Here is a guitar practice approach using legato that helps you quickly integrate what you learned in the video (and some) into your playing:

 

Efficient Legato Guitar Technique Practice Steps

Follow these steps to practice legato in a unique way that helps you make progress quickly:

Step One: Perfect Your Legato With Speed

When you knoew how to play legato with perfect technique (as described in the video), it’s time to perfect it through practice. One of the fastest ways to develop killer legato is by breaking down parts of a lick or pattern into small groups of notes and playing them as fast as possible.

Play the guitar lick with speed while pausing after the last note to rest for a second. Then repeat it again.

Use this idea to play the entire scale or guitar lick you want to use to improve your legato.

Note: To develop the best legato guitar technique possible, focus on hammering on the first note rather than picking it. Try to completely isolate your fretting hand using legato. Then use your picking hand only to mute unplayed strings.

Learn how to mute effectively on guitar to keep your legato technique as clean as possible by reading this article about cleaning up sloppy guitar playing.

 

Bonus Tip: How To Make Fast Guitar Scale Runs Sound Good At Any Speed

While practicing scales, focus on connecting notes as smoothly as possible.

Meaning:

There should not be a small gap of silence between your notes and the notes are not being allowed to correctly ring their full length (in other words they are being cut off too soon).

Instead, each note should only stop ringing at the exact moment when the next note is played.

This makes your playing sound smooth and clean.

Step Two: Use String Skipping

Combining string skips with legato makes for a powerful way to advance your skills.

Make it simple to transition during the skip by isolating the first three notes for a bit, then moving onto the next five and finally onto the last three.

Use a hammer-on to play the first note of each string to increase the difficulty, and help you get amazing legato technique.

Move the pattern in the tab up and down the fretboard. Then think of your own patterns to practice with this exercise.

Step Three: Repeat For Consistency

Repetition is one of the most underutilized tools in any guitar player’s practice routine. Why? Most guitarists simply repeat an entire phrase or lick until they are able to play it reasonably well.

Get the best results from repetitive practice using a handful of notes – then repeat them many times within 10-15 seconds.

This helps you perfect entire licks very quickly – making your guitar practice effective and efficient.

Play every note using legato as indicated.

Look for as many ways to divide up the different notes in a lick to get as much benefit from your practice as you can.

Use these steps to put together a great practice session for quick progress getting fast and clean legato. Do this for a week each day and watch your skills go through the roof!