JaxN48th November 2011That's awesome Ben! Very usefull licks and phrasing options. I miss the ducks :-(
playaxeman8th November 2011Yes great melody and very very usefull.
Ben Higgins8th November 2011Thank you guys
Fear not, the ducks may return !
Mudbone8th November 2011Great lesson Ben
Dinaga8th November 2011I was wondering where pre-bends lesson was
Great lesson, I love pre-bends 
Ivan Milenkovic8th November 2011Excellent bending licks and pleasure to listen such a nicely written solo
Gabriel Leopardi8th November 2011Great topic Ben! Excellent and helpful lesson! Well done mate!
Daniel Realpe8th November 2011pre bends can't help but to sound emotional. Great topic!
thefireball8th November 2011Awesome Ben! I need to incorporate more prebends into my playing instead of just bends.
Kristofer Dahl9th November 2011Excellent topic Ben - you have such great control over pre bends!
Oh and I actually do spot some ducks far away in the sky, but I needed my binoculars..!- Ben Higgins9th November 2011
Thanks everyone, glad that the topic is well received
And yes.. having some ducks around will help with the bends... 
Sinisa Cekic9th November 2011Cool lesson mate
zicco9th November 2011Good, just as it always is with your lessons.
Piotr Kaczor9th November 2011I recognize your style with my eyes closed
Awesome solo, Ben!- Ben Higgins10th November 2011
Thank you very much, guys. Piotr, as always you honour me too much, thank you
- Piotr Kaczor11th November 2011Thank you very much, guys. Piotr, as always you honour me too much, thank you
What can I do about it, my friend... I really, really love your playing. Sorry, mate 
Gary11th November 2011super tasty solo. I have always loved the sound of pre bends in solos.. and it just seems there is not enough of em!
Michael AC12th November 2011Another lesson to put in my to do list! Thanks! Sounded awesome as always!
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Hi GMCers and welcome to my latest lesson. This time we are looking at the technique of Pre-bending. What is a pre bend ? It is a technique where you raise the string to the desired pitch before you play it. Usually after the string is played, you then release the bent note which gives the desired effect.
This is a very useful technique and is heard widely in rock and blues. People like Joe Satriani use it to great effect.
Technically it doesn't require any more physical effort than regular bending but the difficulty lies in getting the correct pitch without any auditory help. I recommend practising this by choosing a pitch to bend to, then find that note elsewhere (it can be on the same string or another string, it doesn't matter) and play the note to remind yourself of the pitch you need to bend to. For example, imagine you want to bend up to the note of A on the G string. You're bending from the 12th fret up a whole tone. In order to help yourself with the accuracy of the bent note, you can just play the 14th fret anytime to get the note in your head.
Have fun with this lesson and I'll see you on the forum !
Gear: Marshall JVM 410H. OD1, Orange setting. BASS - 4, MID - 4, TREB - 6, GAIN - 3
Tempo: 90bpm
Key: G Major
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