10 Levels Of Legato
Legato! Often overshadowed and neglected in favor of its sweep-y and alternate-y brethren, spending time on your legato is so incredibly important in order to properly develop your left hand strength and dexterity.
So we're pulling no punches today in this hardcore legato workout of increasing difficulty; starting with the most basic licks possible and finishing with some of the most ridiculous legato acrobatics I can muster.
I'm gonna be baking this essential workout into the core Guitar School Roadmap, so I wanna see everybody having a crack at this. Let me know how far you can get!
Good luck and don't forget to share your progress with everyone in the Discord server!
Comments (17)
Hey bradley! Awesome exercise as always, but it seems that the slower backing track is at the regular tempo starting from level 5. Is it possible to fix it? Cheeers!
Hi think I might manage up level 7 with some practice. Love you guitar school Bradley it’s so accessible and Fun. The different levels are great for me cos I can’t shred to some of the higher levels there barmy! Being a Huge megadeth fan like yourself I’m amazed you can play Rust in Peace Dude! What an accomplished player you are! Cheers
In Level 2! How come 'only downstrokes' or 'outside picking' but not also use inside picking? I find these kind of Legato's exceptionally tricky - for example the beginning of the second solo of Mr. Crowley - and I created a habit of inside picking but can't reach the speed. But to me inside picking seems most intuitive and efficient? Thank you for your content, btw!
Hello super fun workout ! But i don' t really understand the rythm of level 8. What notes should land on the beat ? Also what does the little doted eighth note means at the end of every phrase ? Thank you
Yo dude! Dotted notes mean the add 50% of the note's value to it - so a dotted 1/8 note means 1/8 note + 1/16 note. When it comes to struggling with rhythms by far the best solution is to listen to the passage over and over with a metronome on so you can internalize it. The better you know something in your head then the easier it is to play!
This ex helped me a lot thanks!!
Hell yeah!
You know, I've sat down to practice this for another hour and for the first time in 20 years, guitar playing is fun again and I'm actually looking forward to working on these things - thanks Bradley for making the guitar enjoyable again.
Hell yeah, awesome to hear that Alun!
that 7 - 12 stretch in level 6 is not fun on fanned frets, definitely a pinky workout
Shit I thought I'd smash all but level 10 but i'm screwing up at level 6. Jesus Christ. back to the drawing board.
Keep at it Alun, you got this!
crazy runs
already crying at 6 lol
You got this man, give it a go!
Great one Bradley! Thank you
Cheers Chris!