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Slide Guitar- Slide Soloing Essentials
Rating: 4.2 out of 5(72 ratings)
673 students
Last updated 2/2016
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn a wealth of slide guitar licks and techniques.
  • Master all of the fundamental muting and vibrato techniques found in slide playing
  • Learn fantastic blues slide solos in Open E and Open G tunings.
  • Learn great, rock ideas in Standard tuning.
  • Gain advice on which type of slide to use and how to have your guitar set up for slide playing.
  • Master great chord ideas, using the slide.
  • Learn hammer-ons and harmonica-like rolls using the slide.
  • Discover slide guitar tricks, such as wild, tapped-harmonic slide ideas.
  • Incorporate all of these techniques and licks into your own guitar solos and compositions.
  • Play along with our downloadable backing tracks.

Course content

3 sections17 lectures2h 46m total length
  • Slide Guitar: Introduction7:23

    The definitive slide guitar course.

    In this series of lessons, Bobby Harrison and Nick Radcliffe introduce you to a wealth of slide guitar licks and techniques. You’ll learn all the fundamental muting and vibrato techniques found in slide playing, as well as some bluesy solos in Open E and Open G tunings, plus some great, rockier ideas in Standard tuning.

    As well as providing you with advice on which type of slide to use, how to have your guitar set up for slide playing and teaching you an arsenal of slide licks, Bobby and Nick break down entire blues solos, further increasing your slide guitar vocabulary. Additionally, you’ll learn some great chord ideas, hammer-ons and harmonica-like rolls using the slide, as well as some wild, tapped-harmonic slide ideas.

    This course is a must for anybody looking to add slide playing to their list of guitar skills.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 16:00

    We begin this course by teaching you all of the fundamental techniques used in slide guitar, including the position of the slide and essential muting and vibrato techniques. Bobby also gives you a brief insight into the types of slides available, before learning some licks in a bluesy Open E tuning.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 211:19

    We now move onto learning some great slide licks in Open E tuning.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 35:27

    We continue by learning some more great slide licks in Open E tuning.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 44:26

    We continue by learning some more great slide licks in Open E tuning.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 57:52

    We continue by learning some more great slide licks in Open E tuning.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 611:38

    We continue by learning some more great slide licks in Open E tuning.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 712:34

    Having learnt some great slide licks in Open E tuning, Bobby now teaches you the blues solo he played on his intro video, providing you with a wealth of cool slide licks, phrases and ideas.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 814:19

    Bobby teaches you the blues solo he played on his intro video, providing you with a wealth of cool slide licks, phrases and ideas.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 99:31

    Bobby continues to teach you the blues solo he played on his intro video.

  • Slide Guitar: Open E Tuning Part 1011:26

    Bobby continues to teach you the blues solo he played on his intro video, concluding our section on Open E tuning slide guitar. In the next section, we're going to take a look at Open G tuning slide guitar.

Requirements

  • All you will need in order to begin is an electric guitar, an amplifier and a slide, made from either brass or glass. You can purchase slides from your nearest music retailer.
  • We do however recommend taking our Complete Foundation Course which will give you the skills to tackle this course.

Description

In this series of lessons, top UK session guitarists, Bobby Harrison and Nick Radcliffe introduce you to a wealth of slide guitar licks and techniques. You’ll learn all the fundamental muting and vibrato techniques found in slide playing, as well as some bluesy solos in Open E and Open G tunings, plus some great, rockier ideas in Standard tuning.

As well as providing you with advice on which type of slide to use, how to have your guitar set up for slide playing and teaching you an arsenal of slide licks, Bobby and Nick break down entire blues solos, further increasing your slide guitar vocabulary. Additionally, you’ll learn some great chord ideas, hammer-ons and harmonica-like rolls using the slide, as well as some wild, tapped-harmonic slide ideas.

This course is a must for anybody looking to add slide playing to their list of guitar skills.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for anybody looking to add slide guitar to their playing. We begin with the absolute basics of the slide guitar. However, some prior knowledge of regular guitar playing is highly recommended.