hammer on

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von hammer on im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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.

Silbentrennung

ham·mer on

Türkische aussprache

hämır ôn

Aussprache

/ˈhamər ˈôn/ /ˈhæmɜr ˈɔːn/

Etymologie

[ '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.