I hope I get this right...
How do you do a pull of from the second string to the fourth string.?
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with a curved connector (in place of the slash) between the 4 and the 2
I'm not sure I understand, but I would suspect that requires an alternate string hammer on. I use that particular lick a lot in double C ---(double D) tuning. Pull offs are only on one string--not from one string to another.
Could be a misprint. How about some context (the tuning, and at least a couple beats before and after)?
Ashoken Farewell arranged by Janet Burton measures 2, 3 10 and 11 open G tuning, I believe
hangoutstorage.com/banjohangou...82016.pdf
Edited by - DWFII on 11/26/2022 16:15:11
Those are alternate string pull-offs (ASPO) where you stroke one string and pull-off on an open string. In measure 2 of Janet's tab, you stroke the 2nd string while fretting the 5th fret with perhaps your middle finger and use your ring finger to pull off on the open 1st string. The secret is for the left hand to fret both strings on the downstroke to have the ring finger in place for the 2nd half of the beat.
In the 3rd measure, it is a similar process. You downstroke on the 3rd string with the middle finger on the 2nd fret and use the ring finger to pull off on the open 2nd string.
This method lets you play a rising melody phrase with notes on the offbeat.
David
Ah.The misprint is yours. The only strange (though not impossible) thing in your OP was the 2nd note being fretted, not open (as the relevant notes in the tab are).
That's what's commonly referred to as an alternate-string pull-off (ASPO), though I dislike the term. It's just plucking the string with the left hand, timed as you would if you'd sounded the string (fingered) at the time you sounded the previous note on another string.
It's an essential and basic part of traditional banjo style. A lot of folks who teach old-time banjo seem to treat it as an advanced technique, which IMO is just plain wrong.
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Originally posted by Dan GellertAh.The misprint is yours. The only strange (though not impossible) thing in your OP was the 2nd note being fretted, not open (as the relevant notes in the tab are).
That's what's commonly referred to as an alternate-string pull-off (ASPO), though I dislike the term. It's just plucking the string with the left hand, timed as you would if you'd sounded the string (fingered) at the time you sounded the previous note on another string.
It's an essential and basic part of traditional banjo style. A lot of folks who teach old-time banjo seem to treat it as an advanced technique, which IMO is just plain wrong.
Well, I was going on memory... and you know how that goes. I had to really dig to remember where I had seen it.
That said, yes, the error was mine. Apologies.
And thank you for replying. I think I understand--I'll have to fool around with it and see if I am visualizing it correctly... and if I can do it. lol
BTW, the forum seems incredibly slow this evening--I've been trying to respond to your post for hours--didn't have enough time to wait for the posting window to load previous to this. Just by way of apology for not getting back to you sooner.
Edited by - DWFII on 11/26/2022 20:03:45
