Practicing some bending

[tyoc]

Hi there.

So the question is how to do clean bends, I mean I can do them, but I need to take much care for not do extra sounds.

I think my problem is because the nails of my fingers are somewhat rare



The extra sounds that you will listen are because

• There is a space between the soft part of the finger under the nail, and some times the string enter there and slaps when realeasing the bend.
• The other chords sounds when I realise the bend (for example the other chords where up because the top part of the finger moved them).

I guess, the first is reduced a little by cutting at the top of the nail. The other one dunno.

[sumitomo]

It maybe just my ears but I hear overtones,what I mean is damping is needed,try and bend a note and hit all the strings but only let that one note ring by damping the other strings,it's hard at first but after a while you won't even have to think about it.Its not only what you hear but what you dont hear.Sumi

[tyoc]

You mean that when Im doing a bend, I use one of the other fingers for mute the other strings?

[sumitomo]

1 or more fingers even your thumb,you just want that one note your bending to sound.Sumi