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Train whistle effect?


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A train whistle is a minor diad. I use the 10th fret D on the E string with the 11th fret Bb on the B string then I do a half step double bend. Of course this can be moved to fit whatever key the tune is in. Have fun. :thu:

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I use the 10th fret D on the E string with the 11th fret Bb on the B string then I do a half step double bend.

 

 

I do this too, but I only bend the B string, not the E string. It may not sound as much like a train whistle but it might sound a bit more melodic. Assuming this example is key of G, that means the fifth (the D note on first string) is staying stationary while the third (the Bb note on second string) is bent from a b3 to a 3.

 

Repeat two times in a row for maximum train effect (toot-toot!)

 

Alternatively if you want the double bend sound you can try this, it's a bit easier to do on 2nd and 3rd strings, using middle and ring fingers to bend both strings up a half step:

 

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I've been fooling around using more of these double-stop bends lately, here's another example, same fingering, but again assuming key of G, gives a different sound (instead of bending up to the third and the fifth you're bending up to the fifth and the b7th):

 

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I came across one where you fret (say) D at the 10th on the E string with the index finger, B at the 12th on the B with the pinkie, and 11th on the G (i.e. F#) with the third finger. Play as a chord and bend the F# up two semitones to Ab - this forms an E7 and sounds a bit like a train (or at least the American ones).

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that's a really disneyish version. they're a lot lower pitched than that. down around the 4th fret of the b&e strings. i guess if one's flying towards you really fast, the doppler effect might push it up, though.

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