Guitar Techniques

Bending Rules Minor Pentatonic

One of my favourite aspects of the electric guitar has always been the wide variety of string bending options that it presents. Even a basic command of bending techniques provides a very effective means of defying the chromatic restrictions that the frets would otherwise impose, presenting you with new ways to connect adjacent notes of a melody and thus allowing you to phrase in a much more ‘vocal’ manner.

Anyone who has dabbled in blues or rock will already be familiar with some of the best-known blues box bending clichés. So, for this first column, I thought it might be fun to begin by staying within the

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