Articles and thoughts all about playing slide guitar.
[update May 14th 2019] After listening to music for so many years, there is one thing I have realized when it comes down to feeling the emotion from a guitar performance. Almost every time, the most passionate blues solos that…
The first thing you may be asking when you see this post is, “What the heck is Drop High D Tuning?” Well you have probably heard of Drop D Tuning where you tune the Low E string a whole step…
If you are new to Open E Tuning then there is one question that you will no doubt begin to ask. How do you play any chords in Open E Tuning? Well it’s pretty simple actually. In this post, I’ll…
My name is Ryan Harris, and I play slide guitar in open E tuning. I front two bands in the Raleigh NC area — JetHorse, which has a jammy, Allmansy kind of sound, and The Ryan Harris Band, which has…
The following is a testimony written by Jesse Canarte about what it took for him, a married man with kids to be successful at learning to play slide guitar. Jesse’s Story It’s no secret it takes self-discipline to learn a…
It’s January 2013 and that means it’s a new year with new opportunities and beginnings. Many of you may be debating whether you want to try learning slide guitar or not and start playing some real emotive sounds on the…
A lot of people seem to think that when you start learning slide guitar in another tuning, the first thing you need to do is learn where the minor pentatonic box patterns are located in this new tuning. If you’re…
If you missed the first installment, you can find that one here. So continuing on. About 2001, I decided to start playing slide again. I had quit playing for a couple of years to focus on playing regular guitar. I…
In this guitar lesson, I’m going to show you some tips about starting slide guitar in open g tuning. Now the first thing you’re going to want to do is put some larger strings on your guitar. I use a…
I would say that most of the time people associate practicing the guitar with sitting down, grabbing their guitar, and then practicing scales, licks, and other things that the person wants to improve on. However, I believe that you can…
If you’ve been trying to learn how to play slide guitar, then there is no doubt that you have probably experimented with some different slide guitar tunings. When using an open tuning, this means that when you hit all the…
This is a question I get asked on a regular basis. I thought I would address it here on the blog. Many people want to start playing slide guitar. It’s a great way to express a vocal type guitar sound.…
With the rise in popularity of Slide Guitar, partially due to Derek Trucks, many people are now wanting to play this expressive way of playing the guitar. Playing slide guitar is as close to the human voice as you can…
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…
Almost every week, someone asks me what kind of strings I use on my SG. In this post I want to let you know what I believe are the best strings for playing slide. Is this answer set in stone?…