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Darius Wave28th November 2018Thx for sharing your thoughts Adam
Always great to hear from people that somebody gets the profit out of the lesson 
Adam28th November 2018Great lesson! Especially the part about index finger. Until now I used just the index finger, not wrist, but now it comes much easier
crusi66719th October 2018NIce Lesson Darius, Gabriel told me about it. TOP
- Darius Wave19th March 2017
You welcome Javier! I'm happy to know you enjoy it
Javier Q19th March 2017I really learn and enjoy so much with this lesson.. thank you very much my friend!
- Darius Wave6th October 2016
Pain is never a pleasant thing but it means you've been working hard and your finger start to become even stronger
Stenchovdeth6th October 2016Sooo Sweet! The pads on my fingers are bleeding but I cannot stop now!
- Darius Wave25th April 2016
Thank you!
Manu RASSE22nd April 2016Hi Darius
Very nice lesson- Darius Wave12th April 2016
ha ha ha
Piotr ..you're unpredictable 
Piotr Kaczor11th April 2016What a nice love song
Perfect fusion of peace, love and practicing guitar 
Gabriel Leopardi11th April 2016Instructive & beautiful! It's a great combination to make beginner students get better while playing music. Congrats on your great job Darius! I'll use this lesson A LOT at my mentoring program.
- Darius Wave11th April 2016
Thanx guys and girls !
Improper bending is a constant issue at a beginner stage. I hope this lesson will not only bring an efficient exercise but will clear some doubts about the basics of bending technique 
Monica Gheorghevici10th April 2016Beautiful and very useful lesson!
Daeron10th April 2016Nice lesson ! I'll work on this one to have a better bending technique. Thank you !
Kristofer Dahl10th April 2016Great etude with the reference notes played before the bends!
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Welcome to the Beginner Bending Workout
Bending lesson dedicated for beginners. A few different bending patterns, most often used by many guitar players.
Make your practise more interesting by playing with a backing tracks, that have a musical sense (instead of using metronome for example). Make sure to watch Spoken video - there are some tips worth looking at, before startting your journey with the lesson.
Gear used (in order of signal chain placement):
1. SX SST57 electric guitar
2. Behringer MIC100 tube preamp (-20db switch on, gain and out knobs about 50%)
3. Presonus Inspire 1394 firewire audio interface (input gain 25%)
4. Poulin LeXtac vst plug-in:
- Channel - blue
- Input 50%
- Gain 70%
- Pre EQ - brighter
- Bass 50%
- Middle 40%
- Treble 50%
- Contour 100%
5. Kefir impulse loader (mix 100%)
6. Impulse - Catharsis s-preshigh
Tuning - Standard E
Backing track chord progression:
4/4
G | Dsus4/F# | Em7 | Em7 | Cadd9 | G | Dsus4/F# | Em7 | Em7 | Cadd9 |
G | Dsus4/F# | Em7 | Em7 | Cadd9 | G | Dsus4/F# | Em7 | Em7 | Cadd9 |
D | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | D | D | Cadd9 | G |
D | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | D | D | Cadd9 | G | G ||
Tempo: Main song tempo is 120 bpm. There are also backing tracks available at 60, 75, 90, 105 and 120 bpm.
Time signature: 4/4
Scales used in this lesson:
G major
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