Does anybody have some good tips for getting good sounding hammer on's and pull off's? I can't seem to get a good sound from them, especially the pull off's.
What about online lessons? Are there any good ones related to this subject?
Hammer on's and Pull off's
It all comes down to practice.
Start with your first finger on the 5th fret of the top E string and hammer onto the 7th fret with your third finger.
Practice hammering on and pulling off. It is important to start off very slowly to get each note sounding perfect. Once you have done this start to speed it up.
One you have this sussed try moving up and down the E string - such as starting on the 12th fret and hammering onto the 14th fret.
When you can do all thi on the E string move onto the B string adn do the same,
Soon you will be a master of hammer ons and pull offs
Start with your first finger on the 5th fret of the top E string and hammer onto the 7th fret with your third finger.
Practice hammering on and pulling off. It is important to start off very slowly to get each note sounding perfect. Once you have done this start to speed it up.
One you have this sussed try moving up and down the E string - such as starting on the 12th fret and hammering onto the 14th fret.
When you can do all thi on the E string move onto the B string adn do the same,
Soon you will be a master of hammer ons and pull offs
some of the articulation techniques that are used commonly are called hammer ons and pull offs.
A hammer on is executed exactly the way it sounds. you strike a note, and the left hand finger hammers on to the string without the string being picked again with the right hand. so if you were to play the open low E-string and you could hammer on by bringing the middle finger down to the third fret of the 6 string to sound the next note in the E minor pentatonic for G. thats a Hammer On. so any time you pick a note and bring the fretting finger down, to sound the next note, thats a hammer on.
TO DO - play the E minor pentatonic scale(or any) ascending with Hammer Ons. and if you wanna do it backwards, you're gonna use pull offs.
A pull off is just the opposite of a hammer on. you pick a note that is fretted and in our case(the E minor pentatonic scale), we are gonna pull off from an open string which is gonna sound the open high e-string.
TO DO - play the E-minor pentatonic scale descending executed with pull offs.
a lot of times, guitarists will use this technique to play fast licks. it allows you to play quickly and also gives you a smooth sound.
A hammer on is executed exactly the way it sounds. you strike a note, and the left hand finger hammers on to the string without the string being picked again with the right hand. so if you were to play the open low E-string and you could hammer on by bringing the middle finger down to the third fret of the 6 string to sound the next note in the E minor pentatonic for G. thats a Hammer On. so any time you pick a note and bring the fretting finger down, to sound the next note, thats a hammer on.
TO DO - play the E minor pentatonic scale(or any) ascending with Hammer Ons. and if you wanna do it backwards, you're gonna use pull offs.
A pull off is just the opposite of a hammer on. you pick a note that is fretted and in our case(the E minor pentatonic scale), we are gonna pull off from an open string which is gonna sound the open high e-string.
TO DO - play the E-minor pentatonic scale descending executed with pull offs.
a lot of times, guitarists will use this technique to play fast licks. it allows you to play quickly and also gives you a smooth sound.
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Eidi Kakuno
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In my opinian ...practice... hammer on and pull of is not so hard to use... the most difficult in my opinian is the sweep picking...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMEKFPWn1GI
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shr3dfr3ak
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Great information, bit more detail on the pull off tho, to execute a good pull off it isn't just lifting the finger off to let the lower note sound, if you just lift off the finger then the lower note won't sound as good as the picked note as it will be quieter, when you pull off both notes should sound as clear as each other, what helped me to get the technique right was to picture lightly flicking a bit of dirt of the string as you pull your finger off so it's more pulling off at an angle than just lifting straight off, make sure the note is as clear and as loud as if you had picked it! hope this helped 