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