What Are The Best Songs For Learning String Bending

Tomulo · February 2021

I'm trying to find riffs and solos to practise string bends. Going from easy to more difficult.

Any suggestions? Which songs did you guys all use to learn string bending?

I'm open to any genre. I just want to play guitar...

Thanks

sweepy · February 2021

Parisienne Walkways has to be a contender

mudslide73 · February 2021

Badge solo - very enjoyable too.

sammysaber · February 2021

As well as above, add Gilmour to the list.

hollywoodrox · February 2021

Slash lick’s

gusman2x · February 2021

The wall pt2 for repetitive strain injury.

Winny_Pooh · February 2021

Santana's Black magic woman

Woodenhead · February 2021

Jimi Hendrix - Highway Chile is good for unison bends. Iron Maiden have a few riffs, Run to the Hills, Somewhere in Time, Infinite Dreams.

If you want something challenging then the section of Freebird around the 22nd fret (e-string fretted, bending b-string repeatedly), that whole solo is great for bends and pentatonic techniques too.

westford · February 2021

Albatross

not_the_dj · February 2021

Another Peter Green suggestion, “I loved Another Woman”. Lovely intro with loads of bending.

Not my video but this shows it well.....(see next post).

not_the_dj · February 2021

This is the vid I meant to post.

https://youtu.be/oqs-sgDY1n8

zedhex · February 2021

String bending in order of difficulty: Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Peter Green, Jeff Beck, Wayne Perkins, Chris Buck, Dave Gilmour.

Danny1969 · February 2021

Country bends tend to be the most technically challenging in terms of strength and holding 2 pitches at once. Stuff like Parisienne Walkways is great to practice controlled vibrato.
One trick is to to pick a static note on the G string, say the octave, then think of My Way by Sinatra and starting from that note use the B string to bend the 5th up to the 6th and then increase the bend on the B string for as much as you can get through the first verse. I get up to the final curtain bending form the 5 up to all the other notes then it gets impossible.

CarpeDiem · February 2021

If you want to practice wide bends with vibrato, which I'd rate as difficult, then try Zakk Wylde/Black Label Society.

Roland · February 2021

If you are a beginner to bends then I wouldn't start with a song. Instead I'd practice two semi-tone bends at different fret positions on the G string. There are two reasons for this. You've got a convenient note two frets down on the B string which you can use as pitch reference. (bending at the 7th on the G string takes the D note up to E, which is conveniently at the 5th fret on the B string). Secondly, you can learn how to deal with tensions along the string. It's a lot easier to bend at the 12th fret than it is at the 5th, or worse 3rd fret.

Josh_Cosku · February 2021

Pink floyd - Time, it is also not that fast.

RickLucas · February 2021

Shine on you crazy diamond

RickLucas · February 2021

Albert King

Cols · February 2021

For building finger strength, Are You Gonna Go My Way. The main riff involves full tone bends at the 2nd and 5th frets on the G string; that’ll toughen you up.

Woodenhead · February 2021

Cols said:

For building finger strength, Are You Gonna Go My Way. The main riff involves full tone bends at the 2nd and 5th frets on the G string; that’ll toughen you up.

Just reminded me of a riff in GnRs Civil War, similar whole bends around the 2nd/3rd frets, no skin left on your fingertips after practising that one for a while.

Fuengi · February 2021

The first one my guitar teacher taught me was the solo to Californication by Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

It's got a variety of bends - stop, return, unison - but it is pretty simple and nice and slow.

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