Guitar skills: Hammer-on’ is a weird term, isn’t it? No hammers are used, of course, but what does it actually mean for your playing? A hammer-on is an expressive playing technique used by absolutely ...

You can change between two notes by picking them separately, but if the second note is higher than the first in pitch, you can play what's called a hammer-on. A hammer-on will make the transition ...

(Nanowerk News) To hammer-on a guitar, a technique deployed by many rock guitarists, means to shorten a vibrating string quickly with a second finger and, thus, switch to a higher tone. This technique ...