How To BEND the RIGHT WAY on Guitar

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  • @MartyMusic
    @MartyMusic  4 роки тому +85

    Thanks so much for supporting MartyMusic! Also, I have some Free courses at my site www.martymusic.com

    • @amitanku
      @amitanku 4 роки тому

      Please have tutorial of sorry-nothing but Thieves

    • @mitchelllandsea567
      @mitchelllandsea567 4 роки тому

      Hey Marty I love your music tutorials on acoustic, I have already learned the chain, circles, and wish you were here. Could you do a tutorial of bad man, by easterly ft. Austin Jenckes, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

    • @jsam4462
      @jsam4462 4 роки тому

      Thank you so much. Im a 58 year old beginner, lefty with finger stubs. You give me hope.
      My friends with the buckethead fingers make it look easy.

    • @xxjuanchoxxhd8724
      @xxjuanchoxxhd8724 4 роки тому

      @Marty Music Hey man I’ve tried going into your page and it said I’d receive an email but I haven’t received anything

    • @fakeboss4037
      @fakeboss4037 2 роки тому

      Just wondering, are your fingers double jointed too?

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 4 роки тому +1299

    Bending is something I think everyone needs to learn for electric guitars. It's easily the most iconic and emotional technique out there!

    • @Goldhand28
      @Goldhand28 4 роки тому +35

      Dave Gilmour would agree to this :P

    • @RC32Smiths01
      @RC32Smiths01 4 роки тому +5

      @@Goldhand28 Ahh absolutely! He's probably the king of the bend!

    • @eh3920
      @eh3920 4 роки тому +14

      @@RC32Smiths01 bb is the king

    • @strat_guy
      @strat_guy 4 роки тому +10

      John Frusciante loves a good bend also. Emotional expression ++

    • @thefloydnoahsound2779
      @thefloydnoahsound2779 4 роки тому +1

      @@RC32Smiths01 money solo

  • @sird4vy
    @sird4vy 4 роки тому +1231

    me: trying to bend on the b string g string: *im aboutta end this mans whole career*

    • @owenklein1917
      @owenklein1917 3 роки тому +68

      I’m new to guitar but I’m good at bass so I’m getting the hang of it. I find that pre bending the B string is problematic because my finger taps the G string every time.

    • @formersperg5288
      @formersperg5288 3 роки тому +18

      FAX I'm trying to learn the solo to the unforgiven and with those high bends the note just cuts off thanks to the g lol

    • @chewpapi2067
      @chewpapi2067 3 роки тому +8

      basically me trying to bend any string except E

    • @ellaboehme6748
      @ellaboehme6748 3 роки тому +16

      Johnny B Goode: I’m bout to end this mans whole career

    • @bragnite5287
      @bragnite5287 2 роки тому

      omg so tru

  • @mattcontreras2661
    @mattcontreras2661 4 роки тому +583

    I think Marty is my FBI agent, Everytime I talk about something I need to learn he always makes the video like the next day.

    • @christopherdez431
      @christopherdez431 4 роки тому +5

      Same😂😂😂

    • @ivanasanchezramos9067
      @ivanasanchezramos9067 4 роки тому +3

      sameee

    • @nateg7973
      @nateg7973 4 роки тому

      Me too!!😆

    • @gunnerjohnson5445
      @gunnerjohnson5445 4 роки тому +2

      Freakishly just happened to me as well. We are on a journey together. On the starship Enterprise. To boldly go....

    • @andrewrice1174
      @andrewrice1174 4 роки тому +1

      Dude same here. I was watching his tutorial on red house by jimi Hendrix and needed to learn how to bend so i searched that and found this vid. And of course he uses that very song in the intro for this video... weird stuff

  • @JC-11111
    @JC-11111 3 роки тому +308

    3 finger bends feel weird to me. I always use two fingers. My biggest problem is how to let the bend out without having the other strings ring out when you let out.

    • @uhhhello6110
      @uhhhello6110 2 роки тому +2

      Same

    • @xdflex18
      @xdflex18 2 роки тому +23

      Place your index finger on the string above what you’re trying to bend and it will effectively mute it

    • @danielgonzalez3780
      @danielgonzalez3780 Рік тому +1

      @@xdflex18 how

    • @_xfuturetrunksx_
      @_xfuturetrunksx_ Рік тому +15

      @@danielgonzalez3780 Bend with middle and ring finger, mute higher strings by just touching them with the index finger. Do not fret the notes, just touch and mute them. As for the lower strings, mute it with the palm of your hand :)

    • @Zacchus
      @Zacchus Рік тому +3

      Once you’ve bent your note up try cutting it off with your right hand (pick hand). Basically a palm mute. Chances are you’re probably not going to bend a note up and then back down very often. I feel like most bending is up then followed by some vibrato and then the note ends. P.S. I also have trouble sometimes not hitting unwanted open strings.

