Pull Off Technique for Classical Guitar

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is John Armstrong. I'm a professional guitar instructor and today we are going to be discussing beginning classical guitar. Now the opposite that I have spoke before the opposite of a hammer-on is refer as a pull off it is when we go from a higher note down to a lower note. The same symbol is used to show a pull off as it is for a hammer-on. It is just up to the reader of the music .... from a higher to a lower note or vice versa lower to a higher note. The pull off the technique a pull off the same but a little bit different then what we do with the hammer-on. With the hammer-on we just pick the 1st note and with a great deal of force. Smack our finger down to the next note. The more force the louder the hammer-on is going to be. A pull off is little bit different if I was going for this G note to the F note I want to actually pull a little bit off to the side of the string. I'm almost intentionally flicking the string. I'm over doing this a little bit just to kind of show you. If I just went straight off I don't get much of a turn. Where's the more I pull off to the side of the string the more the tone that I get. The following exercise is a example of pull offs. I'm starting off going from G sharp pulling off down to G. I do that 3 times. A 4th time G to F sharp, F sharp to F. Here is the exercise again it is a 2 measure exercise. If you notice the picking underneath the right hand picking I'm going A finger, M, I, A, M, I."