Radiohead - The Bends guitar lesson

Radiohead - The Bends guitar lesson
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These videos are designed for guitar beginners or those with only limited guitar knowledge. They use simple chord shapes as much as possible and do not necessarily represent the way in which the original song was originally played. They are designed as practice tools to supplement your other learning methods. Information is provided on screen for both right and left-handed players!

The Bends is, for the most part, quite a simple song from a rhythm guitar point of view. Mostly you'll be playing D, Em, C and G but there are some variations of the standard shapes and some little passing chords used to add melody between changes. I've included a couple of power chords although I simplified the shapes slightly from those used in the original recording (you might prefer to play the Bb5/E as 0-13-x-15-x-x).

I've focused just on the rhythm guitar here and not played any of the lead parts. You'll find this song can work quite well on an acoustic.

The intro and chorus both use a little descending sequence on the A string. It's quite simple once you understand what it's doing and requires very little hand movement. The trick is to emphasise the A string in your strums and not worry too much about playing the high E or B strings.

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