With detailed notation and tablature for over 100 playing examples and video demonstrations, koch demonstrates how to play convincing blues, rock, country, and gospeltinged slide guitar while in. There is a wide variety of musical styles represented here. This page contains a collection of the finest acoustic fingerstyle blues guitar songs i have selected and played. To play slide guitar in the shortest amount time using a proven, logical, stepbystep method while have the most fun. Chromatic scale notes for guitar every guitar chord. For the longest time ive wanted to imitate the human voice on the guitar, and the way to do this, i ultimately discovered, was slide guitar. A detailed tabmusic pdf file is included on the dvd. Standard tuning slide guitar book with online video lessons. Gtdb has been gathering and publishing information, chords, scales, tabs and now videos on different guitar tunings since 2009.
Authentic, deep velocity response with controllable buzz and slap noises. This is usually because theres an unpleasant learning curve when trying to play slide for the first time, most players produce a sound akin to a crying baby cat with digestive distress. Use my search bar to find exactly what youre looking for. Its loads of fun but you need these basic principles if you are going to have a good go at making it sound cool. Here you find tab, sheet music and my video tutorial the difficulty of the songs increase from top to bottom. I use regular gauge strings, low action, and a small dunlop 212 pyrex slide worn on the little finger. The second shows the complete slide guitar intro lesson. This dvd lesson is a great introduction to the soulful world of bottleneckslide guitar.
New greg koch lessons on slide guitar in standard tuning. New freeware by the tabledit folks that allow you to view and print the tabledit files. You can define various sections in a score, such as intro, verse, or chorus. Phil calvin blog pictures on flickr pictures on wunderground planetalking. I play standard tuning, drop d, and double drop d on regular guitar, no open tunings. Monthly newsletter includes free lessons, favorite member content, resonator guitar news and more. Playing slide guitar in standard tuning guitar noise. Every successive fret on the guitar is a different note of the chromatic scale until you reached a note 12 frets above or below your starting note \ pitch.
Slide guitar in standard tuning guitar tips from guthrie govan guitar. One wonders how many guitar tunings have existed down through the centuries before we settled on todays standard tuning. The a string and the d string are tuned two semitones higher and. Each video is accompanied by a lesson tab pdf file containing the instructional text and guitar tab from the book. Standard tuning i 12 11 12 12 10 12 11 12 8 912 e 99 12 10 12 11 12 8 9 99 ex. Why you should learn slide guitar in standard tuning. This edition of in deep will focus on open g tuning and how it is used in blues slide guitar playing. I have checked out other dvds on learning slide guitar, and this one seems the most straightforward. Explore these alternate musical universes with the alternate tuning guides friendly chord and scale charts. Ive played guitar in a few bands and like to get on stage at the monaghan. Aug 23, 2016 getting these two strokes to sync up in a rhythm pattern will take some time, but start slow and build in speed and the intensity of your attack. It can bend notes sharp, slide in and out of them, and, of course, create sounds between them. The courses includes hd video lectures with related music scores in pdf and gpx. The term guitar tunings may refer to pitch sets other than standard tuning, also called nonstandard, alternative, or alternate.
The top alternative tunings for guitar audiofanzine. Understand the essential components needed to develop stellar, slide guitar technique through guitar setup, slide choice, muting. As you may have guessed from the title, all the tab and midi music here is exclusively fingerstyle guitar. The strings from 6th to 1st are tuned e, a, d, g, b, e. Drop d is a popular tuning for slide guitar thats easy to tune.
Just download sam hurrie slide guitar in standard tuning for free and. The pdf file is a selfguided tour of portland, oregons geology. Open g is one of the most popular open tunings on guitar, not only among blues musicians. Finally come sections on slide guitar playing in standard, open g and open d tunings. So far, weve been playing this rhythm figure a little loose. Unlocking the mysteries of slide guitar in open g tuning.
Slide guitar can present players with a myriad of reasons not to get started. You wil get guitarpro and mp3 files of all lessons. Slide guitar tuner software free download slide guitar. Sometimes playing your guitar in standard tuning just isnt enough. The technique involves placing an object against the strings while playing to create glissando effects and deep vibratos.
In this slide guitar lesson, im going to break down a slide guitar lick that is played in standard tuning and can be used over any 12 bar blues progression. I havent delved into the actual mechanics of playing slide guitar because, for the most part, the techniques are pretty much the same as for playing slide in any tuning. This works well for many blues slide licks because they require only slight movement of a couple of frets above or below to play an entire passage. Standard tuning slide guitar is a compilation of slide guitar techniques. It typically involves playing the guitar in the traditional position flat against the body with the use of a tubular slide fitted on one of the guitarists. Ariel posen speaking with slide guitar slide guitar is perhaps the closest we can get to replicating the human voice on the guitar. Playing and improvising acoustic blues doug young acoustic blues workshop notes q 96 our goal is to be able to play a simple, but effective solo blues guitar piece, hopefully with some improvisation. In his series speaking with the slide, world renown slide player ariel posen will guide you through slide scale positions in standard and open tuning, as well as teaching you to use such freeing techniques athat will open a world of possibilities for your playing. You can make it sound as if it was in standard tuning by changing the pitch.
