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HowGuitarStringBendsAreNotated
ByMarkPhillipsandJonChappellfromGuitarForDummies,2ndEdition
Morethananyothertypeofguitararticulation,thestringbendiswhatmakesyourguitartalk(orsingorcry),givingtheinstrument
almostvoicelikeexpressivecapabilities.Bendingisnothingmorethanusingalefthandfingertopushorpullastringoutofits
normalalignment,stretchingitacrossthefingerboardtowardthe6thor1ststring.Asyoubendastring,youraiseitspitchby
stretchingthatstring.
Inguitartablature,abendisindicatedbyacurvedarrowandeitheranumberorafraction(orboth)atthepeakofthearrow,which
tellsyouhowmanywholestepstobendthenote.Forexample,thefraction1/2meansthatyoubendthestringuntilthepitchisa
halfstephigherthannormal,andthenumeral1aboveabendarrowmeansthatyoubendthestringuntilthepitchisawholestep
(ortwofrets)higherthannormal.
Thefollowingfigureshowswhatbendslooklikeinstandardnotationandtab.Noticethattherearethreedifferentstandardforms
ofbend.
Animmediatebend(a).Pickthenoteandthenimmediatelybenditup.
Abendandrelease(b).Pickthenotethenbendit(withoutrepicking),andunbendit(releaseitwithoutrepicking)toits
normalposition.Thisbendisdifferentfromanimmediatebendinthatyouseeitnotatedinaspecificrhythm.Thistypeofbend
isalsocalledabendinrhythmorameasuredbend.
Aprebendandrelease(c).Youprebendthenotebenditbeforeyoustrikeitwiththepick.Afteryoupickthenote,unbend
(releasewithoutrepicking)thestringtoitsnormalposition.
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Usually,whenyouperformabend,youpushthestringtowardthe6thstring(ortowardtheceiling).Butifyoubendnotesonthe
bottomtwostrings(the5thand6thstrings),youpullthestringtowardthe1ststring(ortowardthefloor)otherwise,thestring
slidesrightoffthefretboard.
Notallpublishersusethesestandardbendindicators.Instead,theyshowthepitchofboththeunbentandbentnotes,withoneof
theminparenthesesorprintedverysmall.Toavoidconfusion,makesurethatyouverifywhatsystemyourmusicusesbeforeyou
startplayingthatmusic.
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