Blues Bending Lesson

Get down! That is AWSOME dude!

Sounds really tasty! Good job Muris!

Yummie! I know what to do this weekend now!

Really good lesson Muris
I have actually been practicing my bending and this will be great to add in thanks

I have one question. I noticed a lot of teachers on this site, when they bend, use the pointer finger to mute the strings and also sometimes when they apply vibrato. Is this really necissary? Ive seen some players not use this technique (I don't)and still sound ground. Although I do sometimes get unwanted string noise during bends. Would you recommend I switch to that technique.

I love your tone, very warm and creamy sounding. Hope to get started on this one soon.

@Dashooter

I actually picked this up from Pavel a few months ago. WHen playing you should ALWAYS be thinking about muting - its one of the reasons that our instructors have such a clean sound. This is a great way of guarding against unintentional string hits - you could thnk of it as insurance. You might not need it all the time but its good to have it there if you do need it !

awsome

ok, is there an explanation somewhere how to do this technique?

the point i think here is for you to observe on what his hand is doing, try to replicate that, see if it leads to you discovering what works for you and whatnot.

Anyway, great lesson! i love the solo, great melody and feel to it, and it appears as if your pick is glowing.

Awesome!! Love the bluesy bends.........

awesome lesson muris just what i ws looking for

I love these kind of bends...

Muris´s got da blues! Nice tone

That was quite amazing, your bends are excellent!

Very catchy! I love it

Sweeeet! Really great!

wow this lesson is tougher than I thought, so weird bending techniques in there.

WoW! This is one of my favorite lessons! Great Job Muris!

What are some good bluesy keys and scales and what not?



-John

Muris. well done.
the sound is amazing i would like to know your pickups, and your effect?

awsome!!!!

i need this XD thanks a lot

Love that backing track

On those bends.. To get that technique down, which is called scraping I believe, you will need to learn how to mute. It takes a while to get good at it. Different people have different ways of doing it, but the way I figured out how to do it was to mute the strings I didn't want to sound with my right hand. So I would use the side of my hand to sort of mute the strings until I got to the string that was to be fretted and then I would let off. That may be the harder way to do it, I am not sure. Just give it time though.

great lesson muris:)

but when you use like vibrato is it necessary to have your like wrapped around the neck?

An old aged student here (from Argentina) thanking for this great lesson. Just needing to "catch the spirit" (timing, feeling, etc).

Thanks again

This is awesome man, you make these riffs sound sweet, and your distortion whenever you pick, makes your notes sound 'explosive'. Dunno how you do it man but both your tone and this lesson is FANTASTIC.

hey muris nice lesson but why does your pick light up?

also is that an eddie van halen guitar because my uncle has one just like it with the same body style,pickups, and the fret board but his is just a little bit lighter than yours.

nice love it. Definitely learning this

nice class!!! I love blues...Im going to practice it
Thank's muris... Very nice sound

Great Stuff!

hi muris
gretings from belgium

help help ...... my fingers
I am practicing 3 hours bendings
very good lesson
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which ampli you play ????

hey!!!!!!!!!

excellent!!!

nice job

That pick must be from space!

At first I thought I wouldn't like this since I'm not a blues person, but I was wrong! I loved that! Especially the slide and bend at 0:10.

Very inspiring and useful lesson . . .