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Slide Guitar Lesson 3 Month Video Challenge.

June 24, 2010

I keep saying over and over again about the importance of recording yourself to find out what you need to practice to get better. Well now I’m going to give you a real life example of this in action. A customer of Learning Guitar Now has agreed to record himself playing slide guitar, observe where [...]

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Slide Guitar Lesson: Guitar Setup For Slide

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 Style guitars. Strat type guitars are a [...]

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When I started playing slide guitar….

March 9, 2010

You know, I get a lot of email and questions about how to start playing slide guitar. When I answer, I try to remember what it was like way back then when I first started playing. Although it has been about 17 years since I first started, I can still remember sitting in my bedroom [...]

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Playing Slide Guitar Like Duane Allman

February 5, 2010

Pretty much if you mention playing slide guitar, you will no doubt hear the name Duane Allman come up.  He is considered the innovator of the electric slide guitar.  Drawing from Robert Johnson, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters, Duane developed his own unique slide guitar style that no one has been able to duplicate.  There [...]

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Allman Brothers Slide Guitar Lesson: Duane Allman

July 2, 2008

So what is the best way to become really good at playing slide guitar? Well, one way is to learn the best slide guitar songs from your favorite players.  This will no doubt include the magnificent slide guitar songs from the Allman Brothers Band, played by Duane Allman. Duane Allman is perhaps the most recognized [...]

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Slide Guitar Techniques: Right hand muting

March 20, 2008

Is your slide guitar technique not quite what you want it to be? Well, developing a great right hand technique is the key to sounding good when playing slide guitar. One technique that is a must know is right hand muting. Right hand muting allows you to play single note phrases using the slide without [...]

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