Bass Technique : Hammer Ons and Pull Offs

Part of the Video Series How to Play Bass Guitar: Beginner Lessons

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Learn the bass guitar techniques of hammering on and pulling off.

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Bass Technique : Hammer Ons and Pull Offs
Hi, my name is Dalton and we’re going to be talking about hammer-ons and pull-offs. It’s a technique we can use to make cooler sounds, and it actually makes you sound better. It makes you sound like you’re playing more notes than you really are. First thing is the hammer-on, which is hitting an open string or from any other string or a different note. You hit it and then use your hand to block the sound or take the sound to a different note. This would be a simple example of that. You can add more notes into that like this. You can do that just about anywhere on the bass. And when you get good at it, you can play something like this.

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Expert: Dalton Chamblee has been playing the bass guitar for over 10 years. He is a member of the band Fatback Circus. Read More