What's up future rock stars!!!
Hope your guitar learning journey is going well.
It's time to learn some hammer-ons and pull-offs. These are two easy legato techniques that guitarist's use all the time.
What are hammer-ons and pull-offs and what do they do? Let's start with the hammer-on. Basically, you play a note and then you suddenly push down with a different finger on a different fret of the same string, the power of your finger will cause the note to ring out.
A pull-off is the opposite, you hold two fingers on two different frets of the same string, pick the string, release the finger closest to the guitar's body, and the note your other finger is holding will ring out. (it's best to kind of flick your finger off sideways to get some extra vibration on the string).
That is really all there is to these techniques. But what makes these techniques so great is their versatility. You can create some really cool licks by alternating hammer-ons and pull-offs, or you can do a rapid succession of pull-offs by fretting three or four frets on the same string. Add in a bit of that sliding we discussed last article and you've got some really cool legato-licks.
The video at the bottom includes various examples of how to use these techniques.
Hope this helped you out, if it did, don't hesitate to subscribe to the blog.
Don't forget to listen and have fun!!
It's time to learn some hammer-ons and pull-offs. These are two easy legato techniques that guitarist's use all the time.
What are hammer-ons and pull-offs and what do they do? Let's start with the hammer-on. Basically, you play a note and then you suddenly push down with a different finger on a different fret of the same string, the power of your finger will cause the note to ring out.
A pull-off is the opposite, you hold two fingers on two different frets of the same string, pick the string, release the finger closest to the guitar's body, and the note your other finger is holding will ring out. (it's best to kind of flick your finger off sideways to get some extra vibration on the string).
That is really all there is to these techniques. But what makes these techniques so great is their versatility. You can create some really cool licks by alternating hammer-ons and pull-offs, or you can do a rapid succession of pull-offs by fretting three or four frets on the same string. Add in a bit of that sliding we discussed last article and you've got some really cool legato-licks.
The video at the bottom includes various examples of how to use these techniques.
Hope this helped you out, if it did, don't hesitate to subscribe to the blog.
Don't forget to listen and have fun!!
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