String Bending Feedback


CarnageSam
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CarnageSam
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10/02/2014 3:41 pm
I'm learning to string bend, I can bend the strings fine but the problem is get is that I receive feedback from the 2 strings above. I know you can try and mute them with your index finger but affects the bending technique slightly.

Any lessons or pointers which helps with this problem, thanks :)
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maggior
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10/02/2014 7:09 pm
When I find that happening in a particular lick, I'll vary my grip on the string. Sometimes it means I need to grab the string on the part of my fingertip closer to my fingernail. When doing this, my finger will go under the neighboring string so it won't sound. Other times, I need to position my finger tip the opposite direction so the tip of my finger bends the string and also pushes the neighboring string up without sounding it.

I found it's when my finger nail hits the neighboring string through the bending motion that problems occur.

Other than that, it's something your hands and fingers kind of figure out on their own as you practice.
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10/02/2014 10:14 pm
Very well put rich!.
Its funny i just wacthed a video on this topic.
The instructor was saying to palm mute the above strings
So that they don't ring while bendind the string below them.
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10/07/2014 3:56 am
Yeah I would definitely palm mute the other strings. You need to learn palm muting for pretty much everything else anyway.
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