"The Bends" Verse- Lead Guitar

Radiohead

  • Lesson Type

    song

  • Instructor

    Dan Ellis

  • Time to Finish

    5:45

For the verses on “The Bends,” the lead guitar plays lyrical single note lines and octaves. We’ll show you what’s being played on the recording and how to play it in this lesson.

In this lesson you will learn:

  • A chord
  • Single Note Downpicking
  • Alternate Picking
  • Percussive Strumming
  • Bends
  • Octaves
  • Syncopated Strumming
  • Accented Strumming
  • 16th Note Strumming