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Meaning of hammer-on | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A stringed instrument playing technique performed (especially on guitar) by sharply bringing a fretting-hand finger down on the fingerboard behind a fret, causing a note to sound.

Examples

“The virtuoso guitarist played a number of hammer-ons.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Hammerbarn hammerblow hammercloth Hammered hammered dulcimer hammered dulcimerist

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