Brett Garsed downplaying his legato technique is like Carl Lewis downplaying his speed by telling you all he does is move his legs and moves as quickly as he can.Brett Garsed Rock Fusion is absolutely phenomenal at introducing, showcasing and teaching the basics of legato technique. Legato is a style of attack using fingertaps, hammering and pull-offs with very minimal picking enabling sophisticated phrasing, speed, fluidity and clarity unmatched with flatpicking by sheer physics alone. If reading this conjures images of Van Halen you aren't even close. No disrespect to Van Halen, but his technical ability is a tip of the Garsed legato technique iceberg. If you have never been exposed specifically to this "school" of guitar perhaps popularized by Allan Holdsworth (A major influence on Eddie Van Halen by his own admission), this video will blow you away.
One of the strengths of this video is that Garsed comes across as genuinely encouraging, unpretentious and easy to understand. The value of this video is that even if you don't play pure legato, there is principles here to be applied everywhere in your technical arsenal whether you play rock, blues, smooth jazz or metal.
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