hammer on

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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

The virtuoso guitarist played a number of hammer-ons.

hammer on

    Hyphenation

    ham·mer on

    Turkish pronunciation

    hämır ôn

    Pronunciation

    /ˈhamər ˈôn/ /ˈhæmɜr ˈɔːn/

    Etymology

    [ 'ha-m&r ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor; akin to Old High German hamar hammer, and perhaps to Old Church Slavonic kamen-, kamy stone, Greek akmE point, edge; more at EDGE.
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