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		<title>Hybrid Picking and Legato &#8211; Guitar Techniques Simplified</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guitar and Rock music are inseparable and probably one of the main reasons for this is that most rock numbers or compositions have short or prolonger lead guitar solos. The lead guitar solos can be mastered by using different scales and guitar improvisation techniques like hybrid picking and legato technique.</p>
<p>There is such a huge variety of guitar improvisation techniques available that you can practice solos all your life and yet not find the end. It is infinite! One such guitar improvisation technique is called <strong>hybrid picking./B&gt;. Hybrid picking can add an absolutely new dimension to the sound that is rendered by your lead guitar. This is a type of guitar improvisation technique that is most commonly used by guitarists in music genres or styles like blues, rock, country, bluegrass, and even jazz. One of guitar legends who has used hybrid picking very effectively is Stevie Ray Vaughan. He used it for rendering a solo in Lenny</p>
<p>Hybrid picking is a guitar improvisation technique where you pick the guitar strings or chords using the fingers as well as the pick at the same time. The advantage is that you will be able to use your plectrum to play lead guitar that normally requires the fingerstyle mode of playing.</p>
<p>You will also be able to make wide string leaps like you can leap from the 5th string right to the 1st string, which can be quite a difficult exercise otherwise. To effectively use the hybrid picking guitar improvisation technique, you will need to your pick between your forefinger and thumb.</p>
<p><strong>Legato Technique</strong></p>
<p>The legato technique is another effective guitar improvisation technique that renders slurred notes quite similar to the notes rendered through hammer-on&#8217;s and pull-offs.</p>
<p>Legato guitar improvisation technique has been effectively used for solo performance by the likes of Joe Satriani, Alan Holdsworth, and Steve Vai. The above notes that form the legato technique will require you to hammer the notes without picking. You should ideally play this at 60bpm.</strong></p>
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		<title>Use Guitar Backing Tracks to Improve Your Lead Playing</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Playing the lead or solo at a live gig is the greatest moment for any lead guitarist and the best way to be perfect is through playing with the help of guitar backing tracks. Whether you are interested in playing lead for classic Rock, heavy metal, hard rock, bluegrass, blues guitar or any other genre, you will not be able to achieve perfection without the guitar backing tracks.</p>
<p>These backing tracks are re-mastered music tracks minus the vocals and the guitar. It will have the drums and the synthesizer or the rhythm guitars. Hence, it will be easier for you to play a lead for November Rain by Slash or Comfortably Numb by David Gilmour using guitar backing tracks. There are three other aspects: you will be able to remain more focused, you will be able to play the lead better and you will be able to improve Upon your timing.</p>
<p>Playing the lead guitar easily is not a simple task and if you are thinking of going live then you better be good. The crowd out there will push you harder and if you make a mistake, the crowd would be unforgiving. This is why guitar backing tracks are used by most guitarists to assist them in improving their lead playing. But before you start playing around with guitar backing tracks, you need to be well-versed with each and every scale for playing lead guitar and any or all guitar mprovisations.</p>
<p>&gt;The three main scales that you should focus on will be the major scale, which is a 2-octave scale, the minor pentatonic scale where you will play 5 different notes, and Major pentatonic scales. The pentatonic scales are the most important scales for playing the lead and if you master them, it will be easier for you to play along with the guitar backing tracks. Here&#8217;s an example of a pentatonic scale in the A:</p>
<p>e&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;5-8-5&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; B&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-5-8&#8212;&#8212;-8-5&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; G&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;5-7&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;7-5&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; D&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-5-7&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-7-5&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; A&#8212;&#8212;5-7&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;7-5&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- E&#8211;5-8&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;8-5&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>Using pentatonic scales will help you to solo over both major and minor chords and you will be able to play a lead with ease using the guitar backing tracks. The pentatonic scale is known as the staple scales for playing rock or metal guitar. They are even used by some of the legends of blues guitar.</p>
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