The Fine Art Of String Bending - Part 2 - Basic Guitar Lessons

One of the most basic expressive techniques on the guitar is string bending. In this 2 part video Mike Williams from www.ShredGuitarAcademy.com teaches his preferred methodology for bending strings, including various tips and tricks for smooth, accurate and controlled string bending, all while last but not least trying to remember the definition of the word horizontal. Part 2 of 2.

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[BeyondEvil308]

I have a problem when i try to do vibrato on a bent note...sometimes it happens when I just bend, but mostly during vibrato...the string above it...(however you want to word it) gets pushed over the string im bending, and it just ruins the whole thing. Am I bending to high?...or during vibrato...am i moving to much?

Hope i explained it clearly

[ShredGuitarAcademy]

@BeyondEvil308 It's tough to explain and I think I went over it in this or the first video but I will try to address it in a future video if I forgot to. You kind of have to create a little shelf with your finger tips when you bend whereby all the strings above the one you are bending sit on so that they don't slip under your fingers. Hope that helps \m/

[rockermetalhead1200]

5:19 Who's at the door? lol

[ShredGuitarAcademy]

@rockermetalhead1200 I think that bell just signaled the start of the witching hour \m/

[guitarfinatic09]

what song should i first try to master, im just geting into guitar and i know the bassics to playing, i'm into shit like metallica, so thrash metal preferable, any metal is good tho...... just wanna master a relatively easy song but sounds good. (\m/)(o.o)(\m/)

[dudufroner1]

are there any exercises to have a better hand/finger motion???

[BeyondEvil308]

@ShredGuitarAcademy that was a fast reply...yeah I noticed that in your video...i was watching you fingers and noticed that you are catching the other stings as you bend up. When I bend, I have my fingers curled too much and I am pushing the string under. Thanks. I recently just got back into guitar. I played acoustic for a while, and then moved onto mandolin, but there is only so much metal and punk you can play on those. So just last week, my GF bought me a Epiphone Les Paul. Time for some \m/

[Asmodai075]

Great videos. Could you do some on palm muting? Basic and advanced stuff.

[yourmotherlovesme132]

hey man you should do a video about pickups, guitar maintance and pinch harmonics great videos so far

[sukablianah2]

Very helpful! Keep it up!