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Hop, Skip, & Jump– Pull-Offs

banjo beginner

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We want to pull our strings, not a hammie, so do your stretches and let's dive into this one!

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  1. Karen Doyle

    โ™ฅ 1

    Third time coming back to this lesson over two years. It's amazing what shows up when you're ready for it.

  2. Sam Whitlock

    โ™ฅ 3

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

  3. flatpick_dad

    โ™ฅ 10

    Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.

  4. Curtis Rhodes

    โ™ฅ 7

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

  5. SlowHandSteve

    โ™ฅ 3

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  6. picknGrin

    โ™ฅ 3

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  7. Ben Clark Instructor

    โ™ฅ 28

    Great question. That's a slide going into the B part — I play it as a slide but a hammer-on works fine if that's cleaner for you. Do what sounds right.

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