That way you have complete slide guitar tones readily available. Songs are played in standard tuning, open d, open g, open c and open d minor. In slide guitar lessons are two of the most famous open tunings. Notes are written in alphabetical order from a to g. A track i have been asked about many times is mob is back, from adrenaline mobs 2014 release, men of honor. A guide to playing acoustic fingerstyle blues guitar. Some are named from an instrument that tunes in that same way charango, dobro, cittern. Nov, 2017 in this lesson, well cover the main reason why you should learn slide guitar in standard tuning. In this video, ill walk you through strumbystrum in open d tuning.
Slide guitar is a particular technique for playing the guitar that is often used in bluesstyle music. Mark knopflers 1939 national duolian style 0 steel guitar the same one pictured on the cover of brother in arms, resonator guitars like this are often used for slide playing, and have a. Similarly, harmonics sound wonderful in open tunings. There are, of course, others that are utilized, with many distinctive variations, depending on the musician and style of music. I always like to remind people that there are no rules in music. Below are five different types of open tunings open d, open c, open g, open a, and open e. More than 100 free guitar lessons covering beginners, classical, rhythm, slide.
Here are some free pdfs used to supplement my free video lessons. This classic guitar tuning is a starting point for every guitarist and the primary tuning for playing scales and chords. Guitar tunings assign pitches to the open strings of guitars, including acoustic guitars, electric. The open g tuning spanish tuning is a guitar tuning in which the guitar is tuned to dgdgbd instead of the standard tuning eadgbe. Open tunings are ideal for playing bottleneck or slide guitar, since you can place the slide at any fret and play a full six string chord.
A sharp raises a note by a half step, while a flat lowers it by a half step. It uses the three notes that form the triad of a d major chord, making this tuning convenient for playing. Sharps and flats indicate the notes a half step between whole steps. Standard tuning is used by most guitarists, and frequently used tunings can be understood as variations on standard tuning.
Jun 29, 2018 this is how everyone learns when they are starting out on guitar and this is the tuning that most guitar songs are written in. Slide guitar licks in standard tuning guitar heroes. Oct 12, 2015 the most commonly used open tunings for slide are e, d, g and a. Anyone interested in playing blues guitar can pick up this wellpaced, comprehensive method and get started right away. In its early days, the guitar was generally played by uneducated musicians and entertainers. Essentials to playing slide guitar in standard tuning. In this lesson, well cover the main reason why you should learn slide guitar in standard tuning. When playing particular music types, its often easier to tune your guitar so that chords are played instead of individual notes. As with the popular 1982 track, telegraph road, he uses an open g tuning with a. For all slide guitar players and country blues lovers, a comprehensive study about the open e tuning d tuning as well. Its perfect for the electric or acoustic player who wants to. The standard tuning works best with light to extra light gauge guitar strings.
You just drop the low e 6th string one whole step from e to d. Additionally, a fender stratocaster or telecaster was played for the electric slide licks. It seems like everyone is kinda mystified about how to play slide guitar in standard tuning. Would you like to add a different style and technique to your guitar playing. The alternate tuning guide is divided into four main sections, corresponding to the four main types of alternate tunings. Open tuning chart 7 open tunings 14 alternate tunings.
Standard tuning slide guitar is a compilation of slide guitar techniques accumulated by author and uberguitarist greg. The licks i play for the intro solo demonstrate a handful of flashy techniques, such as arpeggio sweeps, intricate tapping and fast repeated pentatonic runs, that can be applied to whatever you play. We have an official the x files theme tab made by ug professional. In this final section you will put into practice the knowledge acquired in the previous ones. Learn how to play some standard tuning slide guitar licks in the key of g in this guitar lesson video. G open and d open and a series of blues with several riffs and turnarounds to learn how to use the slide the best acoustic blues guitar lessons to learn how to play in the style of the greatest bluesmen such as robert johnson, big bill broonzy, son house and many others. Ive found that, more and more these days, playing slide in standard is my default setting, especially for playing the blues. Essentials to playing slide guitar in standard tuning guitar world. A fasttrack learning program for standard tuning slide guitar. Allen hinds slide guitar lesson playing slide in standard tuning. Getting these two strokes to sync up in a rhythm pattern will take some time, but start slow and build in speed and the intensity of your attack. You can play a full six strings of harmonics at the 12th, 7th and 5th frets. Free beginner lesson introduction to c6 tuning for lap. Then we move on to the caged box patterns that are found up the neck in the key of am and learn how to shapeshift.
