Guitar Techniques

FIRST & FOURTH FINGER BENDS

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Key: G Major

Tempo: 150 bpm

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Will improve your

✓ Blues phrasing

✓ Fretting-hand dexterity

✓ Finger control

he ability to bend notes is a facility not afforded to all instruments. This great technique, along with vibrato, allows guitarists to play with expression, often mimicking the fluidity of a singer. The second and third fingers of the fretting hand are generally the preferred choice for string bends since they are much stronger than the fourth finger. They also allow the option of using additional fingers for support, which the first finger doesn’t.

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