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Killer Rock Licks - Do You Use These Unison Bends for Killer Licks?

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Killer Rock Licks - Unison Bends for Killer Licks!

Play killer rock licks with these essential unison bends! You've heard these used by all your favourite blues rock guitar players in their licks and solos...now it's your turn to use them too.  In this guitar lesson you'll learn the technique for nailing unison bends plus how you can start using them right away to build your own cool blues rock licks. Grab your guitar and let's get bending!

Killer  Rock Licks - Unison Bends for Killer Licks

Lesson breakdown:

0:09 Blues Rock Licks demo with unison bends. Check out this intro jam to hear the kind of blues rock licks you can play with the unison bends you're going to learn in this guitar lesson.

0:31 Unison bends...what are they?

If you don't know what unison bends are, well you've definitely heard them before! It's when we play the same note twice in a row, but using a bend to sound one of them. Even though the note is the same...the sound of the bend creates a cool effect. Here you'll learn one of the most common unison bends there is. It's show in the key of C# minor.

1:40  Unison Bending Lick 2

Here we see another of the common unison bends you hear in all the blues rock licks of your favourite players. You'll also learn an essential guitar technique for controlling your string bends.

2:39 Technique Tips for Awesome Unison Bends

How good your blues rock licks sound is in large part down to how good your string bending technique is. Here you'll learn some guitar technique tips for great unison bends.

3:40 Using Unison Bends to Create Blues Rock Licks and Solos.

Here we'll combine some of the unison bending moves to create some blues rock licks you can use in your solos. It's not hard to come up with dozens of licks just by using a little imagination!

4:48 Unison Bends and Double Stop Bends

Play both notes at the same time and you get a double stop unison bend. This is a favourite move of players like Slash, Hendrix, Wylde...pretty much everyone!

Check out the essential technique tips for powerful double stop bends.

5:34 Blues rock licks can easily be created simply by combining some of these bends. Follow the picking tips and guidelines shown here to make them easier to play.

6:27 Now you can experiment with using these unison bends to create a load of blues rock licks of your own. Try anything you can think of and keep a note of what works best. Have fun!

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