The Release Bend
The release bend is also sometimes called a reverse bend. You actually start with the note bent before picking it, then release the pressure with your fingers and allow the note to fall to its natural pitch. The symbol for a release bend is a curved downward arrow and the symbol "R".
Bend note on seventh fret of third string.
After note has been sounded, release string to normal position.
Here is a lick which uses the release bend.
These next two licks use both the bend and the release bend.
To end this lesson, here are a couple of licks which make use of all the techniques covered so far.
In this one you will need to keep the first finger covering both the first and second strings at the 5th fret and roll the finger between the two notes instead of jumping from one string to another.
Class Sessions
1- More on Sixteenth Notes
2- Staccato
3- The Trail Off
4- Funk Riffs
5- Chords and Rhythms
6- Basic Chords
7- Basic Rhythms
8- Sixteenth Notes and Rests
9- Eighth Notes
10- Learning the Notes
11- Vibrato
12- Chord Forms
13- LESSON FIFTEEN
14- Learning the Keys
15- More on 7th Chords
16- Rests and Ties
17- Sixteenth Notes
18- The Blues Scale
19- Funky Rhythms, Riffs and Chords
20- New Funk Riffs
21- INTRODUCTION
22- Appendices
23- LESSON THIRTY ONE
24- LESSON THIRTY
25- Combing Riffs and Chords
26- New Chords
27- Sliding Chords
28- The 9th Chord
29- More Blues Scales
30- Basic Techniques
31- The Pentatonic Scale
32- Right Hand Technique
33- Left Hand Technique
34- The Slide
35- Bending Notes
36- The Release Bend
37- Tuning Your Guitar
38- Call and Response
39- Tuning
40- Ties
41- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard
42- Note and Rest Values
43- The Whip
44- Muting
45- Ties Across the Bar Line
46- Keys and Key Signatures
47- Chord Diagrams
48- Relative Keys
49- Easy Read Rhythm Notation
50- Chord Symbols
51- Fretboard Diagrams
52- Tablature
53- Tablature Symbols
54- Electric Guitars
55- Amplifiers
56- Technique
57- Approach to Practice
58- Practice Position