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Guitar playing technique
String bending is a guitar technique where fretted strings are displaced by application of a force by the fretting fingers in a direction perpendicular
String_bending
Guitar accessory
B-Bender is a guitar accessory that enables a player to fluidly alter the pitch of a guitar's B-string. This works by mechanically bending the B-string
B-Bender
String instrument technique using the hand
pitch-shifting (also referred to as "string bending" or "bending") is produced by moving the stopped (held-down) string with the fretting hand in a direction
Finger_vibrato
Electrical string musical instrument
an electric guitar can be modified by new playing techniques such as string bending, tapping, and hammering-on, using audio feedback, or slide guitar playing
Electric_guitar
Fretted string instrument optimized for richer sounds
the neck and the added string tension combine to make soloing and string-bending challenging. The gap between the dual-string courses is usually narrower
Twelve-string_guitar
English musician (1946–2020)
only one who gave me the cold sweats." His trademark sound included string bending, vibrato, emotionally expressive tone and economy of style. In June
Peter_Green_(musician)
Glide between pitches
note is commonly found in various forms of jazz, blues, and rock. String bending Bend (guitar) Blue note Deep Note Fretless guitar Fretless bass Blues
Glissando
Indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected
glissando, string bending, hammer-ons and pull-offs instead of picking to sound the notes. The fact that the same finger is both setting the string vibrating
Legato
American musician (1944–1973)
collaborator Gene Parsons, he invented the B-Bender, a guitar accessory that enables a player to mechanically bend the B-string up a whole tone and emulate the sound
Clarence_White
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)
producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later
B._B._King
Music genre
instrumentation, rough declamatory vocal style, heavy guitar riffs, string-bending blues-scale guitar solos, strong beat, thick riff-laden texture, and
Blues_rock
humidity, string bending, and heavy playing all affect tuning), or to change to a new tuning, such as dropping the pitch of the E string to D for a song
Bass_guitar_tuning
1996 studio album
Lee provides "foundational scratch guitar" and occasional "mind-bending string-bending" and Mills adds simple basslines which "keep the rhythms gliding
Butter_(Butter_08_album)
American rock musician (born 1949)
Elevators. He has also commented during live performances while playing the string-bending intro to "Foxy Lady" that Hendrix taught him how to play when Gibbons
Billy_Gibbons
Chinese plucked lute
artificial harmonics found in violin or guitar are also found in pipa. String-bending for example may be used to produce a glissando or portamento. Unlike
Pipa
American guitarist & producer (born 1946)
and eventually mastered the technique of string "bending", often bending several strings at once and even bending notes by pressing down the strings beyond
Jerry_Donahue
English guitarist (born 1945)
other guitar legends such as Robert Fripp, who praised him for his string bending and the quality of his sounds, and took lessons from him. In the early
Robin_Trower
American blues musician (1923–1992)
The lighter-gauge strings, and lower string tension of the dropped tuning, were factors in King's string-bending technique. For amplification, King used
Albert_King
American rock band
featured the sound of the Parsons and White designed StringBender (also known as the B-Bender), an invention that allowed White to duplicate the sound
The_Byrds
Blues standard popularized by Albert King
the song as having one of the better examples of King's well-known string bending technique: In addition to this technique, it is worth noting King's
Crosscut_Saw_(song)
Adjusting pitches of guitar strings
sound, and by blues guitarists, who use it to accommodate string bending and by 12-string guitar players to reduce the mechanical load on their instrument
Guitar_tunings
Scottish musician (1943–2014)
with Cream, he developed his signature style and began to make use of string bending and bass distortion to stand out in the band, becoming prominently associated
Jack_Bruce
Musical part for a guitar
leads that use call and response-style riffs that they embellish with string bending, vibrato, and slides. Jazz guitarists integrate the basic building blocks
Lead_guitar
String instrument part
on using a conical fingerboard to improve string bending while retaining comfortable chording. Bowed string instruments usually have curved fingerboards
Fingerboard
