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I wish someone woulda explained this in simple terms to me when I was learning bending. Like you said, sounds easy but can give people more stress than they think.

I taught myself to bend back in the late 60's/early 70's, when there was no You Tube, sheet music was written for piano, and live bands on TV were not filmed close enough to see how it was done. My solution for Mistake No 3, catching other strings, was to bend in the opposite direction, which severely limits which strings you can bend, basically just the G. Now, I'm an old dog trying to learn a new trick. And this is the first time I've seen anyone even acknowledge the problem.

i started bending 9 years ago , now my guitar started to moan

This is exactly what i have needed

Can you talk about more about double stops bends? Please, great channel bro

Wonder how many times Brandon heard the "just leave" from his multiple step dads that it still resonates in his mind.

Number 3 is actually amazing advice!

Love this guy

Thanks, I was just practicing my bends

THANKS BRANDON! ily

sometimes i dont bend fully to the note i wanted because i'm afraid of snaping my strings

Thought for a second you were playing the stairway outro at the end pheww. Gave me a heart attack. I just bought my first guitar, watched a few channels and i have a few favorites but honestly man you are always super helpful (especially since i had 2 of these problems) and that deserves a sub.

this is helpful

I've found out that using the "blues guru bend" needs you to pivot your wrist beforehand(no pun intended 😉) And that limits other fingers from dancing around the fretboard I prefer keeping my hand straight most times and bend using the muscle in my fingers The wrist is useful if you have ladyfingers and use the ring finger to play a note 4 frets apart from the index finger Before arguing with me note that i used to use the wrist pivot technique back when i only played the pentatonic scale and was taught by the usual blues background instructors then when i began with the most basic Guthrie Govan and greg howe stuff i learnt using finger strength is better

Out of tune bends are fucking awesome

Thank you good sir, quality content as always

can you make a video dedicated to vibrato??? would seriously help me out

Thank you, I started recently and tbh if I bent the higher strings a lot I felt like it wasn’t good for the guitar but seeing how you’re supposed to makes me more confident so thanks.👍

thanks bro this helps alot

classic bend shape on the high E and B of 12-15(bend) or a 14 fret bend on the G and a stationary 12th fret on the B, that shape is ubiquitous and an easy way to get a full sounding bend

Also, watch ALOT of great guitarists doing solos that you know, like actual watching them (or someone else) play it on a video. You’ll get great insights just by watching the greats 👍

This video literally came at the just absolutely perfect time thank you!

I like your vibe! May be too dense for some new geetar players, but for intermediate to advanced ones it is a good lesson lol 😂

Thanks i can do it now in acoustic the string are super hard but i can do it

Every Friends Fan: PIVOT!

Thank you!!!!

yes

Can you make a short on that final exercise please

Thx this helped

Thank you very much, I jumó into electric guitar a few months ago an this is vero helpful😁🔥🔥

Bro the one finger bends looks like the fingers are being possessed by a demon 😂

Great tips

You are right.

I don’t agree with the thumb wrapped around, it’s not in that position all the time so you want to practice with and without the thumb too, be prepared for it

I saw you many times bending exactly the way you are saying we are not supposed to.

You can actually use “out-of-tune” bends if you do it correctly, for instance just slightly bending the minor third (but not all the way to the major third). And technically vibrato is also bending out of tune

Your videos a very informative

One thing I like to do is hitting two or more different notes chromatically in succession with a single bend, specially when playing with a different string gauge than I'm used to. That way I can get the feeling on how much strength I need to put to reach the pitches I want to.

This is the exact this i was doing wrong

Download a pitch monitor on your phone so you can know how off your bend was. and remember bending to the correct note or pitch comes solely from your ears so practicing your relative pitch really helps.

If you can’t bend in tune for some reason, never bend sharp, always flat. Flat bends are bluesy af

Bro is Pro

If davie 504 loved guitar instead of bass Edit: thanks for 31 likes! Lets gooooo💙

My issue is whenever I bend with my finger tips my fingers slide underneath the other strings. Help!

