Avaloa16th September 2014This is a very good bending lesson for many kinds of bends. Thx!
wollace0316th September 2014great lesson! very useful.
Hajduk16th September 2014Great Lesson Chris
- sieg66619th September 2014
Love that tele tone.
- TeleTones27th September 2014
Love your lessons Chris ! Please keep 'em coming.
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Country Fusion
Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jonny Hiland, Jim Campilongo, John Scofield, behind the nut, bends, steel guitar bends, chicken picking, octaves, tone control swellsby Chris Shofner - Difficulty3
Easy Country Solo
Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jonny Hiland, easy, bends, steel guitar bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, chicken pickingby Chris Shofner - Difficulty4
Rockabilly Country...
Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jonny Hiland, claw, open string pull-offs, double-stops, neck bends, steel guitar bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, banjo rolls, chicken pickingby Chris Shofner - Difficulty6
Hot Bluegrass...
Bluegrass, tuning key, dips, Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, jim Campilongo, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jonny Hiland, claw, hybrid picking, double-stops, chicken picking, hammer-on, pull-off, behind the nut, bendsby Chris Shofner - Difficulty5
Slow Country Waltz Solo
country waltz, Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, Albert Lee, jim Campilongo, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jonny Hiland, claw, hybrid picking, double-stops, chicken picking, hammer-on, pull-off, behind the nut, bendsby Chris Shofner - Difficulty6
Country Fusion Solo
Brent Mason, James Burton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Benson, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jim Campilongo, John Scofield, steel guitar bends, chicken picking, banjo rolls, tone control swells, double-stops, fusionby Chris Shofner - Difficulty4
Swamp Country
Jerry Reed, Tony Joe White, James Burton, steel guitar bends, chicken picking, polk salad annie, amos moses, rockabillyby Chris Shofner - Difficulty3
Pick and Strum...
Country, rhythm, Don Rich, Brent Mason, Chicken Picking, Brad Paisley, Buck Owens, Jim Campilongo, Double stops, pull offs, pick, strumby Chris Shofner - Difficulty5
Country Fusion II
Brent Mason, Jerry Donahue, Danny Gatton, Jim Campilongo, John Scofield, behind the nut, bends, harmonics, chicken picking, tone control, swellsby Chris Shofner
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This lesson is an introductory etude to steel guitar simulation bends. These licks are easily moved around from chord to chord. Simply start the lick on the top E string on the note that corresponds to the chord you are playing over. As in other lessons hybrid (claw style) picking is the desired right-hand technique.
So, why steel guitar bends? The steel guitar is synonymous with country music but you don't have to have one in the band to get those beautiful bends and swells. Frankly, there are few other techniques that send your playing into instant chicken pickin’ serenity. Just listen to James Burton, Roy Nichols, Jerry Donahue, Brad Paisley, Johnny Hiland, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, and the list goes on. There’s no doubt, if you are going to sound country it is essential to have some steel guitar bends/licks in your arsenal. Hopefully, this lesson will lay that foundation.
Enjoy!
Tuning: Standard - EADGBE
Key: G modulates to A
Tempo: 105bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Gear: Partscaster Tele with Kinman Broadcaster pickups, Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue (modified), Wampler Ego Compressor, ZVex SHO Clone, Keeley Modified Boss BD2, Strymon El Capistan
Though there are no scales performed in this etude per se, each of these licks works within the diatonic pitches of the corresponding major scale. In this lesson we play over the G, C, and D chords and then modulate to the key of A playing over the A, D, and E chords. Below you will find the corresponding scale forms for each.
G Major
C Major
D Major
A Major
E Major