  • @streetscoot26
    @streetscoot26 4 роки тому +286

    When you can really master bending and vibrato, it really is magical. Helps make that guitar really sing :)

    • @foxhound5702
      @foxhound5702 4 роки тому +4

      They sure do add a hell of alot to your vocabulary, i love bending and vibrato just for the sake of blues =P

  • @TwiggyArmstrong
    @TwiggyArmstrong 3 роки тому +160

    3:17 for people who need help with bending without hitting other strings.

  • @TheSanMan7
    @TheSanMan7 4 роки тому +330

    Probably the most difficult thing on guitar is to bend in tune especially playing fast
    But once mastered you can make the guitar talk🎸💯🤘

  • @Raullucu
    @Raullucu 4 роки тому +19

    This is pure gold, Marty. 5 years learning how to play and I've been stuck with bends till today, doing them in a very noisy way and sliding my finger nails under the strings. The claw-and-then-push movement you've showed us is absolutely great. And leverage the guitar to get that vibratto, what can I say, best teacher in YT. Thanks, Marty.

  • @user-hh7ho4jk8p
    @user-hh7ho4jk8p 2 роки тому +2

    Every time I miss the right pitch while bending, I make a poker face and pretend to be experimenting with microtonality.

  • @brandonkaine576
    @brandonkaine576 4 роки тому +171

    I needed this because when I bend high my finger hits the string above it and it plays that string when I come back down

    • @ryankilgariff1234
      @ryankilgariff1234 4 роки тому +37

      Same. I try to solo, and someone comes into my room like
      WhaT tHE HeLl Is tHaT!?!?!?

    • @borisnachev1358
      @borisnachev1358 4 роки тому +16

      Same it made me angry as hell when i was learning the solo of smoke on the water

    • @splashesin8
      @splashesin8 4 роки тому

      There are a few songs where you want to do that on purpose, where you roll up over that next string and purposely pull it down noting it, then pull off. I know I have heard it on something before. Can't think of the song right this second, but it will come to me.

    • @jhowson3748
      @jhowson3748 4 роки тому +23

      You avoid the other strings from ringing out during a bend by resting your strumming hand lightly on the strings above. He doesn't mention it, but MArty is palm muting the whole time as you can clearly hear the strings get hit but not ring out, like here 8:48. It takes practice, but it's necessary, and eventually you do it without realizing it.

    • @AbsoluteAbsurd
      @AbsoluteAbsurd 4 роки тому +1

      Long nails?

  • @radioactivel1609
    @radioactivel1609 4 роки тому +15

    The timing of this video holy shit. I was just learning sultains of swing when I searched bending and vibrato. Then this comes in my notifications.

  • @AndersMcTee
    @AndersMcTee 3 роки тому +5

    Marty, I’ve been watching you for years. I’ve been playing for 32 years, since I was 12, but I always learn something from your videos. Even the basic stuff because I learned things the wrong way. You’re the best my man. The absolute go to. You’re a top man! 👍

  • @christianguerrero2179
    @christianguerrero2179 4 роки тому +38

    This man is awesome

  • @petebrown3715
    @petebrown3715 4 роки тому +3

    Bending and vibrato is a very fine art form. When I first started playing I listened to a lot of Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, SRV, Freddie King, Albert King,Robin Trower and Jeff Beck for the blues call and response. Then I saw a Paul Gilbert lesson many years later where he explained the art of bending and had an exercise for bending.
    Still love the 2 string SRV bends and especially like the Robert Cray vibrato to this day as well as Hendrix. Cray because he plays so clean.

  • @chilledmoulestr7075
    @chilledmoulestr7075 2 роки тому +5

    i used to struggle with guitar a lot. Barre chords, bending, slides.i just could not get it right. I made my first progress only after buying a fedora.

  • @Oneratus
    @Oneratus 4 роки тому +7

    This is a great lesson on bending. Thank you Marty. What I have more trouble with is the vibrato part at the top of a bend. You showed a bit of it in this lesson but a deeper dive would help me greatly. Maybe it's just more practice and finger strengthening that I need, but any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Marty!

