• Registered: 2008-12-26
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Topic: Hamering down.

hey guys whats the best way to hammer down and pull off.  Any tricks or hints

  • Zurf
  • Zurf
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  • From: Virginia, USA
  • Registered: 2007-06-27
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Re: Hamering down.

Well, it's not much, but I've found that the second fret is a wonder for hammer-ons.  If you've got a chord that requires second fret fingerings, try strumming the chord, or picking the string for the chord without your left hand fingers in place and hammer onto the second fret.  Sounds good to me anyway.  D, G, C, A (A7 to A or Am7 to Am sound particularly nice, as does the reverse with a pull-off). 

Not much help, but I don't know much, so from that perspective it's a lot. 

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  • From: Madeira Beach, Florida
  • Registered: 2007-12-05
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Re: Hamering down.

Once again I recommend an exercise from Justin's site. There's a great video lesson on the bottom of the page:

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/TE-001-FingerGym.php

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