Lick #7: Return Of The Bend (Guitar Lesson LK-007) How to play

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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.