In this lesson you'll find bends, bends and release, prebends, reverse bends etc from semi tones to two whole tones!

Here are some licks in the style of Mr Jimi Hendrix. It will improve your skills on bending techniques and gives you the opportunity to create some interesting sound effects.

As we progress through our journey as beginning guitarists, we turn our attention to string bending for this lesson. Keep in mind that even though this lesson is focused on beginners, those who are more advanced would do well to practice this lesson to improve the precision of bending strings to the correct pitch.

A beginner lesson looking at the way Yngwie bends strings.

Various common bending combinations!

A lesson focusing on the important technique of string bending, including unison bends, double stop bends and pre-bends.

Breathe life into your phrases by applying quarter bends.

Slow major ballad with lots of bending.

In this lesson you will learn how to use a slide and do a cool bending trick with the tuners!