This lesson will have us working on pull offs on an open string. Whether or not you care for System of A Down, this makes for a great one string pull off exercise.

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Quarter notes with your open D string using down strokes.

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Eighth notes with all down strokes.

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Sixteenth notes using alternate picking. Down up down up

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Down pick A on the 7th fret of your D string (4th string) and pull off to the open D and then down pick the open D again.

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Add another D to what you just did but use an up stroke.

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Beat 2 consists of 4 sixteenth notes. Alternate pick.

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Beat 1 and 2 together.

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Beat 3 is like beat 1 except the upstroke at the end is a Bb which we will play on the 8th fret of your D string.

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After the Bb you will pull off to your open D for the start of beat 4.

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Up pick another D after the pull off.

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The last 2 notes consist of downpicking A again on your 7th fret and pulling off to open D.

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