Bends Theory
Brandon Earman
Jul 18 2011, 01:31 PM
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Hey GMC.

One area I often struggle with is bending the right notes. I always have to guess if the note is going to sound OK or not with a full step or half step bend etc.

I know that you can bend a note up a full step to achieve the root of the chord. For instance bending a D up to an E while the rythym is on an E chord.

Anyways what approaches do you use to know how to use correct bends in your improvising? I hope I'm making sense. smile.gif

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Brandon Earman
Jul 18 2011, 03:10 PM
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Thanks Dark Dude. I guess it's a matter of improvising at a moderate to fast speed tempo. You can always practice to the backing in advance and get a feel for where the good bends are and what will sound correct. But to know that the bends will sound correct "on the fly" is what I'm trying to achieve.

I do suppose a lot of it is ear-training. The rest is just knowing your chord tones and bending to them. cool.gif

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