Beginner Guitar Lesson #8 – Lead Guitar: Hammer-on, Pull-off and the Pentatonic Scale
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Learning solo guitar techniques will open up a whole new world in your playing. You’ll soon be able to play great riffs and licks by practicing the lead guitar techniques I teach you in this guitar lesson. Practice them a lot, and soon they’ll become second nature. You’ll be able to apply your lead guitar skills to scales, and instantly make up your own solos.
After watching this video guitar lesson, you’ll:
– learn how to play hammer-ons
– learn how to play pull-offs
– learn the minor pentatonic scale
– develop your finger coordination
– learn the real power of hammer ons and pull offs
Learn these basic techniques and you’ll be able to play tons of songs and improvise your own solos later on. Practice by learning songs, its loads of fun and really motivating to be able to play a solo you’ve been listening to for years. Have a look at guitar lessons on lead guitar songs at TheGuitarLesson.com.
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April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Hey, go onto our …
Hey, go onto our website and you’ll find a bunch of songs to learn under the guitar lessons section, most of those songs are suitable for beginners.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
hey thanx for all …
and im just wondering what would be a good song to to start learning plzzz thanx 
hey thanx for all the help
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Hammer ons can be …
Hammer ons can be learned quicker, if you’ve been playing for a while already, you should have them sounding at the same volume as the initial pluck within a week.
Pull offs take longer, but keep at, watch that part of the lesson a couple of times, and make sure you don’t just pull your finger off of the string, but you pull the string down slightly than let it go.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Whenever I …
Whenever I hammer-on its not loud enough. How long do u think it will take me to perfect the hammer ons and pull offs.
by the way, u r an awesome teacher
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Those were …
Those were consecutive hammer ons and pull offs. The pull off goes to the open string, and the hammer on to the given fret. Add distortion as well, it really brings out the whole AC/DC feel
So the tab would look like this:
h5-p0-h9-p0-h5-p0-h9-p0…….. and so on…
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
hey how did you do …
hey how did you do the hammer onns and pull offs at the end with out pickin the strings plzz did you just tap it as if the string has all ready been struck ifyou get what i mean plzzz thanx
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
is this a special …
is this a special programm which recognizes the notes you’re playing or did you time the graphic below just that well?
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
My pleasure, I’m …
My pleasure, I’m glad I could help
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
THANK YOU TOM! your …
THANK YOU TOM! your videos are great and have helped me out alot
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
I’m confused
how do …
I’m confused
how do you use the scale in a solo
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
thank you!!! I’m …
thank you!!! I’m getting my electric guitar next month can’t wait!! nice video by the way.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Sure, I do it in …
Sure, I do it in this lesson. You have to just get your index finger position right, experiment with it. Move your finger over the edge of the fretboard, some people actually have their first joint at the edge of the neck. Also, you’ll want to turn your finger slightly onto its side, that eliminates the grooves in your finger deadening strings. Watch my lesson on barre chords as well.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
hey is there a way …
hey is there a way to hold down all of the strings because i cnt seem to do it for eg like holding all the strings down on the fith fret
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
It’s ok, small amps …
It’s ok, small amps are enough to practice on in the beginning. You don’t need a distortion pedal, just press the boost button and adjust the gain. You can upgrade your gear later on, don’t worry about it.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
yeah, i probably do …
yeah, i probably do need to practice, but i am going straight down and pressing it hard with the tip of my finger…
i have a fairly small amp (literally about 1 square foot high/wide, very portable) and the most it has is a boost button and of course the knobs for gain, volume, bass, etc.
i don’t have a distortion pedal or anything like that, so…
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Well, pluging it in …
Well, pluging it in helps, but the sound shouldn’t be cut off, it should be around the same volume as the pluck before it…
You probably just need to practice the technique a bit more, remember to come down straight and hard right onto the string with the tip of your finger.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
hm, when i try to …
hm, when i try to do a hammer on on my guitar, it just cuts off the sound and becomes barely audible. is this normal because i’m not using an amp with a bit of distortion, and instead just playing on my Electric guitar like normal?
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Well, in the video …
Well, in the video I do, just so you guys can see that it is possible. But under normal circumstances when playing, I wouldn’t, I’d move my first finger along the strings as needed. Of course, sometimes you do barre 2-3 or sometimes even 4 strings if you want to play the different strings fast.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
hey nice vid
erm … 
erm when you do the pent scale do you hold your first finger on all fife strings on the 5th fret plzz
hey nice vid
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
nope
nope
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
are u not playing …
are u not playing different notes to what is on the pent chart?
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Tom Fontana ty for …
Tom Fontana ty for all the help I’ve become so much better at the guitar from ur lessons thanks alot!!!! I can play the blackbird by the beatles working on classical gas by mason Williams and dreamcatcher u helped so much keep it up!
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Uhmmm…
we … 
we recorded these early in the morning and I had a gig and a couple of beers the night before, so I was a bit tired.
Uhmmm…
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Your vid is awesome …
Your vid is awesome just one thing. Whats with all the uhs? nothin major and im not makin fun just askin
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Excelent!!!!
Excelent!!!!
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