Pushing a string up or pulling it down raises the pitch of the note you're playing. This is called string bending. The technique can be used to create singing, vocal-like phrases that other ...

Unison string bends are commonly used in classic rock and blues guitar. In music theory parlance, 'unison' refers to two examples of exactly the same note being played at the same time. So, when ...

If you're just starting out on guitar, or perhaps you've just taken your very first guitar out of its box and you're raring to get playing, this is the place to start. Here in the first of a series of ...