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This is Why I Think Derek Trucks is So Great.

May 27, 2010

I’m sure everyone has heard of Derek Trucks by now. If you haven’t, you need to. He is becoming one of the greatest guitar players of all time. He has already accomplished amazing things such as, joining Eric Clapton on tour and playing Duane Allman’s guitar parts, playing in the Allman Brothers Band, and a [...]

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Video Podcast 29: Learn a One Way Out Style Slide Guitar Lick

October 10, 2009

In Video podcast 29, I want to show you how to play a slide guitar lick in standard tuning, similar to what you would hear Warren Haynes play over One Way Out. This lick is in the key of A and is not that hard to pull off if you learn the proper technique of [...]

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How to play slide guitar in Standard Tuning

April 24, 2009

It seems like everyone is kinda mystified about how to play slide guitar in standard tuning. In this slide guitar lesson, I’m going to break down a slide guitar lick that is played in standard tuning and can be used over any 12 bar blues progression. This is a common blues slide guitar lick and [...]

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Learn to play slide guitar like Dickey Betts.

December 18, 2008

Did you know Dickey Betts had some really cool slide guitar licks?  You may be thinking that only Duane played slide guitar.  Nope, not true.  After Duane’s untimely death, the Allman Brothers reformed and Dickey pulled out that slide on more than one occasion. Dickey often played in Open E Tuning just like Duane, and [...]

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Slide Guitar Lesson: Learning Slide Guitar Licks from Duane Allman

January 28, 2008

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 very basic licks and gave them soul. You see [...]

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Learning Slide Guitar: Slide guitar scale lesson in Open E

January 26, 2008

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 looks like this in the key of Am. [...]

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Learning Slide guitar: slide guitar licks

January 25, 2008

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 remember before we start: [...]

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