How Do You Learn To Bend Notes Using Sheet Music?
Bending notes in music gives a nice effect to the note and can make the piece of music more interesting. The sound you hear when a note is bent is a tone that is slightly lower sliding up to a pitch that is slightly higher. This technique is used often in guitar solos. Having sheet music to aid in this process is a plus because you don’t have to guess about the notes being played in a song. Learning to bend notes using sheet music is a relatively simple process that requires a few progressive steps and a little practice. Play through the melody line of a piece of sheet music as it is written. Decide which notes you think would sound good if bent and circle them with a pencil on your page of music. Try to stick with notes that are from the G above middle C and higher, as bending works best on the three highest strings of the guitar. Bend one of the notes you circled by choosing the note one fret below your target note. Pick the string and then push the string upward with your fretting f
