Build speed with hammer ons and flick offs - Week 16

Welcome to week 16 of the Technique weekly challenge!

In this video we look at 3 riff examples with Hammer-on and Flick-offs. These techniques in the open position are great for fills between chords and are used in many famous guitar intro’s. 

 Example 1 -  Tommy Emmanuel Inspired Riff

• On string one, pick 3rd fret with the middle finger

• Flick-off from middle finger to index on 2nd fret, flick off again to open string

Combination of “Pick, flick, flick” can help to build speed! Only picking once per string

• Same actions repeated up to string 2 and then string 3

• To finish, on string 5, play: open, 1st, 2nd, then 3rd fret & play a C6add9 chord

Little slide between 2nd and 3rd fret, string 5, using the middle finger before the C chord

Example 2 -  Led Zep Style

• Strum an open D major chord

• Play the open string & hammer-on 2nd fret to 4th fret on string 3 & 2

• Then replace the D with a G major chord & use the same hammer-on notes

Example 3 -  Dan Hawkins Style

• Easy E & A power chord/major chord syncopated strumming 

• Then, picking once per string for the hammer-on single notes

This final example is based on Hawkins guitar work in the song Love On The Rocks (With No Ice), both the intro lead and Dans solo after the first chorus.

The more momentum put behind these hammer-on and flick-off’s means more speed once you get them under your fingers!