The term "wide bending" usually refers to either 1.5 step bends, which we've already used a bunch in this tutorial, or 2 whole steps. In this lesson I'm going to show you some of the most common places to use wide bends within our pentatonic scale pattern, and after that we'll use some of those in a fun rock lick.
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1: Rockin' Chords
Take It Up a Notch!
- Introduction: It's All in the Right Hand
- Advanced Strumming Tone
- A New Eighth Note Pattern
- Swinging the Eighth Notes
- A New Sixteenth Note Pattern
- Swinging the Sixteenth Notes
- Incorporate Karate Chop Muting
- Practice Tune 1: Straight Eighths
- Practice Tune 2: Swung Sixteenths
- Advanced Strumming: Easy Practice Exercises
Improve Your Right Hand
- Introduction: Right Hand Control
- Palm Muting: Les Paul Tone
- Where to Mute and When
- Apply and Release Your Palm
- Palm Muting Arpeggios
- Palm Muting Bass Notes
- Palm Muting Practice Tune
- Palm Muting: Easy Practice Exercises
Chords and Voicings
- Introduction: Move the Notes and Add a Few
- Rock Rhythm Voicing: Telly Tone
- Classic Major Chord Voicing
- Power Chord: Root on the D String
- Dominant Chords: Rhythm 7ths
- Drop D: One-Finger Power Chords
- Drop D: Power 9th Chords
- Chords and Voicings: Practice Tune
- Chords and Voicings: Easy Practice Exercises
Key Elements
2: Lead Secrets Revealed!
Standard Rock Licks
- Library of Go-To Rock Licks
- Meat and Potatoes Tone
- Standard Rock Lick #1
- Standard Rock Lick #2
- Standard Rock Lick #3
- Standard Rock Lick #4
- Mixing Up the Licks: Round 1
- Mixing Up the Licks: Round 2
- Mixing Up the Licks: Round 3
Flavor Your Leads
- Spicing Up Your Solos
- Interval Distortion and Delay Tone
- Using Unisons
- Thoughts on Thirds
- Fire Up Some Fourths
- Sixths Sense
- Octave Objectives
- Spicing Up Your Solos: Round 1
- Spicing Up Your Solos: Round 2
Expand Your Soloing
- Outline the Harmony!
- Chord Tone Tone
- Tension Notes in Chord Tones
- Harmonic Triple Stop Lick
- Harmonic Double Stop Lick
- Harmonic Single Note Lick
- Using Lick 1 in a Solo
- Using Lick 2 in a Solo
- Using Lick 3 in a Solo
Tried & True Techniques
- Expressing Emotion
- Tone for Emotion
- Dynamic Picking
- Expressive Grace Notes
- Bending Big!
- Slide and Bend Combination
- Adding Vibrato to Bends
- Apply the Tools to the Go-To Licks
- Apply the Tools to the Chord Tones
Space and Phrasing
3: More Rock Rhythm!
Understanding the Building Blocks
- Introduction to the Building Blocks
- Overdriven 335 Tone for Harmony
- Three Numbers: One, Four, and Five
- Chords In Relation to Scale Degrees
- Harmonizing Scales with Major Chords
- Let's Analyze a Progression
- Building Blocks Practice Tune 1
- Building Blocks Practice Tune 2
Substitutions
- Introduction to Substitutions
- Telly Tone for Substitutions
- Flirting With the IV Chord
- Flying Past the V Chord
- Hangin' a Whole Step Below
- Using Harmonized Scales as Fills
- Substitutions Practice Tune
Chord Extensions in Rock
- Introduction to Extensions
- Clean Tone for Extensions
- Basic Progression with Barre Chords
- Ninth Chords in Rock
- Slash Chords in Rock
- Sharp Five Chords
- Suspended Second Chords
- Extensions Practice Tune
Strip Down Your Chords
- Introduction to Stripped Down Chords
- Stripped Down 335 Tone
- Dissecting the 6th String Root Barre Chords
- Dissecting the 5th String Root Barre Chords
- Dissecting Substitutions
- Stripped Down Practice Tune
How to Play Fills
- Introduction to Playing Fills
- 335 Tone for Fills
- Getting Familiar with Fills
- Fills with Substitutions
- Fills with Stripped Down Chords
- Fills with Lead Licks
Hendrix Style Embellishments
- Decorated Chords
- Embellishment Gear and Tone
- Embellish the Major Barre, 6th String Root
- Embellish the Major Barre, 5th String Root
- Embellish the Minor Barre, 6th String Root
- Embellish the Minor Barre, 5th String Root
- Decorate Your Substitutions
- Embellishment Practice Tune Intro & Outro
- Embellishment Practice Tune Verse
- Embellishment Practice Tune Chorus
- Embellishment Practice Tune Performance
4: More Advanced Rock Techniques
Arpeggios As Licks
- Intro to Arpeggios as Licks
- Arpeggio Lick Tone
- Let's Find the Chord Tones!
