The Modern Legato Licks thread.

distressed_romeo · Sep 20, 2008

Post up your craziest legato licks! 313s, 4 notes per string, hybrid-legato, eight finger, hammer-ons-from-nowhere, travelling in octaves...

Here's a crazy-sounding TJ Helmerich-inspired eight-finger lick I just came up with...

e----------------------t12-t13-t15-t13-t12--8--5-------------------
b----5--8--t12-t13-t15---------------------------t15-t13-t12--8---
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------t12-t13-t15-t13-t12--9--6-------------------
b----6--9--t12-t13-t15---------------------------t15-t13-t12--9---
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------

Loop it at high speeds and it sounds nuts...

Fire away!!! :shred:

Maniacal · Sep 21, 2008

Liking the look of this thread.

I think I will pick up my guitar for the first time in 2 weeks and write some lines.

Unknown Doodl3.2 · Sep 22, 2008

I dunno how I could get it to work in a song, but I was noodling on this last week. its played over B. Its sorta Chris Broderick inspired in the sence that the right hand has to be over the fretboard (it's all tapped!). (f = fret hand tap, p = pick hand tap)

Code:

p p  p  f  f  f    p  p  p   p
e------------------12/15-------
b--------------------------------
g----------7-11-12-------15~~-
d--------9-----------------------
a------9-------------------------
e-7-10--------------------------
B-------------------------------

here's another variation (add 9)

Code:

p p p  p  f  f  f  f  p  p  p   p
e-----------------------12/15-------
b--------------------------------
g---------------7-11-12-------15~~-
d----------9-11----------------------
a--------9-------------------------
e-7-9-10--------------------------
B-------------------------------

-Nolly- · Sep 23, 2008

Pretty nuts licks!

I finally tabbed out Martin Goulding's solo on The Safety Fire's Groove in A the other day, with drums and backing etc. I was playing it pretty wrong in my video. Anyway, it's built up around 3 very cool tapping licks, of varying difficulty. I've uploaded it (as a GP4 for those not with the times) here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?kd5ytuwzj2d

Also, this quite a tricky, but pleasant sounding tapped arpeggio. It's in Drop D:

Up to you whether you slide between the top two notes, or tap both (with your middle and ring fingers).

Maniacal · Sep 23, 2008

I wont bore you with the theory. I play this over Fm (2 bars) Gm (1 bar) and A7 (last bar)
Its all 16th note triplets and it took me ages to learn. I should also mention, no notes are tapped and pick only the first notes of strings when you ascend.

E||-------------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------5-11-8-|
G||------------------5-11-8-5----8-5----------------------|
D||----5-8-10-5-9-11----------11-----11-5-9-5-8-11--------|
A||-------------------------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------------|

---------------4-7---------------------7-10------------|
-----------5-6-----8-4---8-4-----4-7-8------11-7----11-|
--11-8-5-8-------------7-----6-5-----------------10----|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|

----14-10-7-6-----------------------------13~-------|
--7---------------------15-9-5-16-12-9-10-----------|
--------------14-10-7-6-----------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------|

--17-----18----15-14--------------------------------|---||
---------------------18-16-15-18-16-15--------------|---||
---------------------------------------17-16-19~----|---||
----------------------------------------------------|---||
----------------------------------------------------|---||
----------------------------------------------------|---||

CrushingAnvil · Sep 25, 2008

*Takes Deep breath* :lol:

Here's a minor 2nd diminished kind of thing I like to use:

|E|-------------------------------------------------------------10^-11-13
|B|----------------------------------------------------9-1h0-12h---------
|G|-----------------------------------------7^-8h-10h-------------------
|D|--------------------------------6-7h-9h------------------------------
|A|---------------------5^-6h-8h----------------------------------------
|E|------------4-5h-7h--------------------------------------------------
|B|--3^-4h-6h-----------------------------------------------------------

Key: H = hammer-on
^ = down-stroke (dont argue with me :lol:

)

shit I forgot. ya know, couldn't be bothered tabbing it out for different ways of playing it so just obviously use whatever you please.

distressed_romeo · Sep 25, 2008

Here's a stretchy A Minor Pentatonic run that incorporates some hybrid picking to make it sound a bit fresher.

e-------------------------------------------------------------------(10)------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------(7)----------------------7-9-12-9-7-9-12------12-9-7-9-12-14--
D------------------------------------------7-9-10-----------------------------------------
A--------5-7-10-7-5-7-10----10-7-5-7-10-------------------------------------------------
E--5-7-8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pluck the bracketed notes with your 'm' finger and slur everything else.

distressed_romeo · Sep 25, 2008

This thread delivers by the way! :shred:

Trespass · Sep 28, 2008

|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|B|--------------------------------------------------------5-8-12-15-17--
|G|-----------------------------------------------5-7-12-14--------------
|D|------------------------------------5-7-12-14-------------------------
|A|-------------------------5-7-12-14----------------------------------
|E|--------------5-8-12-15----------------------------------------------
|B|--5-8-12-15-----------------------------------------------------------

Basically, left hand ghost hammers the left pentatonic box, the right hand continues the hammer onto the left. This can be synced up to tap and pentatonic boxes in intervals you want. I harmonise to the fourth, fifth, and nineth depending on the sound I want.

