How to Play Slide Guitar

How to Play Slide Guitar

This weekend I came across this promising site, teaching you how to play Slide Guitar in Standard and Dropped-D Tunings, and I thought I would share it with you. I am a long-time slide or "bottleneck" guitar player, and love the variety of sounds you can get from glass, metal, and ceramic slides. Let me know what you think if you get a chance to check this out!

Fromthe BottleNeck Guitar site:

Finally! I've finished the 'How to play Slide Guitar in Standard and Dropped-D Tunings' DVD. It's a 70 minute demo and explanation of the art, one that allows you to combine both normal and slide into one very spicy hybrid style.

I make good use of the overlay feature of the video editing software (picture on the right) to make it very clear how to find all the bits and pieces that allow you to play slide in standard tuning. You'll find out how standard tuning is in fact a bunch of mini open-tunings, all living side by side on the fretboard, and how all flavors of chords--major, minor, major 7th, minor 7th, sus4, 9th, 7th, 11th, augmented, diminished--can be played in full or at least strongly alluded to. Of course, if you can see chords, you can also see melody and harmony.

I have set up a private forum here at BottleNeckGuitar.com for those who have bought the DVD where I can answer any questions you may still have and where you can download the tab and backing tracks I use in the video.

Andy