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Welcome to video six of the Lead Guitar Quick-Start Series. In this lesson you are going to learn how to bend the guitar strings. Bending is an important technique that gives you new ways to express yourself on the guitar.

You are going to learn to play both half-step and whole-step bends. Then you'll learn a few simple licks that make use of bends so you have a way to instantly apply everything you learn along with a jam-track.

When you are ready for the next lesson you can use this link to browse all of the videos in the Lead Guitar Quick-Start Series:

- www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiyMO_9U8g1CAWyn4oQ0_E9LDg7a31VkD

You can find the jam-track for this lesson here:

- www.GuitarLessons.com/guitar-lessons/lead-guitar-quick-start-series/how-to-bend-the-guitar-strings/

1. Learn How To Play Lead Guitar
2. Basic Guitar Picking Technique
3. Learn The Major Scale On Guitar
4. The Major Pentatonic Guitar Scale
5. The Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale
6. How To Bend The Guitar Strings
7. How To Use Vibrato On Guitar
8. Legato Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
9. How To Play A Guitar Solo
10. Playing Your First Guitar Solo
11. Major Pentatonic Guitar Shapes
12. The Next Steps For Lead Guitar

These lead guitar lessons cover everything you need to know in order to get started with playing lead guitar. You'll learn things like: proper hand technique, the Major Scale, the Major Pentatonic Scale, the Minor Pentatonic Scale, bending technique, vibrato technique, legato technique (hammer-ons and pull-offs), and even how to play your first guitar solo! So, whether you are brand new to playing lead guitar or just want to sharpen your skills - these lead guitar lessons will help.