type locking-vibratos which assist with tuning stability under extreme string-bending. The ESP M-II is produced in Japan and is currently available in three
ESP_M-II
American drummer, banjo player, guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1944)
guitarist Clarence White, he is credited with inventing the B-Bender (also known as the StringBender)—a device which allows a guitarist to emulate the sound
Gene_Parsons
1969 studio album by Albert King, Steve Cropper and Pop Staples
material and soul and R&B covers. King dominates the music with his string bending and licks, while Cropper employs a more subdued, relaxed style focused
Jammed_Together
English guitarist (born 1944)
reunion concert. In 1985, the guitar was fitted with a Parsons-White B-string bender and used extensively by Page from the mid-to-late 1980s onward, including
Jimmy_Page
American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1960)
influences and shows an array of techniques such as "call and response", string bending, vibrato, slide guitar in standard tuning and some acoustic open tuning
Warren_Haynes
Guitar playing technique
difference; the string skipping makes the solo stand out. One example of string skipping involves string bending on the 7th fret of the G string, then jumping
String_skipping
Electric guitar
factory-installed B-string bender device. The device raises the pitch of the second (B) string by one whole step (two frets) to C-sharp. The bend is activated
Fender Nashville B-Bender Telecaster
Fender_Nashville_B-Bender_Telecaster
American guitarist (1942–1970)
guitar down one minor second, or a half step to E♭. This not only made string bending easier, but it also dropped the guitar's pitch, making it easier to
Jimi_Hendrix
Music genre
elements such as a rough declamatory vocal style, heavy guitar riffs, string-bending blues-scale guitar solos, strong beat, thick riff-laden texture, and
Hard_rock
American death metal band
Autopsy. Additionally, many of the band's riffs use string bending and pinch harmonics to attack single-string melody lines, drawing comparisons to Immolation
Incantation_(American_band)
Electric guitar played by Brian May
feel for the strings, which is conducive to May's extensive use of string bending and his wide vibrato. Black-painted oak Radius: 7+1⁄4 inches (180 mm)
Red_Special
American guitarist (1943–1989)
echo, and slide effects" with "jazz influences, whammy vibratos, and string-bending techniques." In conjunction with second guitarist Gary Duncan who provided
John_Cipollina
Overview of and topical guide to guitars
(flamenco) Tambour: string striking Slapping: A variety of techniques Double stop Finger vibrato (includes string bending, and bending behind the nut) Left-hand
Outline_of_guitars
Mode in Arabic music
instruments with steel strings, microtonal control can be achieved by string bending, as when playing blues. The exact intonation of every maqam changes
Arabic_maqam
1967 album by Albert King
above instead of pushing from below, the standard string bending technique. As a result, he was able to bend several strings simultaneously, which allowed
Born_Under_a_Bad_Sign
American bassist, experimental musician, and singer
upside down right-handed bass guitar, which allows him to use heavy string bending on the upper strings, inspired by Albert King as a kid. Thomas' slapping
MonoNeon
US solid body electric guitar
easier for people with small hands, and also lowers string tension for a given pitch, making string bending easier. Its short scale, combined with a relatively
Fender_Mustang
1965 single by Bob Dylan
thing I heard was 'Like a Rolling Stone'. I figured he wanted blues, string bending, because that's what I do. He said, 'Hey, man, I don't want any of that
Like_a_Rolling_Stone
Topics referred to by the same term
of a note. String bending, a guitar technique All pages with titles beginning with bending All pages with titles containing bending Bend (disambiguation)
Bending_(disambiguation)
1999 single by Blur
"a string of discordant notes, building to a storm of haywire string-bending". Coxon improvised it in one take by "just grabbing the neck and bending",
Coffee_&_TV
Music genre originating in 1860s
King introduced a sophisticated style of guitar soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that influenced many later electric blues guitarists
Blues
American guitarist (1932–1998)
steel guitar, palm muting, arpeggios, open strings, single and double string bending, chromaticism, country licks, and tritone and other tonality clashing
Carl_Perkins
American blues guitarist and singer (1935–2018)
guitarist and singer. His singular guitar playing, marked by flamboyant string-bending, imaginative chord voicings and a distinctive tone, was influential
Jody Williams (blues musician)
Jody_Williams_(blues_musician)
1965 song by the Yardbirds
