STRING BENDING
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String Bending Overview
Ben introduces string bending as one of the most expressive parts of the guitar, focusing on pitch control, intonation, vibrato and feel. This section starts from the fundamentals, showing how bending can become a huge part of your sound and why it deserves focused practice.
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String Bending Overview
Ben explains his basic bending grip: thumb high over the neck, fingers supported behind the note, and the bend driven mainly by the wrist rather than the fingers. This gives more control, strength and expression, especially for blues-style bends, vibrato and pitch manipulation.
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String Bending Overview
Ben breaks down the three main bend types, semitone, tone, and tone-and-a-half and shows how each one needs control, grip, muting, and strong intonation. Using the G string as a starting point, Ben explores different fingers, directions, and positions to build confident, expressive bends rather than just forcing the note.
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String Bending Overview
Ben explores string bending across every string and position on the guitar, showing how identical bends feel different depending on string tension, fretboard location, and fingering. The focus is on developing consistent technique, accurate intonation, and expressive control so bends become musical, vocal, and emotionally convincing regardless of where they occur on the neck.
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String Bending Overview
Ben demonstrates a practical method for developing accurate string bends by using a target note as a pitch reference, then matching it with semitone, tone and larger bends. By repeating the process with different fingers, directions, strings and areas of the neck, the exercise builds strength, intonation control and the connection between the ear and the hands.