Composite Chordophone Pull-off Fingering
From “Tutorial¨ by The Bass Handbook
[…] feels like a hammer-on in reverse […]. The pull-off starts with two fretted notes held down. The finger on the higher of the two frets then pulls away to sound the note below, which could be a semitone or more below the first note. […] You are plucking the string by a slight downward motion, away from the fingerboard.
Pull-off fingering is a technique analogous to hammer-on, but in reverse, involving (Ashton 2005, 133):
- Holding down two fretted notes
- Slipping the finger that is on the higher fret away
- Sounding the lower note with that finger
The following exercises allow for practicing pull-off fingering (Ashton 2005, 133-134):
Exercise 9 from “Tutorial¨ by The Bass Handbook
Exercise 10 from “Tutorial¨ in The Bass Handbook
Exercise 11 from “Tutorial¨ in The Bass Handbook
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bibliography
- Morrish, John, ed. “Tutorial.” In The Bass Handbook: A Complete Guide for Mastering the Bass Guitar, 1st ed., 121–238. San Francisco, CA: BackBeat, 2005.