Vertical and horizontal pull-offs? Clarification please?! :)

[StarChild]

Yeah, I keep coming across posts that touch on the topic of Thordendal's pull-off technique and how he pulls off horizontally and what-not... My question is this: What EXACTLY is horizontal pull-offs, how do you do it and how do you know this is for certain what Thordendal does? Explain all this to me like I'm 6 years old (well, ok, 12 years old... lol...) 'cause all the posts I've come across seem rather vague... unless I've missed all the posts that explain all this thoroughly... Thanks for any help, people!

:)

StarChild

[Dåv]

If your refering to fredriks pull offs (The ones he does in Nothing) that sound like an indian instrument I know the solution for it is nether pull-offs or hammer ons. If you have a Floyd trem you can do them. While you are playing keep you wrist on the back (Sticking up part) of the trem. While the note has been played push down on the trem and release very fast.

[Tsorovan]

That's not what some people have been talking about. Forget the term "vertical pull-off" as it's not really accurate enough (I sure never did any "horizontal pull-offs, not even when I started playing -- and I'm self-taught, shittly so). Think of it as backwards hammer ons, or just...left hand tapping. Try to get as much volume and definition (and still have it sound smooth) as possible with just using the left hand, and it'll come automatically to you. Same technique for playing down (i.e. high frets to low frets) the neck as you do for playing legato up the neck.

Blah, too many words. Just play.

[mchncl]

perhaps vertical pull off refers to a bend + pull off?

[machinica]

What you do is you take two fingers and place them at like the 10th and the 11th fret. Then you bend up on the 11th fret and pull off to the 10th.

[mchncl]

whooooooho i was rightrightright :lol: