To perform this pull-off technique, check that the first finger of your fretboard hand is still anchored on the note G Third Fret. Now with the third finger of your fretboard hand pressed on the note A Fifth Fret, use your finger tip to pick the string as you pull-off from the note A. To pick with the same finger that is holding the note, it's necessary to pull-off in a slight downward direction, so the finger plucks the string to make it vibrate. If the first finger of your fretboard hand is well anchored on G Third Fret, then as you pull-off from the note A Fifth Fret, the string should vibrate and sound out the note G.

Since a half note is shorter in duration than a whole note, you may see more than one half note in a measure of music. In this situation, each half note will still ring for two beats, but you will not count the notes: 1, 2, 1, 2, rest. Instead, the first note will be counted, 1, 2, and the second note will be counted, 3, 4.