Legato Mastery
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The Ultimate Guide to Legato Mastery – Out Now!
What you get
🖐️ Master Modern Legato Technique
🧠 Gain Musical & Artistic Insights from a Master
🎸 Learn Exercises, Licks, Concepts, and Solos
👀 See Every Note with Dual-Camera Video
📽 Bonus 90 Minute Masterclass
To Legato Technique
Including
- Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, & Slides
- Essential patterns
- Musical examples
- Signature sequences and licks
- Technique mechanics
- Practical and artistic advice
- Written breakdowns and insights
- Challenging Solo Studies
✨ Bonus content: 90min video masterclass and audio & video of every example.
A Comprehensive Method!
Feature 1: Exercises
Learn exercises to directly train all aspects of your legato
Feature 2: Licks
Explore Brett’s signature style with musical licks.
Feature 3: Solos
Conquer three challenging solos at different difficulty levels.
Available in Paperback and PDF
Featuring...
- 140+ Pages
- Insights from a Legato Legend
- Musical Examples & Exercises
- Audio & Video
- Launch Masterclass Replay
Brett Garsed
Brett Garsed is an Australian musician and songwriter, best known for his work as a guitarist with John Farnham and T. J. Helmerich, as well as being a former member of the American band Nelson.
Course Overview
Chapter 1: Tone, Set-up and the Holdsworth Influence
Explore the foundations of legato playing by dialing in your tone, setup, and understanding the massive influence of Allan Holdsworth. Learn how to personalize your guitar configuration for maximum fluidity and develop your own expressive sound. Practical advice is given on action, strings, pickup settings, and tonal mindset for building a legato-optimized rig.
Chapter 2: Hammer-Ons
Master the hammer-on technique with a progressive series of exercises focused on strength, tone, and control. Apply hammer-ons to pentatonic scales, chromatic runs, and musical lines to develop articulation and flow. Techniques for building endurance, precision, and rhythmic accuracy are woven throughout the chapter.
Chapter 3: Pull-Offs
Develop a clean, consistent pull-off technique without harsh plucking sounds or tone loss. This chapter teaches you how to shape the attack of your pull-offs, maintain even dynamics, and blend pull-offs naturally into your lines. Exercises target strength, tone refinement, and finger independence across various scale forms.
Chapter 4: Combining Hammer-Ons & Pull-Offs
Combine hammer-ons and pull-offs into smooth, flowing legato phrases across the fretboard. You’ll learn floating vs. anchored finger techniques, control over note length, and creative string-skipping applications. Practical musical examples illustrate how these movements can shape expressive, connected melodies.
Chapter 5: Dynamic & Rhythmic Control
Move beyond basic technique into true musical expressiveness by mastering dynamic and rhythmic control. Learn how to create accents, shift subdivisions, and displace phrases rhythmically to craft dynamic and engaging lines. This chapter arms you with tools to make your legato phrasing breathe with life and groove naturally inside different feels.
Chapter 6: Slides
Add slides into your legato vocabulary to connect positions and create fluid, singing lines. You’ll practice upward and downward slides, multiple-finger slides, and applications to scales, arpeggios, and melodic shapes. This chapter helps you make your fretboard movement sound effortless and connected, without breaking the line.
Chapter 7: Advanced Fretting-Hand Techniques
Explore advanced techniques such as anchored vs. floating fingers, the “concertina” method for smooth hand compression, and finger displacement exercises. These concepts free up your fretting hand for bigger stretches, more dynamic phrasing, and more efficient movement. Practical examples show how to use these tools for expressive real-world playing.
Chapter 8: Developing Strength, Stamina, & Accuracy
Strengthen your fretting hand by isolating it completely—hammering-on across strings without picking assistance. This chapter includes challenging exercises, scale runs, and melodic sequences aimed at boosting your stamina, hand independence, and technical accuracy. Careful emphasis is placed on proper hand mechanics to build lasting endurance safely.
Chapter 9: My Approach
Gain personal insights into Brett Garsed’s unique approach to blending picking and legato seamlessly. Learn how to integrate hybrid picking, alternate picking, and legato into a natural, expressive style rather than chasing pure speed. This chapter encourages you to find your own path by balancing mechanics with musicality.
Chapter 10: Three Study Solos
Put everything into practice with three full-length solo studies written in a real-world, improvisational style. Each solo challenges your technique, phrasing, dynamic control, and musical storytelling. Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced player, these solos provide lasting value and a true test of your expressive capabilities.
By the End of This Book…
You’ll have developed the strength, finesse, and musical understanding needed to play legato with fluidity, control, and expressive nuance. Whether in rock, fusion, or any modern style, you’ll be equipped to move beyond exercises into making music that truly breathes. This is your complete guide to building a powerful and expressive legato voice on the guitar.