Micro Bends Lesson

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Bending a note can make a lead very expressive and make all your licks come alive.
This lesson is designed to help you focus on these subtle bends that make a note sing.
The different licks I wrote are very bluesy but will work in any style of music.

The lead is built on a G minor blues pentatonic scale. Work your way through the lead and then incorporate these ideas in your own licks.

Remember to be very precise while bending. You want to be as close to the landing note as possible.

Have fun!

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

Kristofer Dahl	15th January 2008
GMC Founder & Rocker	Cool sounding and interesting lesson David! To me there is no doubt that bending is geratest technique ever on guitar, as it really can you set you apart as a soloist.

Bogdan Radovic	15th January 2008
Bass Instructor	Great lesson David !! Bends are in my opinion most important aspect of solo guitar player..They really add a lot to a overall sound

Pablo Vazquez	15th January 2008
Instructor	Very nice lesson!

Marcus Lavendell	15th January 2008
Instructor	Great lesson Dave!! I agree with Kris and Bogdan's comments

seagull	15th January 2008
Member	Haha, I love the piece(guitar or banjo?) in the ending, really rednecky

Muris Varajic	15th January 2008
Instructor	Great licks David,cool lesson!!

David Wallimann	15th January 2008
Instructor	Thanks, yeah, It's an old redneck bajo loop.. :-)

coffeeman	15th January 2008
Member	Awesome as always David

Jeff	15th January 2008
Member	Great lesson David. It almost sounds like you fattened up your tone a bit on this song??

David Wallimann	15th January 2008
Instructor	Yeah, I used more mids in this one. :-)

The Uncreator	15th January 2008
Fire Up The Blades, Moderator	Incredible on this one David, love the new sounding tone

fatb0t	15th January 2008
Member	Very cool man, dig it big time. Gonna learn it note for note.

Toni Suominen	15th January 2008
Instructor	Great sounding lesson David!!

Gerardo Siere	15th January 2008
Instructor	Nice sound

eddiecat	15th January 2008
Member	Bookmarked! Tanx, Eddie

Gabriel Leopardi	15th January 2008
GMC Coordinator & Instructor	Very cool Lesson David! The backing is amazing too.

Nick325	15th January 2008
Member	cool

Dejan Farkas	16th January 2008
Instructor	Great stuff David

Smikey2006	16th January 2008
Member	haha fun awsome lession

Retribution	16th January 2008
Member	This song has a great tone to it! Sounds awesome. Great lesson, David! I'm going to give it a whirl.

Maximus	16th January 2008
Member	Well done.

Vinod Saranga	16th January 2008
Acoustic Instructor	very good lesson Well done David

Tomy Jeon	16th January 2008
Member	Sweet lesson David! This'll definitely help with my bends

EGMONT 1963	16th January 2008
Member	salut david super lick comment as tu reglé ton line 6 stp udo from belgium

botoxfox	16th January 2008
Member	Sounds great.

David Wallimann	16th January 2008
Instructor	QUOTE (udoo7 @ Jan 16 2008, 02:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> salut david super lick comment as tu reglé ton line 6 stp udo from belgium Thanks everyone! Line 6 was set with the 4th preset, boosted the mids to around 7 I think...

Kizaze44	16th January 2008
Member	Already in the bookmark! Great sounding all-purpose licks! Top shelf! -Kiz

Joe Kataldo	16th January 2008
Instructor	Cool

Juan M. Valero	16th January 2008
Instructor	Great David, as allways. Love the rhythm too

krudtaa	17th January 2008
Member	Very cool lick. great lesson.

Ivan Milenkovic	17th January 2008
Instructor	very very nice Some cool bending licks and phrasing my friend. Good work!

PacmanProductions Reborn	2nd February 2008
Member	thats awesome! just what i was working on... and i always love your little drum intros in almost all of your lessons!

Carlos Carrillo	6th March 2008
Instructor	great lesson david!!!!!!! excellent!!!!!!! thanks

Melodicintenions	4th April 2008
Member	wouldnt expect any less of you my friend keep it up

Danilo Capezzuto	6th April 2008
Instructor	Wow, great lesson David!