The Hammer

How to play a Hammer guitar?

Hammer guitar:
Here is another technique among many others. Any guitarist who wants to become a soloist or have fun improvising on Backing tracks, cannot miss this game effect unavoidable. Once again, this is a technique used by all the greats.
This technical consists of playing a note without using a pick. You have to start by having a note that sounds, then for the next one you will hit the box while remaining on it. Otherwise the sound will disappear and your note will not resonate. If this can help you and guide you a little more, “Hammer on” means “hammer“.

Here we offer you several exercises with different rhythmic placements, so that you can be more comfortable and vary the ways of playing your Hammer. Work on them slowly, then increase the speed as you go to improve your gestures and your sound. Then you can integrate it into your improvisations with other techniques if you have worked on others.
Besides the Hammer on guitar is very often used with the Pull off. You will often hear about Hammer/Pull off (H/PO). This consists of chaining the 2 techniques in a row, which means that there is no pick stroke to play.