String Bending For The Lead Guitarist

Why do I want to bend strings? It gives my guitar playing a more resonant flavor, plus it helps to make the music "mine". The art of string bending is used by guitar players of all disciplines, and you need to remember it is a tool to help you get some variety into your playing. It need not necessarily become your trademark so watch out for overuse.
OK, here's a way to make those pesky guitar strings bend to your will. We are going to use three fingers to do the bending with the objective of bending a note up one whole tone and back again. First, to get your ear aquainted with what you are doing, use your third finger on the third string at the seventh fret. Play that note. Put your third finger on the ninth fret. Play the note. Now your body has some memory of these two notes as a guide while you try to repeat those notes by bending the guitar string. So put your third finger back on the seventh fret, and put your second and first fingers on the sixth and fifth frets.
You are now ready to bend your note, so play the note at the seventh fret and see if you can bend it up till it sounds like the note at the ninth fret. Keep repeating the process with the aim in mind of reaching your ninth fret note with the bend, but also don't forget to have fun with it. Experiment, find some new sounds, and keep some practice time for it every day till the technique becomes second nature.
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