One of the most important aspects of ballad soloing: the bending technique. Let's find out how we can use bends within our phrases - not just as a random effect.

Let's roll up our sleeves and start applying micro techniques to our playing.

We will study a guitar solo inspired in Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Van Halen and others. It contains a lot of legatos, tapping and pinch harmonics.

The most important guitar techniques - all covered in one amazing solo!

Classic pedal steel for guitar

As you may know, Howe is a great rock fusion guitarist, he has got many technical resources: legato, sweep picking, tapping, alternate picking and an extensive musical vocabulary.

Breathe life into your phrases by applying quarter bends.

Bending is one of the most rewarding technique while used correctly. In this lesson, we'll focus on adding some bending techniques to add soul to your music.

This lesson talks about bending and vibrato in hard rock genre.