String bending on guitar is one of those things many never get quite right, all due to missing out on a few simple pointers. In this lesson we'll cover everything you need to get squeezing strings like a pro! Let's Keep it Simple! Though string bending is an intricate skill, we won't need to examine much music to understand its requirements. Here we'll mainly limit our investigation to just two notes but with a few different ways of presenting them which will cover all the of

Until you can do it easily, singing while strumming your guitar confidently at the same time can appear like magic. There's actually surprisingly little you'll need to learn in order to be able to perform that magic on guitar yourself, as we'll see below: In this article I'll be focusing on 8th notes (quavers); in particular the "basic strum" pattern (click here for an easy primer on that if it's new to you) twinned with any combination of 8th note lyrics. 8th Note Strumming