Also, does anyone's guitar strings get lodged into their calluses and it makes it easy to maneuver the string when you bend it? Is it normal?

I'm trying hard, but bending lower E at 1st fret a step and a ½ totally sucks. Especially with .010s 😩

Brandon has nice hands

And remember kids, you don't always have to bend 'up'. I commonly bend the G string down, whihc gives a ishton of mobility and width.

damn bro i was guilty of 3 out of the 4 things in this vid. Guess I have some work to do lol

i wish i've seen this when i first started playing the guitar

Nice Tele!

I always overbend live 😢

I have this kind of problem when bending the high e string. It always breaks when I bend it one whole step in fret 19.

That’s me now

Wdym I can bend with just a pinky sideways

Bro only owns a telecaster

Statement number 1 = watch country players Statement number 2 = Albert King and his Vibrato, and Vibrato in general. Not bending, that's not musical. It's a voice that rises and isn't static. Also check out Guthrie's observation on micro tonal bends in Blues as well as Jazz and Indian music. Statement number 3 = shredders, particularly from the 80's as well as session musicians use a flat index to mute as many strings as possible outside the note played with the fretting hand. Statement 4, there's no such thing as a bad note, just how you own it. Music comes alive when tension is present. The most tense note is rocks favourite, that devil note... b5

Is it even possible to go ur entire tenure of guitar playing without seeing someone who makes u wanna quit

Last bend sounded like sober - TOOL

The lower 3 strings hurt my fingers tho I'm in pain from it

Why pivot? My fingers have more strength bending strings than the wrist and the wrist strains easier when even attempting a bend in a pivoted position, your fingers arent straight and it could damage your finger joints and tendons. Or maybe its my skill issue cuz im using flatwounds but even the unwound strings seem impossible to bend past a halfstep unless I bend my fingers. In essence what im saying is it feels like finger bending is way easier but I dont understand how to pivot without getting some sort of wrist injury.

How to make strings smooth specialy for bending any tips sir?

My bends note wont sustain… why would that be??? Besides that I might be suck at it???😅😅😅

I had to learn via solo that bending and trills are not the same. Yeah yeah yeah soRrY

One loose cigarette

I tried .012 strings on Acoustic and my fingers got destroyed

What does “bending out of tune” mean??

5th mistake - cigarettes

I thought he was gonna talk about water bending fire bender earth bending and air bending ;-;

How do you bend with 3 fingers without stopping the sound completely?

literally bend however you want

Question: I struggle with pressing too hard into bends, basically scrapping it on the fretboard, when I don't do that playing. how do I fix this?

How do you use multiple fingers when bending while keeping the same note fretted?

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no rules bro

Age reveal? Bro your getting up there, close to that hill 😂❤

I've never bent with multiple fingers how do I do that?

Just four? 🤭🫣

When I bend several Times, my fingers Hurt, specially the middle part. What could I be doing wrong?

If I keep catching these strings, these strings are gonna catch these hands😭

how do you do double stop bends

I need a squeel tutorial.

Don't bend with moisturized fingers lest you want to get flayed like i was

On the mistake number 3 i can hear that as you release with the “correct technique” the upper string sounds open. Is there any way to correct this?

Clapton somehow manages to make bendings with just one finger lol

I like to bend my thing and rub along it!😂😅 The neck and strings, of course! What do think I was saying!?!😮

How to get in tune bends bruv?

Do you HAVE to put your thumb over the neck?

I bend strings while I smoke cigarettes

These are beginner issues not intermediate as a beginner I’ve worked on most of these habits

Can I bend with my thumbs? While sitting? On Wednesday?

How does your 1st E string not snap 💀 that's my problem 💀

Your very good but can you play 17th century chicken pickin? Proof us

Fine I'm leaving then! Until next time! 😂

Kid named finger:

the double stop bend doesn't work with Floyd roses so if you have one don't do that.

There is a problem with my pinky , I just can't use it while I am play the guitar 😢

Nah, if SRV can bend the G string with one finger, so can I.