Bending Tricks

This free heavy metal guitar video lesson by Peter Vogl will show you how to play several guitar licks featuring bends in the key of E. We'll use the E Minor Pentatonic scale in several postions to create these licks. We'll also practice these licks over track 13, Em at 250, of the Let's Jam! Hard Rock.

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Here is the Em Pentatonic Scale at the 7th fret.

E minor Pentatonic scale

The trick to Lick #1 is to retain the volume through all three bends

Let's review the Em Pentatonic Scale in the open position

e major pentatonic scale 2nd position

Lick #2 requires some precision bending

Here is the Em Penatonic Scale at the 12th fret

E Blues Scale

Lick #3 features a finger tap

E Blues Scale

Now practice playing all of the licks over track 13, Em at 250, of the Let's Jam! Hard Rock.

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