Legato Exercises

Fig 1 Hammer ons
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------5-h-7-h-9-------------5-h-7-h-9--|
D|--5-h-7-h-9--------------5-h-7-h-9-------------| Repeat
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|


Fig 2 The Gilbert pattern
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------4-------------------4--------------|
D|-4-h-5-h-7---7-p-5---4-h-5-h-7----7-p-5-------| Repeat
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|


Fig 3
e|-7-h-8-p-7-p-5---5--------|
B|---------------8----------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------| Repeat
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|


Fig 4
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------5--7--9-p-7-p-5-------------------5-7-9-|
D|-5-h-7-h-9------------------9-7-p-5-h-7-h-9--------| Repeat
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


Fig 5 Dimebag style
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------4-5--7-p-4---4--5-p-4---4----------|
D|-4-h-5-h-7------------7----------7---7-p-5-p--| Repeat
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|


Fig 6 B Phrygian Scale
e|-------------------------------------------------7-8-|
B|--------------------------------------7-h-8-h-10-----|
G|----------------------------------7-9----------------|
D|-----------------------7-h-9-h-10--------------------|
A|------------7-h-9-h-10-------------------------------|
E|-7-h-8-h-10------------------------------------------|

e|-10-p-8-p-7-----------------------------------------------|
B|------------10-p-8-7--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------9-7----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------10-p-9-p-7-----------------------| Repeat
A|------------------------------------10-p-9-p-7------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------10-p-8-p-7-|


Fig 7 Diminished scale
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-8-10-p-8-7-------------------7-h-8-10----|
E|-7-h-9-h-10---------------10-9-p-7-h-9-h10--------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------6-7-9-p-7-p-6------------------6-h-7-h-9-|
D|-6-h-8-h-9--------------9-p-8-p-6-h-8-h-9-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------6-7-9-p-7-p-6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-6-h-7-h-9---------------9-8-p-6----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------9-7-p-6------------------6-7-9-p-6----------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------9-8-p-6-h-8-h-9-------------9-8-p-6-------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-8-p-7----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-9-p-7-|


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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off

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