"microtonal string bending", while Relf biographer David French calls Beck's sound a "violin-like fuzz". While simultaneously sounding the open D string, he also
Heart_Full_of_Soul
Music genre and type of dance
a microtonal manor through the usage of specific articulations and string bending in order to achieve the correct intervals in modes such as Rast, Ussak
Nisiotika
American musician (1931–2007)
heavy use of the whammy bar to achieve a strong reverb-soaked vibrato, string bending, hammer-ons and triplets in his blues phrasing. Turner was an early
Ike_Turner
Woodworking technique
Heat bending is the procedure of bending wood into different curves and shapes using moisture and a bending iron. By placing the wood into water, the moisture
Heat_bending_of_wood
Type of wave
frequency of vibration of the string. In a dark room, this clearly shows the waveform. Otherwise, one can use bending or, perhaps more easily, by adjusting
String_vibration
Vietnamese traditional instrument
the important bending tones to interpret traditional Vietnamese music correctly. Such bending tones are produced by pressing the string toward the neck
Đàn_nguyệt
English guitarist
complex arpeggio patterns with rapid alternate picking, Sweep-picking and string bending. Mario was listed in the July '08 edition of the international magazine
Mario_Parga
1969 studio album by the Byrds
first appearance on a Byrds' recording of the Parsons and White designed StringBender, an invention that allowed White to duplicate the sound of a pedal steel
Dr._Byrds_&_Mr._Hyde
American blues and jazz musician (1899–1970)
first guitar recordings that display a single-note soloing style with string bending and vibrato. Johnson pioneered this style of guitar playing on records
Lonnie_Johnson_(musician)
Pedal steel guitar manufacturer
including a tunable vibrato system, Drop-D tuning mechanisms, a multi-string bending system known as the EDGE®, and proprietary Core-Over™ strings designed
Sho-Bud
1956 song by Bo Diddley
effects, as well as his novel jazz influences, whammy vibrato, and string bending techniques." In a song review for AllMusic, Matthew Greenwald writes:
Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley song)
Who_Do_You_Love?_(Bo_Diddley_song)
Sound producing musical instrument component
In music, strings are long flexible structures on string instruments that produce sound through vibration. Strings are held under tension so that they
String_(music)
Series of electric guitars
vintage bridge with six individual steel saddles. Medium jumbo frets make string bending and playability by far easier in contrast to the usual thin vintage
Fender_California_Series
1963 song by the Beach Boys
four different takes, each with slight variations in the muting and string bending. Producer Ken Caillat added a Neve preamp and equalizer to these tracks
Farmer's Daughter (The Beach Boys song)
Farmer's_Daughter_(The_Beach_Boys_song)
American guitarist and composer (born 1954)
genre or style is found in a single composition. On guitar he uses a string-bending technique to imitate a sarangi while alternating between ambient soundscapes
Steve_Tibbetts
Set of physical properties of the piano that affect its sound
bending force. Winding a string allows an effective decrease in the thickness of the string. In a wound string, only the inner core resists bending while
Piano_acoustics
beginnings, King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later
List_of_Delta_blues_musicians
1968 studio album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers
'chicken pickin'. But he wasn't really bending the strings. Roy, on the other hand, was doing the string bending but wasn't doing the chicken' pickin'
Sing_Me_Back_Home
Garment worn as underwear or as part of a swimsuit
One type of thong is the G-string, the back of which consists only of a (typically elasticized) string. The two terms G-string and thong are often used
Thong
Blues standard first recorded by Albert King
the signature hits of Albert King that started to win the left-handed string-bender a crossover following in 1967, as he began to break out of the chittlin
Born_Under_a_Bad_Sign_(song)
1964 single by the Beatles
released in 1964 to include string bending. Everett suggests these instances anticipate McCartney's Epiphone Casino bending on the 1965 songs "Ticket to
She's_a_Woman
2000 studio album by Marilyn Manson
by flanged arpeggiated chords, building into heavy guitar chugs and string bending during the chorus. Drowned In Sound described the song as "a shining
Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
Holy_Wood_(In_the_Shadow_of_the_Valley_of_Death)
Indonesian traditional musical instruments
notes by pressing down on the string, bending the string sideways, sliding, or changing strings. Unlike a Western string bow, the bow of the rebab is deeper
