30th April 2009Great job bro
- Red30th April 2009
Great lesson, sounds great to
Ivan Mihaljevic30th April 2009Great lesson Muris!
Bogdan Radovic30th April 2009Very useful lesson Muris!!
Pi3830th April 2009Great lesson! I definitely need help with my alternate picking, so the upcoming lessons in this series should do me well.
Sinisa Cekic30th April 2009Nice lesson, very useful for beginners !
Ivan Milenkovic30th April 2009This should prove very useful Muris, great job man.
- TheOldOnes30th April 2009
Very useful. At this moment I am working on a legato piece (part of the intro to Sails of Charon) and I sometimes get frustrated with it and just alternate pick it. I think this lesson will be perfect in developing patience for developing legato. Thank you very much!
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Hi GMCers!
Today's lesson is for all our beginners out there and it's gonna help you with legato and picking at the same time. The idea is very simple as we play same lick twice using legato and then picking.
You'll notice that your muting would have to change or adapt for one of these technique and that's good test to prepare us for clean and articulated improvising later on.Tempo is 80 bpm, it's in key of D tho it modulates into key of Dm near the end, 4/4 bar.
For my tone I used Guitar Rig 3, ask for the preset in my Instructor Board if you need it and I'll post it. :)
Cheers!
Muris Varajic
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