What is a bending string on the guitar?

Answer 1

To bend a "note" on a guitar. The player first plays a note by holding a string at a certain fret, once or while the string is plucked, the string can be "bent" by moving it either up or down. Bending the string results in a higher tension, thus raising the pitch of the note.

Answer 2

Bending strings means literally pulling the strings down to make a note bend either a half or full note, or pushing them up at a particular fret to increase the note so it's sharp or a full note up.

On some Guitars, notably a Fender Strat, the guitar's Tremolo performs the same function. Instead of the player using the fingers to bend the strings by pushing or pulling them, the player uses a small lever which is attached to the guitar's Tremolo system; after playing a chord, the player can push the lever down to make the resulting chord sound take a dive in tone. Likewise, pulling up on the bar will shift the chord pitch higher.

The player also has the option of using the Tremolo for a "Wah" effect.

Answer 3

Bending a string when you play a guitar means when you fret the note, you physically move the string up (or down) across the fret. This is especially used in blues and jazz playing.

Answer 4

Push down on the string until you're touching the frets and then move your fingers up or down.