String bending is an integral part of every guitarists sound, and one of the main reasons why the instrument allows us to play such emotive lines. With this in mind its incredibly important that you know not only how to bend correctly (and in tune) but that you take full advantage of the expressive capabilities of this technique. Using it to add more depth, articulation and soul to your solos!
Bending lets us guitarists hit all the in-between notes that a piano cannot reach, as well as slide smoothly from one pitch to another (including vibrato), allowing us to imitate other sounds and instruments ranging from slide guitar to saxophones and violins or even the human voice!
In this masterclass we want to help you develop a confident, accurate and expressive bending technique. Over the full three volumes in the series were going to cover the fundamentals, how you can use bends all over the fretboard in conjunction with other techniques and how to creatively incorporate bends into a more advanced level of playing. This page is solely for the Expressive Execution third volume. However, as this is a course we strongly recommend that you get the box set and work your way through from volume one to three (click the image at the bottom of the page). PLUS, if you pick up the box set edition you will also get 9 extra bonus licks to help further refine and develop your bending technique. These of course, come complete with video, audio, backings, and TAB/Notation.
Volume Three: Expressive Execution.
In volume three well be incorporating bends in a more advanced level of modern rock/fusion playing. Wel also get you working intensely on pitch accuracy and using bends to imitate slide guitar. After studying viable bends, the ghost fretboard and quarter tone bends, the exercises will get you focussing on pitch accuracy which is very important for advanced bending. The licks will once again cover a lot of concepts and studying them will be a wonderful area of inspiration for your playing. Finally explore the full solo which has a full range of bends of all strings. You can learn this note for note, or simply master some of the advanced licks throughout.
This volume includes a main masterclass PDF including diagrams and images to guide you, exercises, licks and solos in both audio and video format, accurate TAB/notation and backing tracks to practise the techniques and build your own awesome bending solos!
If you want to master this beautiful technique and take your string bending to the next level, then this masterclass is your answer!
P.S - A huge thanks to JTC artist Jake Willson for sessioning on this release as JTC's very own 'Stig'!