What's a compound bend?

[Percival Blues Shredder]

what's a compound bend? (or something like that)

[zepp_rules]

dave gilmour did these a lot, i'm pretty sure this is correct: bend a string only about .5 or a whole step then release it very SLIGHTLY then bend again to a a higher step. it would be easier to show you than to tell you, but oh well, they're not that hard, just practice them.

[David Gilmour]

A compound bend is a bended note which requires two or more notes to resolve. I'm not sure what this exactly means, I read it in a guitar magazine.

I would assume that these would qualify as compound bends, and they're very common blues licks:


-------------12-----------------12--15--
---------12--------------15b17----------
---14b16--------------------------------
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I'm sure asking this under the theory question would result in a more informed response than mine, but I hope this helps.