| Remember
to keep the "up and down" motion going. Hammers and pulls should be treated
like up or down strokes, depending on whether they're on or off the beat. |
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| For instance, if the
hammer or pull takes the place of an up stroke, the next stroke is a down.
So the motion would be down, hammer, down. Use the pinky for the 6's on
this lick... |
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| Same lick with a different
ending. |
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| Here's a good hammer
and pull exercise. Very bluesy and fluid sounding, especially on my Santa
Cruz Brazilian Rice model. |
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| Try to keep the G-string
ringing as you hit the lower notes. The third note is actually 16ths, but
what the heck. |
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| Let's go to the key
of C for this one... |
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| Another C-lick.
Notice that the first note is a pick-up note into the first measure. |
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| Still in C.
A little more difficult, starting up the neck and sliding back to first
position. |
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| Ready for a whole break?
Check out an ad lib around Nine Pound Hammer. |
