Guitar Bends and Vibrato: Clean Intonation
Bending and vibrato are the main "vocal" techniques of electric guitar, and they are exactly where you hear whether a player is in tune. Start with the guide on bending correctly: how to pull the string, what supports the finger, and how to land on pitch.
Then learn why bends sound out of tune, how to play a beautiful vibrato, and how to combine a bend with vibrato. Check your intonation with note recognition in Riffonic: it shows how accurately you hit the note.
Bends & Vibrato
-
How to Bend Strings Correctly
Which fingers do the pulling, where the strength for a bend actually comes from, and why it's a wrist motion, not a single finger.
-
Why My Bends Sound Out of Tune
How to check a bend's pitch without a tuner in hand, and why vibrato masks the problem instead of fixing it.
-
How to Play Beautiful Vibrato
Where the motion for vibrato comes from, what speed and width to start with, and why vibrato is a wrist motion too, not a finger twitch.
-
How to Combine Bend and Vibrato
What order to add vibrato to an already-bent note, and why this is trained separately from each technique on its own.
Try it in practice
Open notes and exercises