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Question about a guitar lick involving string bending and playing a higher note while the string's bent

Question about a guitar lick involving string bending and playing a higher note while the string's bent
  1. What does bending do guitar?
  2. Who invented string bending?

What does bending do guitar?

The guitar bend is a technique used to manipulate single-note lines on a single string. A bend occurs when a note is played, and then the string is pulled, tightening the string and making the note higher in pitch than the first note played. ... Most bends change the pitch by one half step or one whole step.

Who invented string bending?

Legendary blues guitarist B.B. King is thought by many to be the most influential guitarist of all time. He introduced solo techniques such as string bending and the “butterfly” vibrato that would help define the rock and roll guitar sound.

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