  • @varunagrawal7036
    @varunagrawal7036 4 роки тому +2

    You are awesome!
    Although I don't use Marty Music as much as I did as a beginner, you always have new helpful videos to help people like me learn. Your kids are lucky to have an awesome dad like you. Enjoy yourself this father's day! :)

  • @johnsalaman503
    @johnsalaman503 4 роки тому +2

    Great tutorial,I'm just starting bends,this is great.thank you marty..

  • @daddy_.rome0
    @daddy_.rome0 3 роки тому +33

    Marty: the last String Bender

  • @richardgardner8975
    @richardgardner8975 4 роки тому +2

    Great lesson! Need more technique videos like this.

  • @ciachetti
    @ciachetti 3 роки тому +1

    I am learning so much watching your videos. Thank you.

  • @marybethhempel9101
    @marybethhempel9101 4 роки тому +1

    THank you Marty! I just love the way that you teach and I always learn something! :)

  • @shanephillips1332
    @shanephillips1332 4 роки тому

    As Always amazing teacher and content. Keep em coming Marty!

  • @1329mac
    @1329mac 4 роки тому

    Wow, great lesson. Really adds a lot of flavor to the music

  • @conflictstonerznation8661
    @conflictstonerznation8661 3 роки тому +1

    You’re the man Marty lots of help thanks again for another great video!

  • @ugh1919
    @ugh1919 3 роки тому +1

    i got Marty's own ad on this and i was honored to have it be the first full ad I've watched and enjoyed

  • @anthonyn.6904
    @anthonyn.6904 2 роки тому +2

    Marty is Real. He is a versatile player that shares his knowledge and technique in ways that are helpful to everyone. He is a very good instructor that spares us from the showoffs. Thank you.

  • @guaxupebh
    @guaxupebh 4 роки тому

    Marty all yours videos are very helpfully!
    Thank you very much!

  • @quintonberry6933
    @quintonberry6933 4 роки тому +1

    This is just a fantastic lesson Marty, Hat off to you!!
    Thnak you

  • @garyjacobs72yearsold
    @garyjacobs72yearsold 5 місяців тому

    Your site is spectacular! You're a terrific teacher. Thank you.

  • @wardettinger6177
    @wardettinger6177 4 роки тому

    Thanks Marty love the videos Awesome to see the 335 bend!! Great tips, will be killing them today it does help to hit the note we want to bend to while practicing but different when on the fly lolol🤘

  • @ink_tonymontana4394
    @ink_tonymontana4394 4 роки тому

    Thank you for your videos!!! I appreciate your great tips 🙌🏼

  • @jcburger733
    @jcburger733 4 роки тому

    Hey Marty, Thank you for the tutorial on Bending the Right Way. Greatly appreciated!!!

  • @olze6040
    @olze6040 4 роки тому

    "Weighing" the guitar on the string helped me so much to understand the vibrato. Thanks so much!

  • @bigtay7274
    @bigtay7274 4 роки тому +1

    This is a really helpful video, thanks Marty

  • @troglodyte2042
    @troglodyte2042 4 роки тому +1

    I was waiting for this👌 thanks marty

  • @kyrasmith3283
    @kyrasmith3283 Рік тому

    Thank you for this video! I am trying to learn how to bend and this has helped very much!

  • @therealmrcheese8299
    @therealmrcheese8299 4 роки тому +32

    Are you still going to do a lesson on keep your self alive by queen

  • @Sebastian-sn1jb
    @Sebastian-sn1jb 4 роки тому

    Damn, I've been looking for a good tutorial on bending for so long, thanks Marty!

  • @johnbrewer1569
    @johnbrewer1569 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for your videos-- you are a great teacher.

  • @jrafko
    @jrafko 4 роки тому

    I needed this Marty, Thanks!

  • @gregwing7355
    @gregwing7355 Рік тому

    This was actually super cool, working on some sabaton with a hard to hit bend on the bottom e, can't wait to practice

  • @vanomadics5538
    @vanomadics5538 4 роки тому

    Love ya bro. Always so helpful

  • @jackhayes6419
    @jackhayes6419 3 роки тому

    Thanks for that about the fingertips, made an immediate difference.

  • @itsmelmao2769
    @itsmelmao2769 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks Marty. I'm learning Stairway to Heaven and I'm on the solo this helped a lot!

