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- Bends & SlidesLEVEL 3We'll be working on how we can use bends and slidings in a rock ballad solo.
- Wild BendsLEVEL 4Letting those strings bend like mad!
- Pentatonic Exercise: SlidesLEVEL 3The sliding technique which can be used in lot of creative ways, here is one of them. We use the C Minor Pentatonic scale and we move through all 5 shapes.
- Satch Style SlidesLEVEL 4Slide exercises in D minor
- How To Play SlidesLEVEL 1Learn how to play the sliding guitar technique.
- Volume Swells & SlidesLEVEL 2Explanation of Volume Swells, combined with slides. Used by Yngwie Malmsteen and other neoclassical guitarists.
- Bends in RhythmLEVEL 4Popular in classic rock & modern rhythm playing.
- Rock Boogie BendsLEVEL 3Classic rock and roll single string bending.
- Pedal Steel BendsLEVEL 5Demonstrates how to mimic pedal steel guitar technique on regular guitar
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Marek Rojewski8th January 2013Bookmarked! How on earth will I ever be able to record all these great lessons ?
Piotr Kaczor4th January 2013Beautiful and useful, master Ben!
sieg6662nd January 2013Good lesson, as always. For me, the piece has a spooky movie sound.
Fayeed Tan2nd January 2013woah! good one! very interesting chord patterns
Javier Aviles1st January 2013The bends is a technique that has been used always to give feeling guitar. But the slides are more modern electric guitar technique and I like them because they help you to change your way of expressing guitar solos. Very good your video!
Ben Higgins1st January 2013Thank you, guys.. happy new year to you all !
Opetholic1st January 2013I enjoyed the chord progression a lot!! Very nice.
Dieterle1st January 2013BEN GOOD START indeed !
LIKE IT !
Gitarrero1st January 2013Great new lesson Ben! Good way to start the year!
wollace031st January 2013the first lesson of the year - another great lesson by ben! what a good way to start the new year!!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hi and welcome to my new lesson focusing on slides and bends.
Sliding is a really good way to get interesting phrases by just using the same string. Steve Vai is very adept at using this in his phrasing and his licks are very recognisable as a result.
It requires a lot of finger shifting so this lesson will really make your brain work and may even encourage a few calluses to build up too!
This lesson will improve:
- Timing
- Sliding ability
- Bending
- Hand co-ordination
Not only that, but hopefully it should give you a few phrasing ideas.
You know where I am if you need any help. Get sliding and bending!
Tempo: 125bpm
Gear: Marshall JVM 410H OD1 Channel, Orange setting.
Chords: F#m, Cm, Dm, G#
Ben
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Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