Plus well cover a slinky slide lick in g to get you started on your way. Cadd9 g cadd9 g why dont you slide between them sheets of all those beds you never knew cadd9 g em7 dsus4 just slide. Duane allman on ecs slide playing, interview this boy, willie. These are not lessons, but supplements to my lessons. A brief overview of basic slide playing in standard tuning. This is how everyone learns when they are starting out on guitar and this is the tuning that most guitar songs are written in. The human voice is capable of the sweetest vibrato. Take your playing to the next level with the help of a local or online resonator guitar teacher. The familiar eadgbe tuning is called the standard tuning. Nashville tuning for standard and baritone guitars. In his series speaking with the slide, world renown slide player ariel posen will guide you through slide scale positions in standard and open tuning, as well as teaching you to use such freeing techniques as playing behind the slide that will.
In the recording of these licks, a national style o resophonic guitar was used for the licks in open d tuning and a dobro f60 classic was used for the licks in open g. The fender is a little bit thinner and brighter, a sparkling sound, while the gibson is just a fulltilt screech. How to build the i,im, chords and scales in open e tuning blindmans blues forum. It allows you to have a synthetic view of the instrument tracks and thus to easily move around it. For players that are familiar with basic slide techniques. Open d tuning is an open tuning for a guitar, where open string notes are. Guide to music notation standard notation standard notation is written on a fiveline staff. Next to standard tuning drop d tuning is the most popular and is achieved by simply dropping the 6th string from an e down one whole tone to a d. This isnt actually the real way to play it since the goo goo dolls use all that alternate tuning. The slide guitar of muddy waters taught by tom feldmann. One question i consistently get asked is how to capture a better slide guitar tone. Over 30 songs by artists such as robert johnson, blind blake, big bill broonzy, john fahey and many others. The term guitar tunings may refer to pitch sets other than standard tuning, also called.
Slide guitar is something many players have a desire to learn but can be reticent to dive into. Slide and solo guitar pdf created with fineprint pdffactory trial version freebird lynyrd. We sampled the acoustic guitar with an open d tuning, a common tuning used for playing slide guitar, which has a deeper, richer tone than standard guitar tuning. This course is the most direct and to the point complete slide guitar course for beginner slide players. Small guitar, strung for nashville highstring tuning. Drive your guitar pro files with the instruments global view available below the sheet music. Check out my free video lessons on my free lessons page. If i want to go whole hog with open tunings, heavy strings, high action, and heavy slide bars for maximum sustain, i play lap steel. Standard the electric slide part downtunes the top e string separate solo. As he walks back, sam drops a banana peel which ralph slips on. However, in north america open g tuning was far more common, particularly among blues and folk musicians, and facilitated the development of slide playing. Slide acoustic also includes a slew of effects, including tremolo, chorus, reverb, delay, amp modeling, and much more. Follow the videos in the exact same order and you will see a huge positive change in your slide guitar playing. Standard tuning slide guitar is a compilation of slide guitar techniques accumulated by author and uberguitarist greg koch for over 30 years.
The largest database for alternative guitar tunings on the internet. Goo goo dolls slide guitar pro ultimate guitar archive. Slide with sam hurrie pdf sam hurrie teaches slide guitar in standard tuning sample from his dvd. Postscript file and pdf file, archived from the original on 8 november 2012 cs1. The minor pentatonic scale in the key of em will be our first concern, with additional notes added as needed.
Im assuming a little bit of basic knowledge and ability on the guitar. Some tunings are named for the chord that is sounded when the open strings are played open g, d minor. In this column, ill break down all of the figures in this instrumental intro. Ry cooder uses open tunings when he plays slide guitar. If this sounds like you, then id like to tell you a little bit about my brand new course called beginner slide guitar. Audio mixing features are included in this overview.
Beginning concepts include blues theory, lefthand technique, callandresponse phrasing, intros, turnarounds, improvisation, and the rhythmic styles of texas swing, slow blues, and minor blues. The above video is a good example of a slide guitarist making a great sound come from a standard acoustic guitar not a resonator guitar. Learning slide guitar in standard tuning allows you to focus on frethand touch and pickhand articulation without having to relearn the. In this guitar lesson were looking at the basic techniques you need to learn if you want to start exploring slide guitar. This information is also applicable to almost any open tuning. How to get from standard tuning to vestapol tuning vestapol tuning is a generic name for all open tunings that emerge from tuning the guitar as if you were fretting an e major chord. When hawaiian musicians retune their guitars to open tunings to facilitate playing with a slide, they call this technique slack key guitar, because the tuning pegs or keys are loosened to drop the tuning of certain strings. This will be the only slide guitar course you will ever need to take. A brief look standard tuning eadgbe seems to have appeared around 1700, taking. Some notes can be indicated with either a sharp or a flat. This gives you a g major chord if you strike or pluck the guitar without gripping it. Some tunings are used for particular songs, and might be referred to by the songs title.
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