  • @sachamerel426
    @sachamerel426 4 роки тому +4

    Amazinggg I love your guitar

  • @splashesin8
    @splashesin8 4 роки тому

    Yay! 😃💫 ❣️Baker Street bends! 😃 🙏🏻 Thank you! This clarifies a lot!

  • @jaywells1655
    @jaywells1655 9 місяців тому

    Your great Marty - thanks 4 all the help

  • @marinagarrido7541
    @marinagarrido7541 3 роки тому +2

    Hi Marty! Thanks for your teachings! Learning guitar is always a pleasure with you as a teacher! I have a question, what about bending and playing at the same time another note? I mean, like in the solo of Californication, I still cannot do both. Any tip? I just don´t know if I'm doing it wrong...

  • @salvatorecapone9709
    @salvatorecapone9709 4 роки тому

    Great lesson Marty!🎸🤟🎸🤟

  • @chasingfretscom
    @chasingfretscom 4 роки тому +1

    That helped me out, thank you Marty : )

  • @alextheguitarist7282
    @alextheguitarist7282 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome tutorial Marty!!! Can you please, maybe do a lesson on Doing Alright? Maybe the solo section. That will be awesome!

  • @duckman12569
    @duckman12569 4 роки тому +1

    incorporated running bends into my daily scales. Suddenly they're so much more expressive over just repetition

  • @RahulYadav-ew7pv
    @RahulYadav-ew7pv 4 роки тому

    Great lesson sir

  • @alexpetridis441
    @alexpetridis441 4 роки тому

    thank you marty,i needed this

  • @sheerodingaming3886
    @sheerodingaming3886 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much 😊

  • @quinngardiner6505
    @quinngardiner6505 4 роки тому

    This us awesome, I don’t know how you keep inspiring me every video

  • @Germoney2000
    @Germoney2000 3 роки тому

    Thanks! Very Helpful!

  • @gertlarsson9285
    @gertlarsson9285 2 роки тому

    Great lesson 👍

  • @rod7083
    @rod7083 Рік тому

    Sweet lesson marty

  • @Dalton-ke9rw
    @Dalton-ke9rw 2 роки тому

    I love your content your videos are how I learned a majority of the songs i learned but one I would love to hear you teach is curl of the burl by mastodon

  • @DieDooie
    @DieDooie 3 роки тому

    Love All the Clapton stuff

  • @talbrooks9760
    @talbrooks9760 3 роки тому

    You are a good human at explaining things

  • @quinnhughes6631
    @quinnhughes6631 4 роки тому

    Really cool. Thanks!

  • @nevioandrian8357
    @nevioandrian8357 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks Marty you're the best teacher guitar for me, i'm youre student youtube from indonesian

  • @rodrigoescalante7319
    @rodrigoescalante7319 4 роки тому

    Great job Marty , thank from chile

  • @shaunmcarthur3616
    @shaunmcarthur3616 3 роки тому

    Coolest hat colour, Marty. Love that.

  • @Blove4592
    @Blove4592 2 місяці тому

    There's many ways to play guitar, but I do recommend getting good at pinky bends. It can help with bends after long/fast runs up the fretboard.

  • @FF-so3su
    @FF-so3su Рік тому

    Thanks Marty😊👍❤️

  • @pop8590
    @pop8590 2 роки тому

    Thank u so much!!!

  • @petebrown3715
    @petebrown3715 4 роки тому

    Love you videos and the channel Marty. Nice Boss katana 👍

  • @stephenzeagman9985
    @stephenzeagman9985 4 роки тому

    Such a sick guitar!

  • @davidhoxit4274
    @davidhoxit4274 4 роки тому

    The testing of the ear is underrated...Thanks Marty!

  • @dickdastardly2560
    @dickdastardly2560 4 роки тому

    I like the Phil X approach to Bending where you take your picking hand fingers and grab the strings behind the fretted note and yank on them.

  • @slxywhitedog
    @slxywhitedog 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome i really needed this one mr marty. Can you please do a tutorial on Failure - Saturday Saviour?

  • @joerandl9252
    @joerandl9252 4 роки тому +12

    can you do a guitar tutorial on Crowbar by Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes?

  • @feshie7809
    @feshie7809 4 роки тому

    Wow, thanks for the tips Marty.

  • @swankypants6227
    @swankypants6227 3 роки тому

    DOPE LESSON

  • @dancesquad9869
    @dancesquad9869 4 роки тому +1

    love marty music!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @robertbryant9325
    @robertbryant9325 4 роки тому

    Awesome!

