Stopping unwanted pull-offs

[Ben Thorpe]

Does anyone have any tips on how to stop unwanted pull-offs? It’s very annoying when I take my finger off a fret to move to another string then I do an unwanted pull-off and I play a note I don’t want to play. Thanks!

 

[Jen Hapke]

Try to move your fingers vertically onto and from your fretbord. Maybe it helps to slow your movement down and slowly increase the tempo if it works. I hope that helps.

 

[Richard O'connor]

Maybe you are just pressing down too hard on the frets so when you pull off you are creating these pull offs?

 

[Ben Thorpe]

I don’t think I’m pressing too hard, but I will try pressing down lighter

 

[idssdi]

I sometimes have this problem too when I do two handed tapping with strig skipping. Usually I fix it in 2 different ways one is kind of palm muting strings you dont want to ring and the other is pressing as mentioned before by Jen by pressing as vertical possible. Hope this helps

 

[Kevin Welton]

It’s all to do with the direction you move your finger off the string, if you take it off at an angle you increase the chances of plucking the string! Practice lifting off the string then moving up or down to different strings at a slower speed until you get used to it! You could also try what i do, relax the finger so it comes off the string by itself instead of purposely lifting (bit weird at first but it also helps with keeping fingers close to the strings)

 

[Dominik Gräber]

I don’t only palm mute but also try to use my right hand fingers to mute the strings I don’t want. Of course it depends on what you play.