Gamelan_gong_kebyar
1969 studio album by Otis Rush
spine-chilling showcase for the southpaw guitarist`s extraordinary string bending." Except where otherwise noted, tracks composed by Otis Rush "Me" (Mike
Mourning_in_the_Morning
British musician with The Cribs
thickest possible strings, both for tonal reasons and to minimise any string bend, giving his playing a more robotic feel. Rotosound custom make his own
Ryan_Jarman
1954 instrumental by Johnny "Guitar" Watson
described as "hyper-speed" and "rapid-fire". He also used exaggerated string bending and finger slides up and down the neck, which is further emphasized
Space_Guitar
Musical notation file format
Bending is often shown by a letter b, but may also be indicated by an ^. A bend can show how far the string is to be bent, when the string is to
ASCII_tab
Body Building
bellybutton inward, toward the spine. Some perform a vacuum in conjunction with bending over, reaching overhead, or when lifting heavy weights, although the benefit
Vacuum_exercise
Fretted string instrument
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings. It is usually held
Guitar
1967 single by Buffalo Springfield
song "Bluebird", pushing and pulling it to its limit with psychedelic, string-bending, distortion-ridden, molten, and crashing jams ... That was the Buffalo
Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield song)
Bluebird_(Buffalo_Springfield_song)
1998 studio album by Jets to Brazil
recalled the efforts heard on Dear You. The chorus features detuned string bending and jangling chord progressions. According to Huw Baines of Guitar,
Orange_Rhyming_Dictionary
photographs of a woman's bottom with her underwear exposed while she was bending over, leading to Laming taking 30 days medical leave for empathy training
List of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering episodes
List_of_The_Weekly_with_Charlie_Pickering_episodes
2022 studio album by John Scofield
standards. Thom Jurek of AllMusic stated, "Fueled by almost constant string bending and almost lush chord voicings, his inherent lyricism reflects the songwriter's
John_Scofield_(2022_album)
Fretted string instrument
A nine-string guitar is a guitar with nine strings instead of the commonly used six strings. Such guitars are not as common as the six-string variety,
Nine-string_guitar
English guitarist
alternating-bass style with harmonics, banjo-peg retuning and single or double-string bending. Often he will play a piece entirely in arpeggios similar to a classical
Adrian_Legg
1985 single by The Firm
brown 1960s Fender Telecaster guitar featuring a Parsons and White B-string bender on tour with this song. Their self-titled album, appearing on Atlantic
Radioactive_(The_Firm_song)
Music of the Mother video game series
belief that EarthBound was the first video game to include vibrato, or "string-bending", in its music, and described one of the differences between the music
Music_of_the_Mother_series
Irish science writer (born 1985)
Complementary Therapies: 2012). Vol 17, issue 3, pages 149-155. String Theory–The Physics of String-Bending and Other Electric Guitar Techniques (PLOS ONE: 2014)
David_Robert_Grimes
Music genre
Teochew string music or Chaozhou xianshi (simplified Chinese: 潮州弦诗; traditional Chinese: 潮州弦詩; lit. 'Chaozhou string-poem' also called "string-poem music")
Teochew_string_music
Musical instruments and recording devices that use electrical circuits
bend notes or chords up or down in pitch or perform a vibrato. The sound of a guitar can be modified by new playing techniques such as string bending
Music_technology_(electric)
C function to format and output text
function accepts a format C-string argument and a variable number of value arguments that the function serializes per the format string. Mismatch between the
Printf
Musical instrument part
The bending stress on the neck is considerable, particularly when heavier gauge strings are used, and the ability of the neck to resist bending is important
Neck_(music)
American reality television series episodes
Warhol protégé Steve Kaufman, whose ripped edges concern Rick; a 1930s four-string acoustic Martin guitar brought in by singer Jeremy McKinnon of A Day to
List_of_Pawn_Stars_episodes
1995 studio album by Snooks Eaglin
Times-Colonist wrote that "Eaglin drives the band with majestic blues string bending and grace." "Josephine" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew) – 6:05 "Show
Soul's_Edge
Load-bearing component of a framework
here also is to transfer the bending loads acting on the wings onto the ribs and spar. The terms "longeron" and "stringer" are sometimes used interchangeably
Longeron
Stewart. 1172394 P. Stewart, RAFVR. 1169077 H. Streeter, RAFVR. 1049237 A. Stringer, RAFVR. 1449297 C. A. Strudwick, RAFVR. 752884 R. H. Stubbings, RAFVR.
