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- Pull-OffsLEVEL 1Let'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!
- How To Play Pull-OffsLEVEL 1Learn how to play the guitar technique called "Pull-off".
- Drop D Country Pull-OffsLEVEL 7Hot modern country open string pull-offs & other fun tricks like neck bends and right hand assisted natural harmonics.
- Hammer-ons and Pull-offs For BeginnersLEVEL 3Hammer-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.
- Open String Pull-OffsLEVEL 2An introduction to country style open string pull-offs.
- Open String Pull-Offs Level 2LEVEL 3Additional studies on country style open string pull-offs.
- Open String Pull-OffsLEVEL 5Advanced concepts for hot country technique.
- Pull-Offs Grand FinaleLEVEL 7The big finish for this hot country technique series.
- Percussive Guitar: hammer-ons & pull-offsLEVEL 4Our goal is to independently perform parts of the arrangement with the left hand only.
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Xitrum5th June 2015a nice article thanks very much
Muris Varajic26th July 2009Cheers.
oikonen26th July 2009Good one as they all...it's nice to torture my pinky. Thanks.
Alexiaden9330th April 2009Oh my God, the devil-horns made me crap my pants in laughter Muris ! You rock ! This is a very good exercise as well !
- Muris Varajic24th October 2008
Yeah,horns is cream on the top of the cake.
Jad Diab24th October 2008Wow, great lesson muris ! And love the horns at the end hehe
- Muris Varajic17th August 2008
Enjoy it,thanks.
midnight17th August 2008Cool exercise! Thanks.
- Muris Varajic27th July 2008
Oh,sorry,for that movement you need to
stretch your index and pinky in order to call Devil's boy
- Jonathan Clark27th July 2008
You left out the video explaining that hand movement at the end!
Anyway, great stuff, I need some Pinky practise so this will be awesome. Thanks a lot man! - Muris Varajic10th December 2007
Thanks guys
Ivan Milenkovic10th December 2007Nice lesson Muris, you really explaind those combos well.
Jerry Arcidiacono21st November 2007Great lesson Muris. A kind of Steve Harris vibe on the bass line...
- Muris Varajic20th November 2007
Try not doing that at all,my mistake in total
Thanks mate! 
David Wallimann20th November 2007Very cool exercice Muris!
I do have a question on the last section though...
The sign you do... When I try, My left hand tends to hurt a bit.. Should I stretch more?
Could you upload a slower vid?
Hehe!
Great job man!- Muris Varajic20th November 2007
Yeah,looks like this one comes nice for PG vid No 4
- peterorg5420th November 2007
u made this lesson to help my pg part 4,
didnt you.
timing is so perfect ! 
Unleash-The-Shred20th November 2007This is definitely a great lesson Muris. Will come in use for me big time. Thanks!
Ben N20th November 2007great
- Muris Varajic19th November 2007
Thanks a lot guys!!
About picking here,you can play it whatever you like,
downstroke,upstroke,alternate...
I started with straight upstrokes and then somewhere around middle
I started to use both up and down picking,
So it's not that much about picking after all. 
Hisham Al-Sanea19th November 2007nice lesson for practicing muris
SLASH9119th November 2007Nice, I'm defintitely gonna practice this one. I need much more strength in my pinky.
- TheClansmanDK19th November 2007
Great lesson for pull-off technique as well as training your fingers strenght.
Muris you've done it again
Love it,
Alex 
WTN19th November 2007Great Lesson Muris - I have noticed a lot of pinky action in your playing - something that needs work for sure for me. You seem to be a "Lesson Machine" lately. You know we want more Paul Gilbert, Steve Morse etc. - yes the list is endless. But keep it coming. Thanks for your effort.
shredmandan19th November 2007Once again another great lesson Muris.This is very good to build up technique!
- Giacinto19th November 2007
hey really cool lesson, but why do you use only upstrokes?
visi0n19th November 2007haha very cool muris ! just as always
mattacuk19th November 2007This is great! It reminds me very much of a classical peice of music too!
Lester19th November 2007a very usefull lesson, especially if you want to learn the paul gilbert lesson this would come in handy...
nice job!!
Jeff19th November 2007I'll practice "the sign". Very important technique to master!
preownedguitar19th November 2007Was that a rock and roll gesture or just your hand pulsating from so much tension! Just kidding. Nicely done Muris.
Juan M. Valero19th November 2007Great exercice Muris !!! well done
The Uncreator19th November 2007Great exercize, no one ever has enough pinky strength
Iluha19th November 2007Great warmup/exercize for legato
silentkap19th November 2007perfect exercise for me.
Pablo Vazquez19th November 2007This is excelent! Good work Muris!!!!
eddiecat19th November 2007YOU ROCK!!!
Gabriel Leopardi19th November 2007That's a great exercise and very musical... well done Muris!
DeepRoots19th November 2007-----
Any particular reason why all the pickstrokes are upstrokes?
Cheers!- DeepRoots19th November 2007
thanks muris, i remember doing a similar exercise- but it was just a chromatic exercise between each finger, that got very boring very quickly.
Thanks for making it musical and fun to practise - spdalton19th November 2007
wow awesome! perfect lesson for practicing legato, and it sounds really cool too
- Muris Varajic19th November 2007
Thank Kris!! 
Kristofer Dahl19th November 2007Great pull-off etude! I get tired in my left hand just by watching this. Also it's nice to know you are a true metal head Muris!
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Hello GMC! :) In this lesson we are going to play lots of pull-offs, as some sort of exercise.
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.
It's in E minor key, the tempo 145bpm, the scale is E harmonic minor, with few small exceptions.
Oh, and don't pay attention on "the sign" at the end, it's just some metal running through my head. LOL
Have fun and practice hard!:)
Muris Varajic
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