Bending a note can make a lead very expressive, and make your licks come alive. This lesson is designed to help you focus on these subtle bends that make a note sing. The different licks I wrote are very bluesy but will work in any style of music.

A blues/rock approach to Hetfield's style

A short ballad using sliding and bending techniques to create melodies.

Ever wondered how it would sound if James Hetfield of Metallica played blues? Well, it might sound like this. Load/Reload era.

Letting those strings bend like mad!

We'll be working on how we can use bends and slidings in a rock ballad solo.

The second lesson in the "Style Variations" series. We will discuss a bluesy variation and you will learn a bluesy solo to the same backing track as last time.

Classic rock and roll single string bending.

Demonstrates how to mimic pedal steel guitar technique on regular guitar