Release Bends Part 2

In the second segment of the Release Bends tutorial, let us take melodies in the minor pentatonic, in this case, in A and use Release Bends just to flavor a little bit. So there is my position in the minor pentatonic and for this melody let us go from the eighth fret of the first string to the fifth fret. And we can add a passing turn on there at the seventh fret. Then let us go from the fifth fret on the first string to the eighth fret and then the fifth fret on the second string, so we have.

And then from the fifth fret on the second string, down to the seventh fret and fifth fret on the third string. And then let's end by going eighth fret to fifth fret on the first string. So our melody. So to cover that we can then use some Release Bends. We can start out with a half-step Release Bend on a seventh fret of the first string and then just do a avocado pull off to the fifth fret.

Then instead of going from the fifth fret to the eighth, to the fifth, we can start by bending this eighth fret to get that same pitch. And do a Release Bend with that. Then for this lick, we can do the same thing with the seventh fret on the third string. So, so far we have. And then for the eight to five on the first string, we can actually transfer that to the second string which will be the same as 13 to 10 and we can do one of those step and a half bends on the tenth fret by bending up really far.

So putting that altogether very slowly. One more time in context. So that gets us through that lick. So, one of the other things that well, you really have to pay attention to when you execute these, is getting to that lick early. I know ideally you have a rest before its you have a chance to hit your fingers on there really quickly. So Namjoo here, really advance Blues player has thrown these things at height and left and they just get it towards a habit of snapping their fingers to those, so you could also do some applications where you run through your minor pentatonic in Blues scales and try to work those under the scales very quickly.

So it just become another reflects like hammer-ons, and pull-offs and bendings that you will incorporate into your lick primarily. So have fun, phrase well and a good luck with your lead.

Let's start with the hammer-ons from the seventh to the ninth fret on the third string, and then the eighth fret on the second string. So I really think that has three different little sections that make that whole lead -- starting with the first section.


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