A cool
technique used by
guitarists where they bend a
string with their
fretting hand as it is being plucked/picked in order to raise the
pitch as the note
decays.
Here are some tips on how to do this best:
1. Bring your thumb closer to/on the top of the
fretboard and bend the string towards your thumb as it is easier to
squeeze the string towards you than pull it away and it works either way.
2. There are different levels of bends. For example bending a note one
half step would make it sound like the note one
fret above it. A
whole step would be 2 frets.
In common
notation in
tablature it is shown as a small
arrow going up from the note you're meant to bend.