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Because in fretless it can be done all the time - and picking the note manually by exact finger placement is done all the time.

In fretted instruments, bending is done for effect, not for adjusting each and every note.




There are some players of guitars with a scalloped fretboard who do so to experiment with tempered tunings. It's definitely uncommon, but it's not unheard of.




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