The 1st pull off (on the high e string) occurs on the beat. If you count from the start of the pattern, it’s on beat 3 (of the 2nd measure).
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I find it useful to also utilise songs that incorporate some of the techniques that I am trying to learn. One of my favourite tabs for hammer on / pull off practice is the intro riff in Nirvanas’s The Man Who Sold the World, but there are many others to choose from. When I listen to the song I know what it should sound like and the rhythm to use. Then I know when I get it right.
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Omg it is so hard during the struming of that song. Ok I have a solid reason reach for this amazing song. I have been working the single string and it sounds so cool. I cheaked out Justins lesson as well. With the pinky whew. I will get there. 
I will keep working these riffs into suplements for this lesson for sure. Thank you Dave for this tip from my all time favorite band.
I am trying to have fun with this and experiment…
What would be your suggested chord progression to play in the background (with a looper pedal) while doing combinations from this scale?
Does anybody here use a minor scale pattern (let’s say Am), that adds:
6th fret on A
8th fret on G
I read in an older guitar book that this was the “blues” guitar scale, but as I progress, it seems that no one uses a scale pattern like this.
I’d appreciate any help! 
When added to the minor pentatonic scale in the Key of A, these notes are the 5b, which is known as the Blue Note and yes with those notes added you get the Blues scale. Uses it sparingly as it is a passing note ie does not sound good if you stay on it too long or end a lick on it.
You can look at the 5b as a colour note that spices up the minor pentatonic scale, as would the 6th and 9th scale degrees.
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Thanks man! Helps a lot!
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I’ve practiced this exercise for weeks on electric with an amp. I just started trying it on acoustic and it is insane how much harder it is
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Should the fretting hand move up and down as the scale is played? As in, when moving from the 6th string to the 5th, the 4th, and so on, should the fretting hand move towards the floor as well, or should it stay put regardless of which string is being fretted?
I find the flick offs very difficult. I manage the hammer on techique pretty well but the flick offs are so difficult for me. Even on an electric guitar I can barely hear the string which was pulled off.
Hey Rafael,
They are going take some time mate. Be kind to yourself.
Pulloffs are much more of an ‘unnatural’ thing to do, than hammer ons.
Just keep at it with the right technique, and they’ll most likely improve incrementally over an extended period of time
All the best.
Cheers, Shabe
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Hi Shabe,
Thanks for the support. I´m trying man, I´m trying. But it drives me nuts that the flick offs are so difficult for me and it takes so long to play them properly.
I think maybe you should try it way slower and slowly build up speed. Eventually you’ll be able to do it fine.