Originally Posted by: dlwalke

When bending, do you still do that and rely on friction between your fingertip and the string to move the string along under your finger, or do you come at the string at a greater angle so that you are actually sort of pushing the string from the side? Thanks.

Good question. It's both depending on the string you are bending.

You still need the solid contact between your finger tip & the string. But you also need to angle your finger a bit in order to get the motion required to move the string along the fret.

Have look here.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=20406

Hope this helps!