Guitar Lessons
Legato Lessons
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.Latest
Hammer-Ons of the Gods
by Ben HigginsA study into hammer-ons and pull-offs, an essential technique used by all the guitar greats including Randy Rhoads, Dave Murray and Steve Vai.
Tags: randy rhoads, dave murray, steve vai, hammer-ons, pull-offs, legato, technique, A minor, trills, solo, soloing technique, quick licks, shredding, classic metal, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, metal solo, metal licks, lead techniques, patternsDifficulty4
Lydian Augmented Legato
by Eugen Leonhardt4 Notes per String Legato on a Melodic-Minor Mode.
Tags: Melodic Minor, Lydian Augmented, Allan Holdsworth, 4 Notes per string, Religious War, Legato, Tapping, Progressive, Fusion, Metal, Modern, D Lydian Augmented, F Lydian Augmented, hammer on, pull off, fusion lickDifficulty10
Vai-olation
by Ben HigginsA look at the style of the brilliant Steve Vai, full of sliding phrases and Lydian tonalities.
Tags: steve vai, balls of gold, passion and warfare, satriani, lydian phrasing, legato, Sliding, Vibrato, Timing, Lydian, Mixolydian mode, E Lydian, Pentatonic minor, modesDifficulty6
Ben's Land Of Legato 4
by Ben HigginsEtude focusing on Joe Satriani style Legato.
Tags: legato, control, hammer on, pull off, dexterity, satriani, vai, satch, trills, dexterity, surfing with the alien, scalar licksDifficulty5
Ben's Land Of Legato 5
by Ben HigginsA short etude bringing together many aspects of legato in a challenging piece including string skipping, bending and vibrato
Tags: shred, vai, satriani, chris poland, dexterity, legato, bending, vibrato, workout, training, left hand, Megadeth, patternsDifficulty7
Ben's Land Of Legato 3
by Ben HigginsShort etude focusing entirely on legato with 16th note triplets.
Tags: A minor, legato, dexterity, fretting hand, satriani, vai, patterns, left hand technique, workout, training, fingers independenceDifficulty6
Ben's Land Of Legato 2
by Ben HigginsEtude featuring both 16th notes and triplets.
Tags: fretting hand, dexterity, vai, satriani, A minor, patterns, left hand, workout, etude, training, fingers independence, hammer ons, pull offsDifficulty4
Ben's Land Of Legato
by Ben HigginsEtude focusing entirely on legato.
Tags: Fretting Hand, Dexterity, Satriani, Vai, A minor, left hand, fingers independence, training, Legato, workout, etude, exerciseDifficulty3
Golden Oldies
Ben's Land Of Legato
by Ben HigginsEtude focusing entirely on legato.
Tags: Fretting Hand, Dexterity, Satriani, Vai, A minor, left hand, fingers independence, training, Legato, workout, etude, exerciseDifficulty3Legato Etude Lesson
by Pavel DenisjukIn 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!
Tags: legato basics, hammer-ons, pull-offsDifficulty6
Ben's Land Of Legato 3
by Ben HigginsShort etude focusing entirely on legato with 16th note triplets.
Tags: A minor, legato, dexterity, fretting hand, satriani, vai, patterns, left hand technique, workout, training, fingers independenceDifficulty6Ben's Land Of Legato 5
by Ben HigginsA short etude bringing together many aspects of legato in a challenging piece including string skipping, bending and vibrato
Tags: shred, vai, satriani, chris poland, dexterity, legato, bending, vibrato, workout, training, left hand, Megadeth, patternsDifficulty7