• £27

Cutting Edge Guitar Technique Vol.1: Legato Mastery for Modern Rock Guitar

  • Course
  • 109 Lessons

Cutting Edge Legato is a three-part series showing you how to develop a complete command of this vital guitar-playing skill effectively. Legato playing is an essential technique in modern guitar playing, and many guitarists struggle to find a structured approach to building fluency with this style. Cutting Edge Legato defeats this obstacle by delivering progressive workouts.

Learn To Play With Smooth Elegance and Sophistication

  • Do you want your playing to flow, sounding smooth and connected?
  • Do you want to play fast lines that are sonically pleasing?
  • Do you want to play ear-catching licks with sophisticated control?

Cutting Edge Legato is a three-part system for legato playing in the style of masters such as:

  • Joe Satriani
  • Brett Garsed
  • Allan Holdsworth
  • Guthrie Govan
  • Greg Howe
  • Richie Kotzen
  • Paul Gilbert
  • Steve Vai
  • And many others!

Included Content

Downloadable Lesson Files

HD Video Lessons

Streamable and Downloadable MP3

Here's What's Inside The Programme:

Introduction

Welcome To Cutting Edge Legato
  • 4 mins
  • 563 MB

Legato Toolkit

This lesson pack contains a 33-page E-booklet that shows all the exercises with a detailed explanation. The booklet also contains scale diagrams, handy hints, and tips on expanding the examples contained within. Alongside the E-book, guitar pro, pdf video and audio files are included to support your learning. You can find all of the PDF and Guitar Pro tools you need to execute the concepts of the lesson pack in this section. The video and audio files are contained within individual lesson parts.
Cutting Edge Legato Technique E-Booklet.pdf
  • 14.3 MB
Cutting Edge Legato Part 1.pdf
  • 74.4 KB
Cutting Edge Legato Part 1.gp
  • 297 KB
Cutting Edge Legato Part 2.pdf
  • 158 KB
Cutting Edge Legato Part 2.gp
  • 511 KB
Cutting Edge Legato Part 3.pdf
  • 104 KB
Cutting Edge Legato Part 3.gp
  • 497 KB
Minor scales full fretboard.pdf
  • 153 KB
A Aeolian 3nps.pdf
  • 162 KB
A Minor Pentatonic 3nps diagonal forms.pdf
  • 93.6 KB
A Harmonic Minor 3nps.pdf
  • 167 KB
A Melodic minor 3nps.pdf
  • 144 KB
Extended Scale Ranges.pdf
  • 99.1 KB

Cutting Edge Legato Part 1 - Scale Fragments And Cyclical Patterns

The first part of this series on building a reliable legato technique focuses on scale fragments and cyclic patterns. This is an important concept to get down, so you have a solid foundation to build upon. 
Lesson 1 - Sixteenth Note Fragments
  • 19 mins
  • 2.59 GB
Lesson 2 - Sextuplets
  • 11 mins
  • 1.51 GB
Lesson 3 - Odd Note Groups
  • 8 mins
  • 1.11 GB
01. Example 1.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 753 KB
02. Example 2.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 753 KB
03. Example 3.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 659 KB
04. Example 4.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 707 KB
05. Example 5.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 1.7 MB
06. Example 6.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 1.28 MB
07. Example 7.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 1.28 MB
08. Example 8.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 1.16 MB
09. Example 9.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 707 KB
10. Example 10.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 753 KB
11. Example 11.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 941 KB
12. Example 12.MP3
  • 1 min
  • 863 KB

Sixteenth Note Legato Part 1

A new update to the Cutting Edge Legato Program. Following the lessons learned in Cutting Edge Legato Part 1, this and the following mini-series of studies take a deep dive at mid-paced Legato ideas in all five positions of the CAGED system. 
Sixteenth Legato Intro
    Sixteenth Note Legato 1 Lesson.mp4
    • 25 mins
    • 3.51 GB
    Sixteenth Legato 80bpm.mp4
    • 7 mins
    • 900 MB
    Sixteenth Legato 100bpm.mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 729 MB
    Sixteenth Legato 120bpm.mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 607 MB
    Sixteenth Legato 1 Audio.zip
    • 104 MB

    Sixteenth Note Legato Part 2

    This lesson is the second part of the Sixteenth note legato primer series. In this lesson, we take the ten examples from the last lesson played in position 1 and move them up to position 2 of the CAGED System. 
    Sixteenth Note Legato Position 2 Lesson.mp4
    • 11 mins
    • 1.55 GB
    Sixteenth Note Legato position 2 (slow).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 515 MB
    Sixteenth Note Legato Position 2 (medium).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 659 MB
    Sixteenth Legato Position 2 Fast.mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 596 MB

    Sixteenth Note Legato Part 3

    Lesson three of the Sixteenth Note Legato Workout sees us move our ten examples into position three of the CAGED system for A Dorian. 
    Sixteenth Legato 3 Full Lesson.mp4
    • 12 mins
    • 1.61 GB
    Sixteenth Note Legato Position 3 (slow).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 461 MB
    Sixteenth Note Legato Position 3 (medium).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 687 MB
    Sixteenth Legato 3 (Fast).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 623 MB

    Sixteenth Note Legato Part 4

    The penultimate lesson in the Sixteenth Note Legato workout miniseries sees our ten examples being put to good use in position four of the CAGED system for A Dorian. 
    Sixteenth Legato Lesson 4.mp4
    • 11 mins
    • 1.51 GB
    Sixteenth Note Legato Position 4 (slow).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 472 MB
    Sixteenth Note Legato Position 4 (medium).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 721 MB
    Sixteenth Legato Position 4 (fast).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 601 MB

