Bends
Summary
| Feature | Toolbar | Icon |
|---|---|---|
| Bend | Measure |  |
| Pre-Bend | Measure |  |
| Release | Measure |  |
What are bends?
Bends is a fretted instruments technique, which consists of pulling the string in order to raise the pitch.
How to use bends, pre-bends and releases on Flat?
You will find bends tools under the TAB toolbar. There are three tools for bends on Flat:
- Bending is used to increase the tension on the string, so the pitch gets higher.
- Releasing is used to decrease the tension on the string, so the pitch gets lower.
- Pre-bending means that there is already some tension on the string when playing the note.
Here are some simple bends configurations.
You can also mix the pre-bend with bends or release.
The best stuff is when you start playing with ties. You can make really interesting bend patterns:
