What is a "Guitar Pull?"

looney_tunes

"Pull-offs are a very common guitar technique, something you will want to get happening as soon as you can. They're mostly used when playing melodically, but can also be used when playing chords, especially the open shapes. A 'pull-off' is the opposite of a hammer-on. Where hammering on allows you to go up in pitch without picking the new note, pulling off allows you to go down in pitch. That's because when you pull a finger off a string to another fret, it can only be toward the nut, which lengthens the string, and the pitch must go down. Of course, you must already be holding down the next note(s). The action is a kind of sideways pulling twang and release from the finger holding down the first note, so you're actually plucking the string with the fretting finger. When enough twang is applied, the string vibrates as the new (already fretted) note." http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/pulloff.html Jun 25 10, 2:26 AM

Zbeckabee

A pull off is not the opposite of a hammer on but it's similar. Here is the basic overview: You will be pressing down on both the 5th fret and 7th fret You will pick the 2nd string You pull down your 3rd finger until it slips off the string; essentially your third finger ends up plucking the string. This will cause the 5th fret to be heard. Remember all of this done with just one pick of the string. Play a pull off: 1. Place your 3rd finger on the 7th fret of the 2nd sting. 2. Place your 1st finger on the 5th fret of the 2nd sting. 3. Pick the 2nd string. 4. Pull your 3rd finger down (not bending the string) so it essentially plays the 2nd string again. 5. Your 3rd finger should be lifted up and the 5th fret note should now be playing. http://www.morphis.com/guitar_lessons/lesson_13.asp Jun 25 10, 6:09 AM

serpa

Guitar pull - a term used to describe an informal get-together of songwriters to test new material on each other, play each others’ songs and party. http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/citations/guitar_pull_1/ Jun 25 10, 9:04 AM

Zbeckabee

Oops...I blew that one! Apologies! Jun 25 10, 2:58 PM