Guitar techniques are like weapons added in your arsenal, so when the time comes to show off, they would know you got guns, and whoever gets the big gun, wins. In guitar playing, whoever gets to master all the techniques and apply it properly is considered great. It is all about the techniques that you could execute. Of course, there’s no problem with playing chords but if you really want to improve, you should learn the techniques, from the basic to the advance and complex. If you do master these things, soon you would see yourself executing these techniques without difficulties, like it’s a part of you. that is only if you have the perseverance and determination to reach that goal.
The bend is a guitar technique use to transition from one note to another without plucking it again. The idea is to get a first note, bend it up or down to the desired note. Usually, we use our ring finger to bend it up and support it with our middle and index finger. Whole step bends are bending a note up a whole step, meaning two frets up. Half bends are bending a note one fret up.