I love the sound of large legato intervals, phrased as if the notes were clustered together. I do the same with my exotic pentatonic scales, using more than 2nps with a wide interval sounds awkward (like your legato string skipping... but its not right/or the sound Greg Howe gets when he does the real thing)

Unknown Doodl3.2 · Sep 28, 2008

Code:

                                       |---------9-------------||---------9-------------|        
----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)-
----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)---------8(15)6(15)----------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)------------------------------------
----------------|-----------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)8(15)6(15)---------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)------------------------------------10(15)8(15)6(15)8(15)10(15)-----------------------------------------------------
----------------|------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)---------------------------10(15)8(15)-----6(15)8(15)10(15)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6(15)8(15)8(15)-|--6(15)8(15)8(15)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I stole this lick from Dan Mongrain of Martyr. Just bar the 15th fret harmonice with the pick hand and legato your way through the rest of the notes. It sounds fucking awesome. It's all 32nd notes including the two groups of 9 I showed. The first pause is a dotted quarter note long, the second is a dotted eight and the third is a half note + sixteenth. The lick is in 5/4 and Original tempo is 190

distressed_romeo · Sep 28, 2008

Unknown Doodl3.2 said:

Code:

                      |---------9-------------||---------9-------------|        
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)-
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)---------8(15)6(15)----------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)------------------------------------
-----------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)8(15)6(15)---------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)------------------------------------10(15)8(15)6(15)8(15)10(15)-----------------------------------------------------
------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)---------------------------10(15)8(15)-----6(15)8(15)10(15)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--6(15)8(15)8(15)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I stole this lick from Dan Mongrain of Martyr. Just bar the 15th fret harmonice with the pick hand and legato your way through the rest of the notes. It sounds fucking awesome. It's all 32nd notes including the two groups of 9 I showed. The first pause is a dotted quarter note long, the second is a dotted sixteenth and the third is a half note + sixteenth. The lick is in 5/4 and Original tempo is 190

Nice! Very Ron Thal-ish. :shred:

Unknown Doodl3.2 · Sep 28, 2008

^ I know! It sounds really cool

It's the song "Retry Abort Ignore" by Martyr if you want to check it out. That's only an excerpt of the solo, the whole thing is umm... weird but highly effective to say the least!

distressed_romeo · Oct 3, 2008

Here are two tapping things I've been dicking around with this evening...

The first one's meant to be a Thordendal-ish interpretation of Steve Vai's 'Building the Church' tapping lick. Just bear in mind that the right hand repeats in three groups of four note, and the left in four groups of three, and it'll seem quite logical.

The next one requires your left hand to jump back and forth across your right. I'm pretty sure there's an easier way to play this, but it looks really fucking cool this way.

-Nolly- · Oct 3, 2008

Unknown Doodl3.2 said:

Code:

                                       |---------9-------------||---------9-------------|        
----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)-
----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)---------8(15)6(15)----------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)------------------------------------
----------------|-----------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)8(15)6(15)---------------------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)------------------------------------10(15)8(15)6(15)8(15)10(15)-----------------------------------------------------
----------------|------------------6(15)8(15)10(15)---------------------------10(15)8(15)-----6(15)8(15)10(15)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6(15)8(15)8(15)-|--6(15)8(15)8(15)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I stole this lick from Dan Mongrain of Martyr. Just bar the 15th fret harmonice with the pick hand and legato your way through the rest of the notes. It sounds fucking awesome. It's all 32nd notes including the two groups of 9 I showed. The first pause is a dotted quarter note long, the second is a dotted eight and the third is a half note + sixteenth. The lick is in 5/4 and Original tempo is 190

That's a really neat trick, I'll be using that a lot I think! Very cool on the recording as well, fair play to you for taking the time to transcribe it properly!

distressed_romeo said:
The next one requires your left hand to jump back and forth across your right. I'm pretty sure there's an easier way to play this, but it looks really fucking cool this way.

Cool lick, I used to mess around with hand swapping licks, will probably try to develop a few now you've jogged my memory hehe.

TonalArchitect · Oct 24, 2008

Here's some sliding ones I made

e------------15/19-24\20-19-------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G---16/17----------------------17\16---------------
D-----------------------------------------17\14-------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
(Fingering)
-----3/3----1/1-----4\4---3---2\2------4\4

e--19/20-19\15-13\10-8\10-13\12----------------------
B----------------------------------------13\10-8\6-5\3-1-
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
(Fingering)
----4/4----3\3---2\2----1/1----3\3---4\4----3\3-2\2--1

Use hammers and pulls where things aren't slided (or pick if you want).

Unknown Doodl3.2 · Nov 9, 2008

*bump* for an awesome thread. DR, I've been working on your 3 in 4 tapping lick and its pretty kickass! good practice for hand independence also

JoryGriffin · Nov 9, 2008

-Nolly- said:
Pretty nuts licks!

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-Nolly- said:
Pretty licks nuts!

i lol'd. I also like the look of this thread. I can see just how bad I am compared to you people :metal:

Unknown Doodl3.2 · Apr 12, 2009

I'm bumping this thread with a cool Dave Martone hybrid picked legato lick

Code:

|---------------------------------------------------------------------(17)
|---------------------------------------------------(17)---------13-17----
|---------------------------------(17)---------14-17----17-14-17----------
|---------------(19)---------14-17----17-14-17-----------------------------
|----------15-19----19-15-19------------------------------------------------
|-17-15-17------------------------------------------------------------------
   ^       ^        ^        ^        ^        ^        ^        ^

^ = picked notes
() = picked w/ mid finger

Dave Martone = :bowdown:

distressed_romeo · Apr 12, 2009

Not really a lick, but here's a fingering for an A Minor Bebop scale that lends itself beautifully to legato phrasing!

e----------------------------------------------------------12-14-15-16-17
b---------------------------------------------10-12-13-15----------------
G---------------------------------9-11-12-13-----------------------------
D-----------------------7-9-10-12----------------------------------------
A------------7-9-10-11---------------------------------------------------
E---5-7-8-10-------------------------------------------------------------

To finish, you can tap the high A at the seventeenth fret or slide up to it with your pinky.

Excalibur · Apr 12, 2009

Is it cool if I upload it in GP format?

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