Slide Guitar Lesson: Open String Slide Licks in Open E Tuning

Are you trying to play some cool open string slide guitar riffs in open E Tuning? If so, this slide guitar lesson is for you.

There are some really easy slide guitar riffs that can be played in the key of E in Open E Tuning. Learning how to play these riffs will expand your knowledge of playing slide guitar.

Let’s take a look at a pattern that can be used in the key of E that can be use to play some open string slide licks.

This pattern can be used to play many cool slide guitar licks. You’ll hear this pattern in many blues and rocks songs including, “Old Friend” by the Allman Brothers. If you want to learn cool open string licks in Open E Tuning experiment with this pattern and try to create some licks of your own.

Here is a lick that can be used on any blues song in the key of E. Notice that you will have to pull off with the slide. Practice this till you can master this technique. It will open up another world of slide playing for you.  For more info visit my website.

This is just the tip of the iceberg.  Practice this exercise and you’ll be sliding like the greats in no time!  For more on slide guitar check out my DVD, Slide Guitar Method 1 Open E Tuning.