Learning Slide Guitar
In this course we'll start off with the fundamentals of playing slide, but after that we're off to the races with a NEW SET OF SONGS in Open G tuning, which was used extensively through the Mississippi Delta. You'll learn the songs of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, and Son House. I'll also show you the different ways that you can expand upon those songs with different chords, solos, and hot licks. This will give you the ability to create your own variations!!! You'll learn: • How to get the best tone • How to get rid of unwanted notes by muting • How to expand upon a song once you learn the basics • Several songs in the styles of the slide guitar giants. • Fingerpicking the bass while playing slide melodies. Songs Include: • Death Letter - Son House • Come In My Kitchen - Robert Johnson • Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf • She's 19 Years Old - Muddy Waters
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Open D tuning has some wonderful possibilities I'll not only teach you songs in this tuning, but I'll show you how to expand upon them, giving you all the tools you'll need to create your own variations!! If you've never played slide guitar or tried but couldn't get the hang of it, then this series of lessons will certainly unlock the mysteries of this unique style of playing. You'll learn: • How to get the best tone • How to get rid of unwanted notes by muting • How to expand upon a song once you learn the basics • Several songs in the styles of the slide guitar giants. • Fingerpicking the bass while playing slide melodies • Cool turnarounds and double stop licks • Vestapol tuning (Open D), one of the most versatile and powerful tunings used by country blues guitarists over the decades You'll learn these songs: • Savannah Picking - the Blind Willie McTell style • Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning - Blind Willie Johnson • Mama Had A Sick Child - Mance Lipscomb • What's The Matter Now - Mississippi Fred McDowell • Beginning Elmore James - the Elmore James Style.
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Purchase BOTH SETS for $21.95
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