Virtuosos like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are fearsome players, but beginners can try out techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs. Instead of picking every note, use fretting fingers to hammer down ...

Guitar skills: Hammer-on’ is a weird term, isn’t it? No hammers are used, of course, but what does it actually mean for your playing? A hammer-on is an expressive playing technique used by absolutely ...

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