Lick of the Day Gus G Fluid D Dorian Legato Run

Check out Lick of the Day a free download for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch available at the App Store Like us on Facebook Today s lick is a fast, fluidsounding legato run based on the D Dorian mode (D E F G A B C). I rely on consecutive hammerons and pulloffs to articulate many of the notes and use finger slides to seamlessly shifts positions as I ascend the fretboard. Using finger slides allows me to continue up a single string without having to interrupt my smooth, legato phrasing with an unwanted pick attack. The diagonal lines in the notation indicate the finger slides and also point out the location for each position shift. Each shift is deliberately selected for maximum efficiency, and in each case you ll notice the index finger only needs to slide up one fret, whereas shifting at any other spot on each string would require a twofret slide. The singlefret slide is ideal here because