- Arpeggio Rock Lick 1
- Arpeggio Rock Lick 2
- Arpeggio Rock Lick 3
- Combine Arpeggio & Go-To Licks
- Easy Arpeggio Practice Exercises
Rock Lead Sequences
- Introduction to Sequences
- Lead Tone for Sequences
- Count and Repeat!
- Sequence Lead Lick 1
- Sequence Lead Lick 2
- Sequence Lead Lick 3
- Combine All 3 Sequence Licks
- Easy Sequence Practice Exercises
Boost Your Rock Bending!
- Intro to Boosting Your Bends
- Tone for Bends
- Double Bends
- Up One String, Down Another
- Wide Bending Lick
- Combine the Bending Licks
- Easy Bending Practice Exercises
Introduction to Pinch Harmonics
- Pinch and Make It Screech!
- Pinch Harmonic Tone
- How to Pinch
- Pinch Rock Lick 1
- Pinch Rock Lick 2
- Pinch Rock Lick 3
- Combine the Pinch Licks
- Easy Pinch Harmonic Practice Exercises
Shortcuts to Speed!
- Flash Lick Tricks in Your Toolbox
- Flash Lick Gear and Tone
- Basic Two Note Tapping
- Basic Three Note Tapping
- Three Note Tapping On 2 Strings
- Using Open Strings to Shred
- Combine the Flash Licks
- Easy Flash Lick Practice Exercises
Exotic Note Choices
- Different Note Choices, New Sounds
- Exotic Note Tone
- Dabbling with the Dorian
- Mix in the Mixolydian
- Flirting with the Phrygian
- Handling the Harmonic Minor
- Climbing Chromatics
- Combine the Exotic Note Licks
Playing All Over the Neck
5: Playing Like The Masters
Southern Rock
- Southern Fried Rock!
- Southern Rock Tone
- Southern Boogie Intro Riff
- Southern Verse Rhythm
- Southern Chorus
- Southern Swamp Bridge
- Southern Flavored Soloing
- Southern Rock Form
- Southern Rock Performance
Punk Rock
- Punk Rock Rebellion!
- Punk Rock Tone
- Punk Intro Riff
- Punk Verse Rhythm
- Punk Pre-Chorus
- Punk Chorus
- Punk Song Form
- Punk Rock Performance
Heavy Metal
- Hard Hitting Heavy Metal!
- Heavy Metal Tone
- Heavy Metal Intro Riff
- Heavy Metal Verse Riff
- Heavy Metal Chorus
- Heavy Metal Soloing
- Heavy Metal Song Form
- Heavy Metal Performance
Guitars From Outer Space
- Outer Space Guitar!
- Extra Terrestrial Tone
- Alien Intro Riff
- Unidentified Flying Verse
- Houston, We Have a Chorus
- Zero Gravity Soloing
- Outer Space Song Form
- Outer Space Performance
Mix and Match Styles
6: Putting it All Together
Developing a Solid Rhythmic Feel
- Rock with Great Rhythm Feel!
- Rhythm Feel Gear and Tone
- Demonstrating Rhythm Feel
- Rushed Versus Laid Back
- Tight Versus Loose
- Rhythm During Dynamic Changes
- Solid Time with a Metronome
- Solid Time with a Record
- Rhythm Practice Tune Sections
- Rhythm Feel Review and Performance
Different Feels in Rock
- Feel in the Big Picture
- Basic Feel Gear and Tone
- Musical Versus Unmusical
- Confident or Hesitant Feel
- Aggressive Feel
- Subtle Feel
- Feel Practice Tune Sections
- Feel Review and Performance
Layering Guitar Parts
- Let's Learn To Layer
- Gear and Tone for Layering
- The Wall of Sound
- Spreading It Out!
- Spread Out Horizontally
- Spread Out Vertically
- Now In Both Directions!
- Layering Practice Tune Sections
- Layering Review and Performance
Making Good Decisions

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