Acoustic Blues Slide &
Bottleneck Guitar
A 10 lesson course in the haunting art of
acoustic slide playing. The course includes 6 great acoustic slide
instrumentals and takes you in logical steps, assuming no prior knowledge
of the style, to playing like a regular Ry Cooder!
LESSON 1.HISTORY
A fascinating insight and background to the origins of slide playing.
LESSON TWO.GENERAL TECHNIQUES AND TIPS
A valuable insight into the methods for your development and practice.
Plus great advice on what kind of guitars to use, how they should be set
up, plus pointers on what type of slides to use to achieve certain
effects.
LESSON THREE.NOTATION NOTES
A revision of the tab system relative to slide.
LESSON FOUR.EXERCISES
A series of four groups designed to improve all aspects of playing.
Exercises are accompanied with audio files. These start at square one so
even if you're new to the guitar you can still do this course. If you've
dabbled with slide you'll surely want these lessons to get you playing
this fantastically haunting style like a real pro. This lesson is
FREE.
LESSON 5.CHORDS IN SLIDE PLAYING
Chord position charts for both open G and D tunings are listed, with audio
files.
LESSON 6.RIFFS AND PATTERNS
Commonly used riffs in G tuning, all relative to blues styles. These riffs
crop up in countless blues songs and instrumentals. All with audio files.
LESSON 7.INTROS AND TURNAROUNDS
A series of tried and tested riffs, intros and turnarounds for G tuning.
All with audio files.
LESSON 8.INSTRUMENTALS
Three superb instrumentals in the styles of Son House, John Lee Hooker and
Muddy Waters to demonstrate the use of G tuning and varying styles of the
blues. All with audio files.
LESSON 9.OPEN TUNINGS
A comprehensive look at 14 different tunings including regular tuning. All
examples with audio files.
LESSON 10.D TUNING
A closer look at open D tuning, a classic tuning for slide guitar. This
lesson is rounded off by three killer instrumentals instrumentals in
varying styles, including Blind Willie Johnson and Ry Cooder. All with
audio files.
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