Pull-off

G run in G major variation[1] Play contains both hammer-ons and a pull-off.

A pull-off is a stringed instrument playing and articulation technique performed by plucking or "pulling" the finger that is grasping the sounding part of a string off the fingerboard of either a fretted or unfretted instrument. This intermediate- to advanced playing technique is done using the tip of a finger or fingernail on the fretting hand. Pull-offs are done to facilitate the playing of embellishments and ornaments such as grace notes. Pull-offs may be notated in sheet music or improvised by the performer, depending on the musical style and context.

  1. ^ Traum, Happy (1974). Bluegrass Guitar, p.25. ISBN 0-8256-0153-3.