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A simple bend is created by first entering two notes on the same string. The first note is the initial pitch and the second note the pitch to be achieved by the bend. Highlight the first note and apply the bend effect. A small curved arrow appears to the right of the number on the tab line. The small number at the tip of the arrow indicates the number of whole tones of the bend. There is a two fret, one whole tone, limitation for a bend. Applying the effect with a note separation greater than two frets will result in playback of the original tone only. It is common practice to set the second note with a dynamic modifier of ppp to indicate that it is not picked. This will also exclude that note from the tab when printed
The selection of notes dictates the timing of the bend and amount of sustain. In the first bend below, the pitch change will occur over duration of the first eighth note and sustain through the tied quarter note. The pitch change in the second bend will be slower, over the duration of the quarter note, and the sustain will be shorter.
In order to create a bend-release with different pitches e.g. a full tone bend followed by an half tone release, enter the three notes, apply the bend effect to the first and the second notes, then use a combined ghost note on the second bend to get the connecting line :
You can get the first display by selecting the "Variation" combined effect.
You can get the second display by combining the bend with a +2 semi-tones pitch change.