  • @unknownknows5956
    @unknownknows5956 2 роки тому

    ayeo marty really going crazy

  • @studiotwo
    @studiotwo 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the tip about using the "weight of the guitar".

  • @sundarayerrapragada
    @sundarayerrapragada Рік тому

    Thanks!

  • @ronanandrades4791
    @ronanandrades4791 4 роки тому +9

    Could you do a tutorial on shape of my heart by Sting

  • @Elmerbaby
    @Elmerbaby 4 роки тому

    I got a yousician ad.
    *but i already use yousician...*
    Also thank you Marty, because of you I'm learning a lot faster 👍🏻

  • @hepgeoff
    @hepgeoff 3 роки тому +4

    This is great! Thanks! I’m getting better at bending, but for some reason, I can’t get the vibrato down. It’s like I’m missing the muscle in my left hand and arm to do it. I’ve tried and tried.

    • @livmarotta
      @livmarotta 2 роки тому +2

      I’m exactly the opposite, it’s so unfortunate. I swear I’m missing the muscle to bend properly using the power from my wrist. But oddly I can do vibrato by swiveling my wrist if that makes sense, I cant do bending the same way though. So odd

  • @marlanete8738
    @marlanete8738 2 роки тому

    Listening to him playing is a masterpiece

  • @guitargravy4946
    @guitargravy4946 4 роки тому +4

    Bending is definitely a favorite of mine. Being able to bend up an extra fret makes a lot of difference in sound opposed to sliding up 1 fret. Thanks marty👍

  • @orvilfarley7861
    @orvilfarley7861 4 роки тому +30

    Hey Marty, have you heard Steve Vai's latest release "candle power"? I'd like to hear your comments on that one. He does some crazy mad bending with a technique he calls joint shifting. Definitely worth a listen for anybody interested in bending and technique. Love the channel. Keep em coming.

    • @Oneratus
      @Oneratus 4 роки тому +3

      I saw that too and was amazed at not only the skill but how much it reminded me of the more modern styles of like Yvette Young or the guys from Polyphia. I was never a big fan of the 80s Vai stuff other that technical ability, but he has been able to keep relevant in music for 40 years.

    • @flamingroy
      @flamingroy 4 роки тому

      Ikr like damnnn I sooo want to learn the technique😆

  • @natsuxv
    @natsuxv 2 місяці тому +1

    2:47 bro did the thing and said wait no I'm on UA-cam right now

  • @vilgotpalm6728
    @vilgotpalm6728 9 місяців тому

    Any great song tips for learning these kinds of bends and shredds?

  • @gunnerjohnson5445
    @gunnerjohnson5445 4 роки тому

    Really really great video. Thank u Sir!!! Been doin Johnny B Goode lately and honestly I nevar aimed for any pitch. Thought the bending in itself was the point. Which I figured had the purpose of telling the audience " go go go. Faster! Jump more u bstrds!!! Paarty!!!" Bcoz giving energy is part of the show. Part of Rockn'roll and certainly part of Chuck Berry. Not music to make u fall asleep. Im a noob. But less noob now. Thanks again! Also u should be selling them hats and shirts. Cya!

  • @overtonesnteatime198
    @overtonesnteatime198 4 роки тому

    I dont like to ask for lessons because of the plethora in existence and too many people ask but this is one for the masses. I think a video on beginners electric guitar for acoustic players who have never delved. Considering the difference in playability and the need for gear ect ect. The two are the same instrument but so much different to play and i don’t know if many people realize this going into it. It could help a lot of people. Cheers Marty

  • @andrewbendahan1379
    @andrewbendahan1379 4 роки тому

    This is definitely something I can learn from

  • @kaplan909
    @kaplan909 4 роки тому +1

    Marty is the dad we all wanted

  • @barneystinson9096
    @barneystinson9096 4 роки тому

    Love that Gibson es335

  • @tjhall9377
    @tjhall9377 Рік тому +2

    I feel like I just unlocked a secret power. I always only bent with one finger and wondered how guitarists like David Gilmour do step and step and a half bends without ripping their finger apart or feeling like the string is gonna snap. Using the middle finger to assist makes this 50,000 times easier and now I feel like a real pro LOL.

  • @maxwellcristian2335
    @maxwellcristian2335 3 роки тому +5

    God that is a beautiful instrument

  • @f1ibraaa
    @f1ibraaa 4 роки тому

    Literally the best intro with that 40 second jam oh boiii