I got an email a while back from someone asking what CDs I recommend to him for learning to play blues guitar. I thought I would do that right here in this blog post. I cut my teeth on these albums and recommend anyone serious about learning … [Read more...]
Slide Guitar Lesson: Guitar Setup For Slide
By John Tuggle on April 9, 2010
In this slide guitar lesson, I'm going to show you exactly how I set my action for playing slide guitar. It is really not that hard, but is the first thing you MUST do if you want to get anywhere playing slide guitar. This tutorial is for Gibson … [Read more...]
Slide Guitar Lesson: Play like Duane Allman
So you've always dreamed of playing like the late slide guitar master, Duane Allman? Well I'm here to tell you it can be done, with a little practice and knowledge. In this slide guitar lesson, I'll show you 3 key things in Duane's playing … [Read more...]
Slide Guitar Lesson: Blues Scale in Open E Tuning
So you know how to play the blues scale in standard guitar, but you've not yet figured out how to play it in Open E Tuning. No slide guitar lesson would be complete without an explanation of this highly used scale. The Blues scale is simply "The … [Read more...]
Slide Guitar Lesson: Learning Slide Guitar Licks from Duane Allman
Is slide guitar something you would like to learn how to play? If so, then you're probably trying to figure out how to play like Duane Allman. Duane Allman was one of the key innovators of electric slide guitar in Open E tuning. He took some … [Read more...]
Learning Slide Guitar: Slide guitar scale lesson in Open E
So you want to start learning slide guitar, and you've got your guitar tuned to Open E. You probably asking, "Now what?" Well that is a good question. One of the first things you need to do is learn the Minor Pentatonic scale in this tuning. It … [Read more...]
Learning Slide guitar: slide guitar licks
In todays slide guitar lesson, I'm going to break down 2 blues, slide guitar licks in the open E slide tuning. First let's get the tuning sorted out. All of these licks are in Open E tuning which is low to high, E B E G# B E. 3 things to … [Read more...]
