Our goal is to independently perform parts of the arrangement with the left hand only.

Hammer-ons and Pull-offs for Beginners/Intermediate players. We gonna focus on legato playing with the A minor pentatonic scale. Some good exercises to improve and develop strength and accuracy on the left hand.

A study into hammer-ons and pull-offs, an essential technique used by all the guitar greats including Randy Rhoads, Dave Murray and Steve Vai.

A beginner lesson focusing on using hammer-ons in the style of Steve Vai

Knowing that the pinky is weakest of all fingers - we'll be using it a lot here, to give it more strength and power. I tried to combine every possible fingering combination so I hope you'll achieve a lot from this lesson.

A closer look at Michael's signature use of hammer ons.

Learn how to play hammer-on technique. This lesson is suitable for absolute beginners.

Let's dive into pull-offs! If you're interested in learning to play with some killer legato, this is the place to start. Pull-offs are the second half of legato (check out my hammer-ons lesson for the first half!). We'll progress from absolute beginner to more advanced beginner through this lesson and learn some fun licks along the way!

Learn how to play the guitar technique called "Pull-off".