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Dec 9 2007, 02:43 AM
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Thanks for the kind words,
this is very,very good question indeed.  Lets go out of guitar world and use of common bends, like from 4th to 5th in pentatonic,usually on G string at 1st position etc. What bend is? Just another way of connecting 2 notes,sort of legato,smoother one. Nice bend makes guitar cry,sort of speech. And using of band is really matter of taste,what do you want to play and how. We'll take 4 notes,E,F#,G# and A on B string,5th,7th,8th and 9th fret,all quarter notes. Try few combination,bend only from E to F#,then only from G# to A, finally try it all with bends,only first E will stay normal picked note. Every one sounds different on it's on way and it's up to you to choose what fits you best in specific moment. That's how I see it after all,another way of expression, so try not to be slave to it. Hope this helps,let me know if you need anything else!! -------------------- Youtube
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Dec 9 2007, 02:05 PM
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QUOTE (Muris @ Dec 8 2007, 08:43 PM)  What bend is? Just another way of connecting 2 notes,sort of legato,smoother one. Never thought of it quite like that before - good answer Muris, thanks
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Dec 18 2007, 01:47 PM
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QUOTE (shellshock1911 @ Dec 18 2007, 05:58 AM) Well you could use some general stuff like... Say you are playing blues. Well you would want to use minor pentatonic or blues scale right. Those formulas are like 1-b3-4-5-b7 and 1-b3-4-b5-5-b7. Blues usually involves dominant 7 chords which are 1-3-5-b7. The b3 of the scale clashes with the 3 of the dominant 7 so it would usually be a wise idea to bend the b3 up one semitone. Nice ideas about bending 3rd semitone,thanks for sharing!
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