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AlexLion27th September 2008Wow awesome bends here!hard but very useful;)
jammer9122nd May 2008Hi david, I have a question.
Whats the difference between:
-br
-pbr
-b
I see these tab notations in many lessons and cant really get around them. Thanks.
Melodicintenions4th April 2008yup he's the man!
LwShieN24th November 2007man , i know that pentatonic scale and i know how to play it but you clearly took it to a whole new level with your bends
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Didn't know you can get so much feeling just from a simple scale and bends ..
Keep up the good work
David Wallimann26th October 2007Thanks everyone! :-)
Farbror Kudde26th October 2007sorry for the double post
- Farbror Kudde26th October 2007
Awesome stuff! your fingers looks like snakes when you play this
hahah 
Ben N20th October 2007great stuff love that style
good job
Jenkinson18th October 2007you have excellent pentatonic chops!
Jeff17th October 2007David,
That backing track is so cool! I could listen to that all day! Are you striking harmonics on your bends? It sounds like it. This is excellent.
eddiecat17th October 2007I'm working on bending and legato at the moment...
I'm definitely going to use parts of this lesson!
Looks tough, but sounds great!
Thank you David.
Muris Varajic17th October 2007Well done David,great bends!
Gen17th October 2007Amazing lesson!This will definitly help me!
The Uncreator17th October 2007Excellent technique, just superb!
Kristofer Dahl17th October 2007From your very first lesson I have been fascinated with your bending and phrasing chops! Keep em coming David!
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Bends are one of the techniques that make the guitar such an expressive instrument. They can add so much to a melody and can transform the easiest leads into amazing guitar licks.
In this lesson we will study a few ideas that hopefully will inspire you to create new licks. The key to success here is to be as precise as possible. Make sure that your bends are in tune. Some of the following bends are pretty hard to play, but practice makes perfect. If a lick is too difficult, try to find a few ideas that are at reach.
The key of this track is in A and we'll be using 3 shapes of the minor pentatonic scale.
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