2006-08-06 11:35:48 · 3 answers · asked by Diego U 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Passages in which a large proportion of the notes are performed as hammer-ons and pull-offs instead of being plucked or picked in the normal fashion are known in classical guitar terminology as legato phrases
2006-08-06 11:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by mommadillo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PHEW! Lucky for you, Guitargadfly is here to save the day!
Wickipedia is , well, hmmm , WRONG!
Us classical guitarists call those "slurs" - not legatos, not hammer on and pull off. Just slurs. WHO wrote that thing in Wikipedia? I've bookmarked it, I'll have to fix it later. I think this Wikipedia is a fine place for disinformation.
2006-08-08 17:07:53 · answer #2 · answered by Thom Thumb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hammer on: you pluck an open string and then bring your finger down on it hard to change the pitch of the string.
Pull-off: You have your finger on a string and, instead of just raising your finger, you pull your finger to the side thereby plucking the string making it change to a lower pitch.
2006-08-06 11:42:07 · answer #3 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