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Why You Need Legato Firestarter
I created this course because I felt there was a need for an organized practice routine, or workout, for developing the legato technique. Mostly what you will find on Google are random exercises and licks, which can be great on their own, but at the end of the day all you have is a bunch of unrelated material with no real direction on how to practice it.
Back in the 1980’s and 90’s when I was developing my legato chops I used exercises and ideas I gleaned from instructional videos by guys like Vinnie Moore and John Petrucci and created my own practice routine using those materials. I found that actually having a routine I could go to day after day was very important in developing my fret hand strength, accuracy, endurance, and yes, speed.
So I’ve created my own spin on some of my favorite exercises and put them together in an organized practice routine for you. I've taken all the guess work out of how and what to practice and created a program that should take you about 20 minutes to complete. I think of this routine as similar to a “workout” at the gym, or on the track. Although these exercises are not particularly musical in nature, they serve the purpose of preparing your muscles for greater things when it’s “game time,”—just as an athlete would lift weights or run sprints to play their best in a game, the same is true for us as guitar players--we need to prepare our guitar playing muscles for playing our best when it counts!By studying Legato Firestarter you will learn the secrets of developing fluid and exciting legato licks reminiscent of the legato masters. It's all here from single string licks, open string ideas, multiple octave runs, exotic sounding lines, pentatonic and blues scale legato and much more!
Who This Course Is Perfect For
I created this course because I felt there was a need for an organized practice routine, or workout, for developing the legato technique. Mostly what you will find on Google are random exercises and licks, which can be great on their own, but at the end of the day all you have is a bunch of unrelated material with no real direction on how to practice it.
Back in the 1980’s and 90’s when I was developing my legato chops I used exercises and ideas I gleaned from instructional videos by guys like Vinnie Moore and John Petrucci and created my own practice routine using those materials. I found that actually having a routine I could go to day after day was very important in developing my fret hand strength, accuracy, endurance, and yes, speed.
So I’ve created my own spin on some of my favorite exercises and put them together in an organized practice routine for you. I've taken all the guess work out of how and what to practice and created a program that should take you about 20 minutes to complete. I think of this routine as similar to a “workout” at the gym, or on the track. Although these exercises are not particularly musical in nature, they serve the purpose of preparing your muscles for greater things when it’s “game time,”—just as an athlete would lift weights or run sprints to play their best in a game, the same is true for us as guitar players--we need to prepare our guitar playing muscles for playing our best when it counts!By studying Legato Firestarter you will learn the secrets of developing fluid and exciting legato licks reminiscent of the legato masters. It's all here from single string licks, open string ideas, multiple octave runs, exotic sounding lines, pentatonic and blues scale legato and much more!
Who This Course Is Perfect For
- Players of all levels who want to develop their legato playing using an organized practice system that gets results!
- Guitarists who desire to play smooth and fiery legato runs in the style of the greats like Joe Satriani, Richie Kotzen, Steve Vai, George Lynch and others, but lack the fundamental skills to play using legato convincingly.
- All players who want to unleash fluid legato runs with confidence and conviction!
- Players of all levels who want to permanently eliminate weak hammer ons and pull offs and increase hand strength, stamina and accuracy.
- Guitarists who are tired of looking for good legato exercises to use in their practice routines--the best ones are right here!
- Players looking to maximize their practice time with a short but amazingly effective 20 minute legato workout.
About Nick Layton
Nick has been teaching guitar professionally for almost 20 years and has played with Seattle metal legends Q5.
He currently plays and writes songs for his USA metal band FireWolfe.
Nick loves sharing his passion for music and also enjoys reading, exercising and drinking good coffee.
Nick has been teaching guitar professionally for almost 20 years and has played with Seattle metal legends Q5.
He currently plays and writes songs for his USA metal band FireWolfe.
Nick loves sharing his passion for music and also enjoys reading, exercising and drinking good coffee.