• Registered: 2006-03-04
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Topic: hammer on

<img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_redface.gif" border=0 alt="Embarassed"> could someone please explain it to me .Thanks.

  • Registered: 2006-04-21
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Re: hammer on

if  your holding down a string on,, say the 3rd fret,, " hammer on " a finger, to, say,,the 5th fret,,, and lift it off again,, really quickly,, like a hammer blow  on a higher fret if you like,, strike it and off again,,, hope this helps

3 Reply by danspr (edited by danspr 2007-06-08 21:35:28)

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  • Registered: 2007-04-18
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Re: hammer on

I think Hammer ons are esiest when you have the volume on you amp turned up.
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Re: hammer on

Yep, hammer-ons don't sound that impressive on an acoustic or a rhythmn electric guitar setup. You need a real loud amp setting - where every brush of the strings makes for screaming distortion noise, then hammer-ons have all the impact of a strum

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