Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:51 am Post subject: Bending
Hi, I was wondering how some people are able to bend their string and create this really high Wah-wah Sound effect? I've done it accidently couple times, but it seems really goaway to do it of my own will. Any tips?
Tnx in advance _________________ Schecter C-1 Diamond Series, Blue
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:
Hey Guitar_Freak are you talking about the way Jimmy Page made his strings sound, if so just plant your fingers and bend away practice lots and within a short time you'll find it east to do and to repeat.louis
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:59 pm Post subject: Re: Bending
Guitar_Freak wrote:
Hi, I was wondering how some people are able to bend their string and create this really high Wah-wah Sound effect? I've done it accidently couple times, but it seems really goaway to do it of my own will. Any tips?
Tnx in advance
Hi guitar freak. Here is a link to a page on string bending
The author of this page speaks about bending mostly with the 3rd finger, I disagree with this. If you take pentatonic scale 2, 2nd from the top of the pentatonic scales page posted in the forum named pentatonics, directly under this one, get that pentatonic under your fingers if you haven't already. Lets say the scale is in position 5 (1st finger on the 5th fret), an A minor pentatonic( C major pentatonic). At the 8th fret, 2nd string is a "G" note played with the 4th finger. To successfully bend that note a whole tone to "A", one needs to use supportive fingering. Line up your 1,2,and 3rd fingers behind your 4th, and bend the note in tune up 2 frets , a whole tone. The key words here are "in tune". Supporting your 4 th finger with the others lined up behind it on the same string, greatly improves your accuracy, and supports the 4th finger. Once you have bent this note in tune, you use the body of the guitar, not your arm or wrist, to give the note vibrato. If you get good at bending in tune with vibrato, you should be able to play the vibrato as quickly , or slowly as you like. Hence, I think, the wah-wah effect. With the same scale, on the 7th fret, 3rd string, is a "D" note, played with the 3rd finger. Again, support the 3rd finger with your 1st and 2nd fingers behind you 3rd, and bend the note a whole tone to "E", then shake that guitar, baby. Using supportive fingering, and the weight of the body of the guitar, is the key to accurate bending with vibrato. I have been threatning to post some goaway. I think I figured out how to do this now, and after my hellish next week, will try to post an example of this. If I forget, make a request to me. Or one of the other guys could post it. By the way, this scale moves, of course up and down the neck, try the scale in 12th position, "Em". Or even higher. Sometimes I will use it at the 17th fret, which is also 'Am". _________________ Kingfreeze
those are artificial harmonics. you can play them without bending too. it's not an easy technique, you must practice it alot.
what you have to do is turn your pick 90 degrees and than push the string with it, instead of picking it. like this, you will most likely touch the string with your thumb a little and only a high sound remains, the harmonic.
ron said pinch harmonics, i dunno sure, but that's probably the same as artificial harmonics. _________________ greetz gert
Hey Gert, how are you. Pinch harmonics use the technique you described, the thumb touching the node usually 12 frets up from the fretted note as you pick. Artificial harmonics, is done the way I described above, one uses their pick held with the second finger and thumb, and their index finger to touch the fretted note usually up one octave. Here is a link to Genil Castro.
I have been corresponding with him in my space. He is a master of artificial harmonics. Awesome. Genil uses his thumbnail on his right hand to pluck the harmonic 1 octave up from the fretted note. _________________ Kingfreeze
