How to Play a Perfect Pulloff

How to play a perfect pulloff on your guitar

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Guitar

1. See Hand Diagram before performing pulloff exercise.
2. With your #1 finger Firmly press down the 7th fret on the B string (2nd thinnest string).
3. With your #2 finger, firmly press down the 8th fret on the B string. Note: do not release your #1 finger.
4. Pluck the B string. You will hear a G-note.
5. Release your #2 finger downwards (towards the thinnest string). You will now hear an F#/Gb note. Do not lift up with your #2 finger, move it down. When you release, you will be plucking the string with your #2 finger.

Tips & Warnings

• The exercise above can be applied to any two notes on any string, give that they are within the reach of your fingers.