LEARN to IMPROV: Bending Technique | Stick Dulcimer Guitars

String bending is a basic technique, used a lot in blues and rock but also found a bit in most other styles (except classical). The idea is to "bend" (push a string across or over the fingerboard with your left-hand fingers) so that the string gets tighter and the pitch goes up.

KEY MOMENTS -

0:00 Lesson Intro

1:48 Lesson Overview

2:47 How To: Bending Technique

6:53 Quick Tip: Adding Vibrato to your Bending Technique

7:40 Practical Example

8:43 Improvised Bending Techniques

13:37 Lesson Outro