I've been learning Mike Iverson's lovely arrangement of Angeline The Baker (sound file) (tab) in which there are several places he plays an open 2nd string followed by an ASPO on an open 1st string. When playing the tune by ear, my natural instinct in this case is to play the same note as a second string second fret hammer-on instead. I rarely use ASPOs except in cases in which it is the only reasonable way to sound a particular note, perhaps because I'm a relatively new player and not super comfortable with the technique yet. I'd like to hear from more experienced players as to why one might might prefer to use an ASPO instead of a hammer-on when the same note pair could be reasonably played either way. Do you prefer the way it sounds? Does it depend on the fingering flow of what follows? Just chocolate vs vanilla? Other thoughts?
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