{"id":112204,"date":"2022-03-12T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=112204"},"modified":"2023-05-31T19:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T02:59:56","slug":"how-to-play-notes-legato-with-hammer-ons-pull-offs-and-slides-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/how-to-play-notes-legato-with-hammer-ons-pull-offs-and-slides-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Play Notes Legato with Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs, and Slides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Play notes legato with hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides. Play through today\u2019s examples from the<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/products\/the-alex-de-grassi-fingerstyle-guitar-method\">Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Guitar Method<\/a><em>\u00a0to hear the difference once legato embellishments are added.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The melody in Example 2 is very plain, consisting of only half notes and quarter notes. Play it through a few times, using an alternating i\u2013m pattern for the picking hand, and reversing the pattern to m\u2013i on the repeat. In Example 3, embellishments have been added using hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides to create a more textured and articulated melody with a greater sense of movement and rhythm. Note that the fretting-hand fin\u00adgering has changed in measures 5 and 6 to accommodate the slide, moving the hand into second position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0112\/7482\/files\/Articulating-a-Melody-ex2_3-Alex-de-Grassi-Fingerstyle-Method.jpg?w=1290&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is only a small sample of what you&#8217;ll find in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/products\/the-alex-de-grassi-fingerstyle-guitar-method\">Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Guitar Method<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=article_linking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Acoustic-Guitar-Store-referral.png?resize=600%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Acoustic-Guitar-Store-referral.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Acoustic-Guitar-Store-referral.png?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Acoustic-Guitar-Store-referral.png?resize=500%2C167&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play notes legato with hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides. Play through today\u2019s examples from the\u00a0Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Guitar Method\u00a0to hear the difference once legato embellishments are added. The melody in Example 2 is very plain, consisting of only half notes and quarter notes. Play it through a few times, using an alternating i\u2013m pattern for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":129310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1654],"tags":[1013],"ppma_author":[1619],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/How-to-Play-Notes-Legato-with-Hammer-Ons-Pull-Offs-and-Slides.png?fit=832%2C396&ssl=1","authors":[{"term_id":1619,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"alex-de-grassi","display_name":"Alex de Grassi","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Alex-de-Grassi.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Alex-de-Grassi.jpg"},"user_url":"https:\/\/www.degrassi.com\/","last_name":"de Grassi","first_name":"Alex","description":"Alex de Grassi is a virtuosic fingerstyle guitarist, composer, arranger, and author of the <i><a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/products\/the-alex-de-grassi-fingerstyle-guitar-method\">Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Guitar Method<\/a><\/i>."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137283,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112204\/revisions\/137283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112204"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=112204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}