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Country Bends & Volume Swells; dreamy & ambient. (Patreon)

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2024-04-20 14:00:10
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"Faux steel bends" as they're also known, are an important skill to have in your arsenal of tricks as a lead guitarist. Not only can they provide you with an endless supply of snappy, twangy country licks, but they can also be used in a much more ambient, layered soundscape type of a way to add ethereal beauty to your playing.

Volume swells are seen as something of a "dark art", but like anything, spend some time getting these movements into your muscle memory and before long you'll find yourself 'violin-ing" left, right and centre! ;)

Aside from all of that, this is a good lesson for exploring triads and double stops too!

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Country Bends & Volume Swells. Pedal steel sounds for lead guitarists. Triads & double stops lesson.

Access all lesson materials by becoming a Patreon at the link below for just $10 a month! https://patreon.com/AlexFarranGuitar If Patreon isn’t your bag, you can purchase the materials for this lesson alone, directly at the link below; https://smogfalls.gumroad.com/l/lmucp Book in for a private Zoom lesson to level up your playing, or find new inspiration!.. just choose a slot at the link below; https://tidycal.com/alexfarranguitar/guitarlesson "Faux steel bends" as they're also known, are an important skill to have in your arsenal of tricks as a lead guitarist. Not only can they provide you with an endless supply of snappy, twangy country licks, but they can also be used in a much more ambient, layered soundscape type of a way to add ethereal beauty to your playing. Volume swells are seen as something of a "dark art", but like anything, spend some time getting these movements into your muscle memory and before long you'll find yourself 'violin-ing" left, right and centre! ;) Aside from all of that, this is a good lesson for exploring triads and double stops too! (Lesson materials will also include my backing track) And as always, stick around til the end for gear talk and recommended listening 👌🏻 ⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️ 00:00 - Performance 00:35 - Introduction 01:14 - Learn the changes 02:02 - Solo breakdown (without volume swells) 02:40 - CAGED thinking 04:03 - Patreon & Lesson materials 08:52 - Double stop vibrato & bending within chords 09:02 - Louis Skillz 09:27 - C7 chord bend 10:27 - Common country bend 11:19 - Gospel move ii-I 12:06 - The Campilongo lick 13:16 - Advanced Bending; two strings to different heights! Technique & Tone; 15:04 - Volume swells 18:46 - Metronome play through with swells 20:03 - Hands vs Pedal 20:26 - Tone talk; important tele tips! 22:37 - Recommended listening 23:02 - Sign-off Videos related to this lesson.. Country Steel bends.. my simple triad-based approach; https://youtu.be/KSbExEY6BAY?si=_cPEpgT5h5Ft_5Uf Americana Open Chords Magic; https://youtu.be/adKAXdMQpAg "People Get Ready" - Soul/Motown lesson; https://youtu.be/w-kZDO-IyQ4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gear used in this video; Nachocaster #5485 telecaster Lazy J20 amplifier Strymon Flint (reverb pedal) Universal Audio OX - amp top box Universal Audio Apollo Twin X Logic Pro Universal Audio plugins Sony ZVE-10 camera Neewer Desktop Tripod Final Cut Pro Thanks for watching! Alex Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexfarranguitar/ Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexfarran #telecaster #country #countryguitar #guitar #guitarlesson #guitarsolo #americana #steelbends #ambient #triads #doublestops #nachocaster #roybuchanan #dannygatton #lazyj20 #reverb #stringbends #ballad #jimcampilongo #vintagemusic #guitartone #alexfarran #guitarteacher #nashville #leadguitar #floydcramer #roots #1950s #pedalsteel

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Wieger Sietsma

Very inspiring. Last time I tried the pinky stuff I thought I'd better buy a volume pedal. Now I'll try again.

Wayne America

I am working on Charlie Christian right now although I played through some of your other country stuff. I do have a Tele so can't emulate the volume swells. When I first heard this, I thought it was reverse reverb.

Peter Kelly

Alex, do you think a volume pedal would give the same result? Pedal steel players use a volume pedal all the time. Goodrich are the make of choice https://goodrichsoundcompany.com . I must get my ShoBud pedal Steel out of storage!

Alex Farran Guitar

Nice, glad you're open to a bit of Folk being explored in these lessons too :)

Alex Farran Guitar

Hey Peter, thanks for the question.. did you see the part of the video where I address that very question about pedal vs hands? In short, for this type of playing, the pedal is seriously lacking in my opinion! The hands are so tactile and reactive for this type of thing.. would be a shame not to exploit that ability we have to be so highly dextrous! .. plus, always nice to not NEED additional gear ;)

Alex Farran Guitar

Do you have a Strat?.. or basically any guitar with a volume knob that's within reach would work.

Wayne America

Yes, definitely. Also, I would be really up for anything in (surf guitar, American mid-60s Garage bands, 60's psychedelic or later neo-psychedelic up to the present day. By the way, I found you by searching on You Tube on specific songs - I am here because your presentation is consistently immaculate. If you were to expand the scope of styles covered, then I suspect your subscriber base would increase accordingly.

Nat Meacham

This sounds so great. Good telecaster feature--the guitar-amp tones, the volume knob, the way they feel and sound up the neck. After watching this a week ago, I had the chance to give the knobs on a 50s esquire (original knobs, replacement period-correct pots) a spin. You are definitely on to something with your thoughts on the tactile connection there. So cool after this lesson. Thanks.

Alex Farran Guitar

Thanks Nat, glad you enjoyed the lesson! Have fun working those controls! ;)

Keb Mel

Hi Alex, I'm a bit late to the party so to speak. I'm so glad I found your channel, your lessons are great and easier to understand than what I find on Truefire. This Country bend exercise is exactly what I was looking for, so now it's time to woodshed!