1946 New Year Honours (Mentioned in Dispatches)
1946_New_Year_Honours_(Mentioned_in_Dispatches)
1958 single by Elvis Presley
song that King Creole used an electric guitar, since the song mentions string bending and rock-and-roll, a genre not usually played as lead on the acoustic
King_Creole_(song)
American musician (1924–2012)
style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played. This new style of playing became popular
Earl_Scruggs
American songwriter
playing it left-handed and upside down and pioneering a technique of string bending. By the 1940s, he was well known for his performances in New York City
Dickie_Thompson
String instrument
styles. As an acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern steel-string acoustic and electric guitars
Classical_guitar
1983 song by Metallica
on Kill 'Em All, Hammett has apologized for the unusual pitch of the string bend which occurs at 3:47 to 3:48, during the solo. It is, in fact, a mistake
Seek_&_Destroy
Book by Leonard Susskind
Landscape is a non-fiction popular science book on the anthropic principle and string theory landscape. It is written by theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind
The_Cosmic_Landscape
American banjoist and guitarist (1938–2025)
addition, his driving, percussive and syncopated jazz-based single-string, soulful string-bending, and lush chordal approaches were at the heart of the group's
Eddie_Adcock
STRING BENDING
STRING BENDING
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker of string or bow strings, from an agent derivative of Middle English streng ‘string’. In Yorkshire, where it is still particularly common, Redmonds argues that the surname may have been connected with iron working, a stringer having operated some form of specialist hearth.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Powerful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps be a nickname from Middle English daring ‘trembling’, ‘crouching or transfixed with fear’.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Serena, SARINA means "serene, tranquil."
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German hærinc ‘herring’, German Hering, a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a herring or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller. In some cases the Jewish surname is ornamental.English : variant spelling of Herring.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. Early examples, as for example William Spring (Yorkshire 1280), all point to a personal name or nickname, perhaps going back to an Old English byname derived from the verb springan ‘to jump or leap’ (see Springer 1). Alternatively, it could be a topographic name from Middle English spring ‘young wood’, ‘spring’. Compare Springer. Reaney derives the surname from the word denoting the season, although the word is not attested in this sense until the 16th century, the usual Middle English word being lenten. Compare Lenz. The surname has also been established in Ireland (County Kerry) for several centuries.German : from Middle High German sprinc, Middle Low German sprink ‘spring’, ‘well’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or well, or habitational name from Springe near Hannover.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Springer.John Spring emigrated from England and settled in Watertown, MA, in 1634.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of strings or bow strings, from Middle English streng ‘string’, ‘cord’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Oxfordshire and West Sussex named Goring, from Old English GÄringas ‘people of GÄra’, a short form of the various compound names with the first element gÄr ‘spear’.German (Göring) : see Goering.
Boy/Male
British, English
Spike of Grain
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English strong, strang ‘strong’, generally a nickname for a strong man but perhaps sometimes applied ironically to a weakling.French : translation of Trahand, a metonymic occupational name for a silkworker who drew out the thread from the cocoons (see Trahan).Translation of Ashkenazic Jewish Stark.
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Strong
Female
Romanian
Feminine form of Romanian Sorin, SORINA means "sun."
Female
English
English variant spelling of Latin Serena, SERINA means "serene, tranquil."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Spring.
Boy/Male
Assamese, Indian
Sining
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Bengali, British, Christian, English, Indian
Springtime; Spring Season; Rapid Movement
Female
English
English name derived from the season name, "spring," (Mar. 21 thru Jun. 21), derived from the verb spring, "to burst forth," from Proto-Indo-European *sprengh-, SPRING means "rapid movement."Â
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Strong; Caring
Girl/Female
Indian
Lively, Entertainer, From a stream or a Spring, The Spring season, The Spring season
STRING BENDING
STRING BENDING
Female
Hebrew
(×ֲבִי) Variant spelling of Hebrew Abiy, AVI means "my father." Compare with masculine Avi.
Male
Egyptian
, Abydos ("this").
Boy/Male
Native American
Sparrow.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Dry Valley
Boy/Male
Tamil
Mark of Lord Shiva
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Greek Melissa, MELIKA means "honey-sap."Â
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Great News
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Genius
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Beauty of the Forest
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Sound; Well; Very Safe
STRING BENDING
STRING BENDING
STRING BENDING
STRING BENDING
STRING BENDING
v. t.
To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
superl.
Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.
n.
A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
superl.
Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.
a.
Strong.
imp.
of String
superl.
Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
n.
A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.
v. t.
To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.
superl.
Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
v. t.
To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
superl.
Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
a.
Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
superl.
Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
v. t.
To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.
p. p.
of String
superl.
Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
superl.
Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.