RE: Pull-off question

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guitarbuddha

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RE: Pull-off question (in reply to Sr. Martins)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Sr. Martins

Having the string struck first is the same as coming out of hammer on. Either one comes from a string already in motion.. but Iam not even going to discuss that.

You just want to be right, it was never about sharing useful information to help clear up things to the original poster.

You win!

Hmmmm

I note that the original poster has not rejoined the discussion.

When I originally read the opening post I thought;

'I won't volunteer any information because that looks suspiciously like he has set up a false dichotomy in the hope that some deluded few will take up extreme and contradictory positions..........perhaps as a matter of habit.'

Of course that is pure speculation but if my suspicions are correct then the victor left the field before the discussion began.

D

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 26 2015 1:44:21

BarkellWH

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RE: Pull-off question (in reply to Sr. Martins)

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Having the string struck first is the same as coming out of hammer on. Either one comes from a string already in motion..

Of course, and it is a pull-off. That's what Nenad K's original question was all about.

Bill

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 26 2015 2:14:45

Bliblablub

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RE: Pull-off question (in reply to guitarbuddha)

What a joke. An earnest discussion about something every guitar student learns within his first weeks or months of guitar playing. Don't feed the troll, even if it's an unbelievably earnest troll

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 26 2015 11:20:52

BarkellWH

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From: Washington, DC

RE: Pull-off question (in reply to guitarbuddha)

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'I won't volunteer any information because that looks suspiciously like he has set up a false dichotomy in the hope that some deluded few will take up extreme and contradictory positions....' Of course that is pure speculation but if my suspicions are correct then the victor left the field before the discussion began.

...And if he was watching from the stands, I'm sure he was amused by it all, perhaps recalling Puck's line from Shakespeare: "Lord, what fools these mortals be." Upon waking this morning, I was amused to think that we can get so wrapped up in our positions that we might as well be disputing the number of angels on the head of a pin.

Bill

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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 26 2015 11:20:53

guitarbuddha

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RE: Pull-off question (in reply to BarkellWH)

That's the spirit Bill !

D.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 26 2015 11:36:48

NenadK

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RE: Pull-off question (in reply to guitarbuddha)

Well, I hate to disappoint you all but I'm not trolling. I was just busy the last few days and didn't get a chance to get back to this until now. Thank you all for the great responses and the videos.

I have to say, looking at all the posted video links I'm quite surprised to see how many players make pretty solid contact with the adjacent string. I don't know how I didn't notice this before.

Ramzi's explanation accurately describes how I've been approaching this thus far. I understand that you can't get a strong sound by going completely vertically from the fretboard. I guess how I've been doing it is more like a letter J shape. Right at the string, the movement is lateral but then the finger comes up to avoid the adjacent string. So down-and-out. I guess this made sense to me since there could obviously be situations where you want the adjacent string to ring so I ended up practising all my pull-offs this way.

Anyway, thank you all for your feedback!

Cheers,

N

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 27 2015 0:25:33