Legato on Acoustic

@andrew I’ve been meaning to comment on this but I haven’t had the time until now. I can relate to this situation on so many levels. First thing, I’d like to say though, is these lessons aren’t actually “tailored to” or “geared towards” electric guitars. Everything (for the most part) you see on here can be done on an acoustic. I’ve watched Syn do them numerous times, even without an amp! But I will DEFINITELY say, that an amp helps. The pinky (fourth finger) is naturally the hardest finger to work. On the hand, it’s the weakest of all the muscles and the ability to “fire up the nerves” to make it move are not as “woken up” as the rest of our fingers because we don’t engage it as often as our other ones. *Source, my friend is a medical massage therapist who works with a chiropractor*
As someone who has done classical guitar studies, you don’t want to solely work finger strength. You’ll want to incorporate finger separation techniques as well. This will help “fire up” the nerves in the finger joints to help teach finger independence, thus increase strength in each individual finger.
I’m going to link you to a a tutorial I did for Hail To The King intro, where I demonstrate a minor fraction of these exercises I received from my classical guitar work. I used them to help me play the HTTK better, maybe they’ll help you as well!
Lastly,
Performing pull-offs with the pinky is NOT an easy thing to get. Make your hand muscle on that side is prone to soreness and fatigue, so be sure to rub it out, stretch the hand and take adequate breaks when practicing pull-offs. But ideally, I personally believe pulling off is the same regardless if it’s electric or acoustic, the acoustic pull-off is just more difficult.
I hope this helps!
I talk a little in the beginning but I get to the exercises pretty quick. Syn said they were really helpful for learning the intro