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Hey, how you doing?
Justin here.
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In this little country special today,
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we're checking out
the Return Of The Bend,
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which is a very cool little lick
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which uses a bent note that
returns back to its normal note,
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and then bends back up again,
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and then we've got a little
cascade at the end of the lick.
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So let's get to a close up
and check out how to play it.
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So, we're starting here with the 3rd
finger in the 8th fret of the 2nd string,
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and we're gonna bend that
note up one tone.
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And that little finger is
gonna sneak underneath,
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it's in the 8th fret, while
the note is still bent.
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And it's gonna play that note,
which is the note C.
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Then you're gonna pick
the bent note again
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release it, and push it back up again.
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Just one pick,
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so pick at the top, release,
push it back up
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and then first finger's gonna
get off the string and...
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play this note B flat, which is
the 6th fret of the thinner string.
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Then you're gonna play the
bent note again...
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and bend it down.
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So bend up.
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So, pick at first actually
while it's down.
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Bend.
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Pick the thinner string
with the little finger.
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Pick the bent note again.
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Release, push it back up.
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First finger sneaks up
on the 8th fret.
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Pick the bent note again,
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and release it.
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Hard part really is getting it
in tune all the time,
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getting that bend to stay in tune.
That's the bit I struggle with.
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Um, so after that,
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after we've played that
release the bend to the note G,
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which is 8th fret of the second string,
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we're gonna play the note F,
which is the 6th fret of the 2nd string.
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Then the open E string,
the thinner string.
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So we've got F-E, and
now we move to D,
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and C.
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And if we can,
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we try and let as many of those
notes ring together as we can.
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And you get that kind of
nice cascading effect.
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It kind of sounds funky...
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over our C chord.
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So this will generally be played
over a C or a C7 chord, this kind of lick.
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And here's little example of me trying
to fit it in over a C chord or a C7 chord
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with a kind of a country feel.
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I hope you enjoyed playing about
with the Return Of The Bend lick.
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It's kind of an interesting little one,
kind of difficult to use.
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I still struggle with it,
getting all the bends really in time,
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and trying to find good ways of using it.
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It is kind of fun and I figured that
you guys would enjoy the struggle too.
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So, uh, I hope you do and I'll see for
another lick sometime very soon.
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Take care of yourselves,
bye-bye.