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Summary: Learn about pull off technique for classical guitar in this free music lesson video.

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John Armstrong John Armstrong has been teaching guitar at Keller Music for over 15 years now. He has played with countless musicians over the years, and in bands ranging fro... read more

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Pull Off Technique for Classical Guitar

Hi my name is John Armstrong with expertvillage.com I'm a professional guitar instructor and today we are going to be discussing beginning classical guitar. Now the opposite that I have spoke before the opposite of a hammer-on is refer as a pull off it is when we go from a higher note down to a lower note. The same symbol is used to show a pull off as it is for a hammer-on. It is just up to the reader of the music .... from a higher to a lower note or vice versa lower to a higher note. The pull off the technique a pull off the same but a little bit different then what we do with the hammer-on. With the hammer-on we just pick the 1st note and with a great deal of force. Smack our finger down to the next note. The more force the louder the hammer-on is going to be. A pull off is little bit different if I was going for this G note to the F note I want to actually pull a little bit off to the side of the string. I'm almost intentionally flicking the string. I'm over doing this a little bit just to kind of show you. If I just went straight off I don't get much of a turn. Where's the more I pull off to the side of the string the more the tone that I get. The following exercise is a example of pull offs. I'm starting off going from G sharp pulling off down to G. I do that 3 times. A 4th time G to F sharp, F sharp to F. Here is the exercise again it is a 2 measure exercise. If you notice the picking underneath the right hand picking I'm going A finger, M, I, A, M, I.

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