Q&A Lesson: Slurs on Classical Guitar

Q&A Lesson: Slurs (Hammer-ons, Pull-offs) on Classical Guitar. Thanks to all my patrons and supporters who submitted questions. If you enjoyed this lesson please consider supporting the site.

If you are looking for organized slur exercises you might check out my full technique book with slurs exercises from beginner to advanced levels. For more generalized slur lessons and slur exercises check out my full lesson post on slurs here.

Question & Answer Times

  • 0:00 – Intro & Context on Slurs
  • 2:32 – Practicing Slurs
  • 3:17 – Three Ways to Play Pull-offs (Descending Slurs)
  • 4:49 – Other Pros and Cons of Slurs
  • 8:00 – Balancing the Sound/Accents of Slurs
  • 13:10 – Clearing the Adjacent String During Pull-offs (Brouwer XI)
  • 17:13 – Notational: Slurs vs Glissandos (Mertz)
  • 20:04 – Final Advice and Conclusion

Here’s the YouTube link if you want to watch the video there.

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Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

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  1. I’m more a beginner. That said, my techer told be to imagine a circular move of the pulloff finger and yes, somehow that helps (me).

  2. Hi Bradford. Thanks for this discussion. I have your technique book (excellent and comprehensive; well worth it!) where this is covered, but good to see techniques demonstrated especially in the context of the musical examples.

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