Lead Guitar Practice Summary #5

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For my lead guitar focus this week, I practiced bending the strings. There are two main types of bends that I practiced: half-step bends and whole-step bends. Half-step bends are bends in which you aim for the note that is a half-step (or 1 fret) above your starting note. Whole-step bends are bends in which you aim for the note that is a whole-step (or 2 frets) above your starting note. It takes a lot of practice to precisely hit the desired note, and whole-step bends in particular require quite a bit of finger strength. To help with the strength aspect, you can line up the rest of your fingers behind the finger hitting the note, so that they can assist in the bend. You can also work your thumb around the guitar neck to help with leverage.

To further my practice on bending strings, I could learn specific songs that incorporate bends, I could incorporate bends into scales that I already know, and I could practice achieving the desired note more quickly and accurately.

A resource that I found helpful in learning about and practicing bends was: