Chords for nashuaguitar.com lesson : House of the Rising Sun, solo, string bends

_ _ Hi, my name's Ed Kidd.
I'm a guitar teacher here in Nashua.
You can look me up
_ at NashuaGuitar.com
_ _ _ [C] _
_ I'm going to show you some [D] bends and a simple [Em] solo
_ _ [Gm] When we bend on the guitar
_ We want to bend the note
to [Em] another note
_ so _ _
[D] Let's take we'll take an A minor [Em] pentatonic
_ [A] One on the fifth position so my first finger is at the fifth fret
_ This is an A note
_ This is an A minor pentatonic that I'm using
It might be a blues scale if I add [D] another note
[Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [A] So my first [C] finger fourth [D] and then first [E] _
[D] third
first [Am] third first [E] third first fourth [Am] first fourth _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] A _ minor pentatonic it is fairly easy to bend here because we're towards the middle of the neck
The easiest place is probably at the [G] 12th fret _
_ _ That's where the string is the [E] slackest because the 12th fret divides
the length of the string exactly in half
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ The fifth position is [Em] easy [Am] enough
_ [D] It helps to have [G] fairly light strings.
These are light gauge.
[D] They start with a 10 _
It's hard to harder to bend the third string on an acoustic because it's much thicker
[Em] I'm going to bend the third string first second third
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ the [F] seventh fret
_ [C] four [D] five six seven
Is the D [Gm] note I'm going to [D] bend this D
So [E] it sounds like the E string [D] and a bend that D
_ _ _ [E] Folding _ _ _
[A] _ you might slide it first to get your ear oriented to the note that you're trying to [D] achieve _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ I'm using two fingers notice that I'm not trying to bend with just [A] my third finger
I may be able to do that, but I have less [C] control
_ _ [E] _ And when I want to do things like
Shimmer the [A] note add a vibrato after it's bent.
I would never be [B] able to do that with just my third finger
_ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ We're not really going to work on [Em]
vibrato
with bends today
_ We're going to do the lead to house of the rising Sun
So I'm going to have a couple of [D] bends the D to E
[E] _ _
[D] And [Gm] the G note here on the eighth fret I use my [Em] pinky
_ Some people particularly if they're not my student might use their third finger to bend I find that
[Am] _
It keeps me [Bb] in position better if I learn to bend with my fourth finger
[Am] _
And I still add on the strength of my [E] third and second so if your fourth finger is weak
It doesn't matter because you're being helped along with your third and second finger
I'm going to slide this G two frets
[Am] It sounds like an a which is also
[Gb] My first finger on the fifth fret of the first [A] string that is an a as well _ _ _ _
_ if I execute my
_ Bend properly there should these notes should be perfectly in unison _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
D to E
_ _ So I [A] play
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [E] Reach down the fourth I go out of position _ _
_ _ _ [B] Bend the D to an E _
[A] And bend it back
See how I do that
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
Now I'm going to bend the G to an A _ _ _ _
Twice three times
_ [D] _ _ _
[Am] That's a pre bend when I bend it
_ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
Bend it again twice
_ _ [E] Again
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ This [E] is a hammer on I
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Did that with an up up?
_ [Em] You can use it down up.
[E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ I'm hitting the open [Eb] a string when I [E] do this fifth [A] string _ _ _ _
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_ _ That's the [E] second and first string together
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[D] _ This [F] is the first rock song I [Am] ever learned _
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