Here are full bends and half bends.
A full bend is the equivalent of a whole step, which are two frets. A half bend is the distance between one fret or half step. Now, I am on the seventh fret of the third string D, and we want to bend this, full bend to E. So, we have D. (Demonstration) Here is E. (Demonstration) Now, let us bend this to E. (Demonstration) Keep practicing that.
Now we will have a half bend. We want to go from D to D-sharp. (Demonstration) We can also slide, or we can bend. (Demonstration)
A great sound in rock songs are the Hammer-on and Pull-offs. A Hammer-on is when you hammer your finger on the string. A Pull-off is pulling it back off. So, let us try a hammer-on on the first string third fret, (Demonstration) let us do a pull-off, and let us do a series of these. (Demonstration)
Let us work our way up the sixth string. We are going to start on the third fret, continue all the way to the second fret in the next four strings that end on the third fret. So, both E’s, we are going to play the third fret. We are going to hammer-on the fret and then pull-off to the open sound. (Demonstration)
Another hammer-on, pull-off exercise, we can go on the first string and do the fourth fret, fifth fret and alternate to the seventh fret, as well. First let us do fourth and fifth. (Demonstration) Let us add the seventh fret, and now let us add the open string. (Demonstration)
Now, let us do the same exercise on the first two strings, E and B. Get hammer-on and pull-off’s require no picking. (Demonstration)
Let us look at a hot lick showing a little phrasing, including a bend, little vibrato. Check this out. We are going to start on the A-minor pentatonic scale pattern. We will be here on the seventh fret of the third string. We are going to bend this. (Demonstration)
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