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    Fingerpicking Challenge - Lesson #4

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    This document discusses using legato technique to enhance fingerpicking guitar phrases. It introduces legato, which involves hammering on notes without picking, as a way to give phrases a unique sound. It then provides two exercises - the first involves a scale using hammer-ons, and the second combines arpeggios and legato. Finally, it demonstrates a phrase that mixes arpeggios, scales, and legato techniques to showcase the results of combining these elements.

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    This document discusses using legato technique to enhance fingerpicking guitar phrases. It introduces legato, which involves hammering on notes without picking, as a way to give phrases a unique sound. It then provides two exercises - the first involves a scale using hammer-ons, and the second combines arpeggios and legato. Finally, it demonstrates a phrase that mixes arpeggios, scales, and legato techniques to showcase the results of combining these elements.

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    FINGERPICKING CHALLENGE - LESSON #4

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    This document discusses using legato technique to enhance fingerpicking guitar phrases. It introduces legato, which involves hammering on notes without picking, as a way to give phrases a unique sound. It then provides two exercises - the first involves a scale using hammer-ons, and the second combines arpeggios and legato. Finally, it demonstrates a phrase that mixes arpeggios, scales, and legato techniques to showcase the results of combining these elements.

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    Fingerpicking Challenge - Lesson #4

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    This document discusses using legato technique to enhance fingerpicking guitar phrases. It introduces legato, which involves hammering on notes without picking, as a way to give phrases a unique sound. It then provides two exercises - the first involves a scale using hammer-ons, and the second combines arpeggios and legato. Finally, it demonstrates a phrase that mixes arpeggios, scales, and legato techniques to showcase the results of combining these elements.

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    SUMMARY

    LESSON #4 - THE OTHER PERFECT INGREDIENT


    Okay.. so until now, we've talked about fingerpicking,
    fingerpicking and more fingerpicking. But what if I told
    you that there's a special sauce involved in giving our
    phrases a unique taste?

    That ingredient is nothing more than our good ole'


    LEGATO! That's the ingredient that'll mix the best with
    fingerpicking.

    When you see me playing, it's not just arpeggios. Are


    arpeggios a part of it? YES, but the legato is what makes
    all the difference.

    - 1 scale exercise;
    - 1 arpeggio plus scale exercise;
    - 1 constructed frase based on those two exercises.
    There are two ways for you to use legato. The first one is
    where you hammer-on the note. You can hammer-on a
    note without striking the string with a pick.

    See the example below:

    Hammer-on
    in use.

    Guitarists like Greg Howe, Brett Garsed and Allan


    Holdsworth use this technique extensively.
    So let's get to the first exercise.
    The execution will be like the following:

    C - B - A - G - A (The note G is played on the next string upwards)


    Index finger -> legato -> legato -> middle finger (A note)

    Exercise #1

    Did you get that?


    So practice it in different tempos and rhythmical figures
    the same way you have done in the previous days.

    Exercise #1
    Do it with me!
    Cool, huh?

    Now let's mix it up a bit.We're gonna use arpeggios +


    legato!

    Remember the arpeggio expansions from the previous


    lesson?

    We'll use that along with legato!


    See the example below:
    Exercício #2
    Veja como executar e
    treine junto comigo!

    Pay attention because this phrase is a bit more


    complicated.

    From this lesson onwards, things are gonna get more


    sophisticated alright?

    Like I always say: practice all the exercises in different


    tempos and rhythmical figures.

    PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!

    Now that you know what the ingredients and sauces


    used to get this super unique sound are, it's time to mix
    them all together and build a phrase with them!Let's mix
    it all up and you'll see firsthand the result of this
    awesome unique sound!
    Let's begin with a Dm9 arpeggio and in the middle we'll
    put in some scale tones. Notice that it's essentially the
    same thing as the previous exercise, with a few extra
    notes.Watch the video below to see how to properly
    execute it and reposition the hand the right way to go
    smoothly from one arpeggio to the other.

    Frase final
    Veja como executar e
    treine junto comigo!
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