Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, and Bends - A Getting Started Guide

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LESSONS I REFERENCE
🎸 Hammer-On Practice with G and Cadd9 (feat. "Southside of Heaven" by Ryan Bingham)
• Hammer-on practice w/ ...
🎸 Bluesy Bends: A Getting Started Guide
• Getting Started with B...
🎸 Major Pentatonic Scales in Open Position
• Major Pentatonic Scale...
🎸 Using Slides to Connect Pentatonic Scale Shapes
• Bored With Scales? Try...
🎸 "Millionaire" by Chris Stapleton
• 🎸 Millionaire • Chris ...
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I got a recent question from Song Notes member Alan, who asked for general tips when it comes to learning tricky "articulation" bits such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, and so forth. I recorded this casual Q&A reply, where I talk through each of these techniques and give some general advice for each. To be clear, these are all techniques that can take a while to get comfortable with. Sometimes they come easier, while in other circumstances they're quite difficult. Fear not, as I'll walk you through how to think about & practice them, big-picture.
- 0:00 Lesson Summary
- 2:32 Hammer-Ons
- 8:38 Pull-Offs
- 18:45 Bends
Thanks all, enjoy ✌️ David Pots // songnotes.net

[@blueslawyer]

Helper fingers are a great tip for good bends! Bend up to your face on the treble strings and down to the floor on the bass strings.

[@helencarson4680]

You’re great David, yes I’d like to learn Moments of ForeverWillie Nelson style too❤

[@drunkviggo7263]

Amazing video Friend.

[@roostercogburnmusic]

Really helpful. Thanks David ! You don’t have a lesson on Zepplin’s “Hey Hey what can I do?” By chance ?

[@garyrichard3545]

Have a request hoping you will do it Willie Nelson Moments of Forever

[@larrypower8659]

Hammer ons, pull offs, and bending are three os the four most common “legato” techniques. The fourth is slides, or sliding. Curious why you didn’t include sliding in this vid.

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