Guitar techniques are the tools that you need to master for you to be able to improve your guitar playing skills. These skills are the weapons that you would use when playing guitar solo or any guitar riffs. If you make use of it and maximize its utilization, you can be able to pull of solos in epic proportions. That is if you have the patience to master it. Some techniques are simple and easy, others are difficult. But if you hook up all these techniques into a combo, you would find yourself a powerful riff or solo. If you know how to use it.
Half step bends are guitar techniques that allow you to hit a half – note higher by bending it slightly up or down. Half steps mean a fret higher. One fret high or low is called a half step. Two frets are whole steps. So, for you to be able to do a half step bend, you should use your ring finger to bend the string and your index and middle finger, to support the ring finger. Once you get into position, place your ring finger on the desired fret and string in which you would perform a half step bend, and then, bend it slightly upwards until your reach the note on the next fret. That’s it.