    Sixteenth Note Legato Part 5

    The final workout in the sixteenth note legato series sees our ten Dorian examples in the key of A in the fifth CAGED position for the scale. 
    Sixteenth Legato 5 lesson.mp4
    • 10 mins
    • 1.42 GB
    Sixteenth Legato 5 (slow).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 529 MB
    Sixteenth Legato 5 (medium).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 733 MB
    Sixteenth Legato 5 (fast).mp4
    • 5 mins
    • 609 MB

    Sixteenth Note Legato Workout

    Once you've worked through part 1 of this program, this workout provides an excellent way to put these concepts into practice with a full-length workout etude for you to learn and play. 
    Sixteenth Workout Etude
      Sixteenth Legato Workout Lesson.mp4
      • 14 mins
      • 4.76 GB
      Sixteenth Note Legato Workout (CEG).pdf
      • 131 KB
      Sixteenth Note Legato Workout (CEG).gp
      • 556 KB
      Sixteenth Legato workout Slow.mp4
      • 2 mins
      • 823 MB
      Sixteenth Legato workout (Medium).mp4
      • 2 mins
      • 573 MB
      Sixteenth Legato workout Fast.mp4
      • 2 mins
      • 543 MB
      A Dorian Practice Slow.mp3
      • 13 mins
      • 23.2 MB
      A Dorian Practice Track.mp3
      • 11 mins
      • 18.6 MB
      A Dorian Practice fast.mp3
      • 9 mins
      • 15.5 MB
      Sixteenth Note Legato Etude Workout Practice Log.docx
      • 43.5 KB

      Cutting Edge Legato Part 2 - Full Scale Approach

      In the second part of this lesson pack, we take the scale fragments through scale positions and along the length of strings so we can begin to open up the fretboard. 
      Lesson 4 - Linear Motion Legato
      • 12 mins
      • 1.65 GB
      Lesson 5 - Vertical Motion Legato
      • 13 mins
      • 1.71 GB
      01. Example 1.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 628 KB
      02. Example 2.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 613 KB
      03. Example 3.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 816 KB
      04. Example 4.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 816 KB
      05. Example 5.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.06 MB
      06. Example 6.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.19 MB
      07. Example 7.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 994 KB
      08. Example 8.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.01 MB
      09. Example 9.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 847 KB
      10. Example 10.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 847 KB
      11. Example 11.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.59 MB
      12. Example 12.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.03 MB

      Cutting Edge Legato Part 3 - Combination Playing

      Part three of this tutorial shows you how to combine scale fragments, linear concepts and positional concepts to use the technique on larger fretboard areas, creating long, flowing runs. 
      Lesson 6 - Ocatve Displacement and Four Notes Per String
      • 17 mins
      • 2.31 GB
      Lesson 7 - Connecting the Fretboard WIth Legato Concepts
      • 14 mins
      • 1.96 GB
      01. Example 1.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1000 KB
      02. Example 2.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1000 KB
      03. Example 3.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1000 KB
      04. Example 4.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 565 KB
      05. Example 5.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 565 KB
      06. Example 6.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.1 MB
      07. Example 7.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.22 MB
      08. Example 8.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.04 MB
      09. Example 9.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.38 MB
      10. Example 10.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1.16 MB
      11. Example 11.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 1000 KB
      12. Example 12.MP3
      • 1 min
      • 988 KB

      Advanced Legato

      A new addition to the Cutting Edge Legato program, the advanced stage combines elements from parts 2 and 3 of the syllabus and adds a whole new level of content. This section of the product is a mini course in its own right and produces massive results for you. 
      Advanced legato 1 lesson.mp4
      • 22 mins
      • 3.19 GB
      Advanced legato 1 80bpm Playthrough.mp4
      • 7 mins
      • 914 MB
      Advanced legato 1 100bpm Playthrough.mp4
      • 5 mins
      • 729 MB
      Advanced legato 1 120bpm Playthrough.mp4
      • 5 mins
      • 612 MB
      Advanced Legato Part 2 Lesson.mp4
      • 22 mins
      • 3.06 GB
      Advanced Legato Part 2 80bpm.mp4
      • 6 mins
      • 553 MB
      Advanced Legato Part 2 100bpm.mp4
      • 5 mins
      • 453 MB
      Advanced Legato Part 2 120bpm.mp4
      • 4 mins
      • 383 MB
      Advanced Legato Lesson 3.mp4
      • 20 mins
      • 2.79 GB
      Advanced Legato 3 - 80bpm.mp4
      • 3 mins
      • 390 MB
      Advanced Legato 3 - 100bpm.mp4
      • 3 mins
      • 409 MB
      Advanced Legato 3 - 120bpm.mp4
      • 4 mins
      • 523 MB
      Advanced Legato 4 - 80bpm.mp4
      • 4 mins
      • 590 MB
      Advanced Legato 4 - 100bpm.mp4
      • 4 mins
      • 505 MB
      Advanced Legato 4 - 120bpm.mp4
      • 4 mins
      • 519 MB
      Advanced Legato 4 Lesson.mp4
      • 24 mins
      • 3.37 GB
      Advanced Legato 5 Lesson-1.m4v
      • 19 mins
      • 799 MB
      Advanced Legato 5 Demo.mp4
      • 4 mins
      • 969 MB

      Next Steps

      In this section, you'll learn how to continue your progress once you've completed the program.
      How to keep improving
      • 6 mins
      • 76.9 MB