Bends, Slides, Hammer-Ons & Pull-Off on Guitar
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What You'll Learn
Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
In this course, you’ll learn how and why these guitar-specific embellishments are used.  Even if you’re a late-beginner/intermediate guitarist who doesn’t feel confident with these techniques – you will after this course.  By approaching these techniques in the context of the minor pentatonic scale you’ll also graduate with a framework for improvising and soloing with them in a more musical way 🙂
Where You’ll Start…
This course dives right into the most common embellishments for guitar: Hammer ons, pull offs, slides and bends. Â This course is intended for beginners, so the demos are basic and easy to follow. Â You’ll start by learning these 4 embellishments and then follow that up by learning when to use them.
Better Style
I’ve often taught my students how to properly execute these embellishments by bringing their attention to a few important guidelines that I share in this course:
- Practicing them effectively for better style
- Considering the unique rhythmic and melodic potential
- Connecting these to the minor pentatonic scale in particular
When You’re Finished…
One of the crucial skills that moves a beginner guitarist into the intermediate realm is learning to execute hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides and bends. Â These skills offer a range of sonic possibilities while also imparting undeniable style to our playing. Â This course offers you the opportunity to develop these important skills and start using them in your playing.
What's Included?
- 31mins of video
- Lifetime license
- Optimized for mobile
- Instructor support anytime
Students with membership can access integrated lesson plans with daily practice routines in the following related skill packages:
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What students say...
Pretty Basic
Too basic. I want to get better, but this only helped me a little bit.
Just Right
I love that these are so simple! I’ve watched a lot of YouTube videos where the players are so much better than me :). But, I can’t always tell if I’m doing these things correctly. So, it was really helpful to just watch these basic videos. Thank you! I’ll be signing up for more.