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

Опубликовано: 18 Февраль 2026
на канале: Song Notes by David Pots
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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/ G and Cadd9 ("Souths...  

🎸 Bluesy Bends: A Getting Started Guide
   • Getting Started with BLUES BENDS! Try Thes...  

🎸 Major Pentatonic Scales in Open Position
   • Major Pentatonic Scales in Open Position —...  

🎸 Using Slides to Connect Pentatonic Scale Shapes
   • Bored With Scales? Try using SLIDES to Con...  

🎸 "Millionaire" by Chris Stapleton
   • 🎸 Millionaire • Chris Stapleton Guitar Les...  

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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

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