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Hello, Justin here again.

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In this lesson we're
gonna be checking out

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how to add vibrato to a bend.

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Lots and lots of people
seem to struggle with this.

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It's actually relatively simple,
when you know the trick.

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And the trick is:
To let the string do the work.

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Now, what I mean by this is...

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In all of my bending stuff
I have been using this note D.

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So, I am going to stay on that.

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That's... Third finger,
third string, seventh fret.

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Once you've got a bend... going,

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and I am going to be using
a tone bend for this little exercise now.

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There's a lot of pressure on the string,


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trying to push the string
back down to its natural place.

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You are having to use quite a lot
of effort to get that note bent up,

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making sure that you are using
a good bending technique here.

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If you haven't got it already,

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you will not be able
to put the vibrato.

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If you're trying to do it
with your fingers straight

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without the thumb over
and using the pivot point

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you're probably not going to be
able to do a good bend with vibrato

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So... If you're one of those guys,
go back and learn to bend properly first,

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and then come back
and have a look at this lesson.

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So... As you bend up,
you've got all of this pressure,

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the string pressing down.

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Now, the trick with
adding vibrato to a bend

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is to first of all make sure
that you get the bend in tune and stop.

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If you watch my other vibrato series,

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you'll notice that I talk about
hitting the note,

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and then gradually opening up the vibrato.

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And this is quite important
with a bend as well,

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because you need to get the bend in tune
before you get the vibrato on,

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otherwise it can sound to the listener...

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that you never actually reached the note
that you were trying to bend to.

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So, you bend up to the note first,
then what you do is:

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You relax your fingers ever so slightly,
relax the pressure....

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Let the force of the string
push your finger down a little bit,

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and then press it back up.

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And it's worth doing this
really slowly first.

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So, we are going to go to a close up,
and just going to bend the note up,

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and then relax my finger a little bit
so it comes right down,

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and then push it back up
to the correct pitch,

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let it come down a bit
and back up to the correct pitch.

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Each time you are just going from here,
let it come down, back up,

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come down, back up.

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And you don't try and pull the string down

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you just let the string
kind of go back to where it wants to go.

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Don't fight the pressure of the string,
just relax it, push it back up,

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relax it, push it back up,
relax it, push it back up.

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And if you can get used
to doing that nice and slowly

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and you get the feel for it,
then starting to do it faster

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becomes a lot easier.


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So, let's go and have a look
at a close up of this,

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and... Hopefully it will sort
your bending vibrato out.

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So, here we go,

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we're starting with
our regular note here,

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which is the note D: Seventh fret,
third string, third finger.

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Now, we are going to start
by bending that up a tone.

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So, if you are not sure about
your bending technique anyway,

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you might want to check it just first,


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(Plays)

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Make sure you can get that nicely in pitch

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(Plays)

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Now once you've got the bend up like this,
what you are going to try and do

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is let the string
push your finger down a little bit,

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and then push it back up
to the same pitch.

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Let the string go back to where it wants
and then push it back up.

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Now I'm just going
to do that nice and slow...

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(Plays)

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Relax, push it back up,
relax, push it back up,

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relax, push it back up.

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You're not relaxing it
right back to the beginning,

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right down to the base,
you're just relaxing it a little bit.

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(Plays)

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Trying to get a consistent amount of...
Relaxation and pressing it back up,

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and trying to get it right back
to the same pitch each time.

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(Plays)

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And once you've got that down,
you've got that feeling.

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So practice that for a bit first,
if you're new to bending with vibrato,

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you want to give that a week or two
of practice, five-ten minutes a day.

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Once you've got that idea,


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then you can start experimenting with
the intensity or the speed of the vibrato

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(Plays)

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You can see the neck is
wobbling around a little bit.

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Still keeping my good grip
and my pivot point

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like we did for the bend


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(Plays)

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Or a bit slower...

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(Plays)

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You can get really crazy with this stuff.

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A nice trick is bending it up, back down,
back up and then putting a vibrato

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(Plays)

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Takes quite a lot of control.
Get the note up...

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(Plays)

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A little bit sharp that time for me,
actually a bit naughty,

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(Plays)

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... Then getting your vibrato good

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(Plays)

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Slow
(Plays)

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Faster
(Plays)

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(Plays)

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Quite a tricky one to get the vibrato
happening all of the way down.

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But, again, experiment,
just like I talked about before.

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Emulation, experimentation, and ease.

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Emulating people's bends, that you like...

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(Plays)

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Nice tip there,
you can do that sort of stuff

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There's a lot of things you can do.

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Experimenting,
like I was just trying to do

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trying to get the vibrato
to happen all the way down the note

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(Plays)

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You can go crazy with these things...
It's quite good fun.

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Remember, it has to be easy,
but if you've got your bending technique

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and you've got your pivot point
and your thumb over,

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then you shouldn't find it
too difficult at all.

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Now, the other kind of things
that you need to know about this one.

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First of all, if you're going to do
any of these sort of stuff

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with the first finger,
then you tend to pull down with that.

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Pushing up with your first finger
is pretty difficult,

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so you tend to...


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(Plays)

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So, this time you're
pulling the string down

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(Plays)

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And, again, letting the string
relax back to where it wants to go,

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which in this case is physically up,
and then pushing it back again...

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(Plays)

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And of course, the same would apply
if you were doing a big bend like on...

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You know, quite low down...
If you are bending this here,

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this note D, which is fifth fret,
fifth string, third finger, up to E

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(Plays)

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You have to be... Relax,
push it back, relax, push it back...

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(Plays)

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It's quite a good trick
to remember on those thicker strings.

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You're not likely to do that a lot,
so you don't have to practice that.

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You don't have to practice it as much.

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The ones I'd practice,
is definitely your third finger,

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I don't even bother practicing it
with my little finger

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because I don't really think that works,
and I don't know of any pro guitar players

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that do a lot of bending
with the little finger...

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Might be a couple of the rock guys,
but very, very, very few of them.

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So, I wouldn't worry about doing that.

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Very rare to bend
with the second finger as well;

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it's possible,
Clapton does it a little bit.

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You might want to practice doing that.

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I don't usually do bends
with the second finger.

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So, if you're using your first finger,
you're going to pull down

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and then add your vibrato.

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Most common bending with the third finger.
If you're new to this sort of stuff,

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I would just recommned practicing
getting your bend with the third finger...

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(Plays)

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And then let it relax and push it back up.


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Make sure you practice
all the parts of the guitar neck as well.

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So, that's giving you a bit of a look
at how to apply vibrato to a bend.

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Of course, the same rules apply that
we talked about with the basic vibrato,

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making sure that you practice it
all around the neck,

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because in each different part
it's going to feel a little different.

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So, you don't want to just
try it in the one spot; practice it a lot.

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As you're practicing it, try and
get it right in the one place first,

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so you get the right feeling.
And then be moving it

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right up, as far up as you can go,

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and down as low as you can go,
which is probably second or third fret,

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you're not probably going to
do big bends in the first fret

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unless you have fingers of steel or you're
Stevie Ray Vaughan or something like that.

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So... I think that's probably enough
for you to get going on that...

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If you've got any questions,
check out the forum,

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look for the TE-009 area of the forum,


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and we'll get your questions
answered there.

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I hope that helps, and...
See you again soon.

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Bye bye