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Unread post by cgalves » Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:55 pm

I've been playing a lot of hendrix and pearl jam on my electric lately, and I've got some bending questions, err, actually one.

When you do a bend, is it bad technique to only use one finger for the bend, ie not use any supporting fingers?? I find that I can bend up to the correct pitch with just one finger but have a hard time adding vibrato ... will this come with practice, or is it because you HAVE to use supporting fingers in the bend?>


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Unread post by riffduster01 » Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:16 pm

you don't need to use more than one finger for string bends. if i am holding a bend for more than one beat, i use two fingers,but for quick bends i just use one. do it however you feel more comfortable doing it.
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Unread post by Matty Boom » Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:36 pm

for those goooooooood bends in the pentatonic, a lot of the time, you're already in place to fret with your ring finger, so you might as well just use all three, you will notice a difference, but obviously you should be able to bend independantly with each finger
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