In this video
We look at a slide guitar piece in open G tuning. Playing in an open tuning makes slide guitar much easier as you can only really play one fret at a time with a slide.
In this lesson we're looking at a slide guitar piece. For this piece we're tuning to Open G tuning - playing in an open tuning makes slide guitar much easier, as you can only really play one fret at a time with a slide.
Lesson Aims
- Make sure you place your slide over the actual fret you want to play - if you go between frets you will be out of tune!
- Practice your vibrato - quickly move in front of and behind the fret you're aiming for, but resolve over the fret
- Learn the example piece
Open G Tuning
For Open G tuning we tune to D, B, G, D, G and D, from high to low. If you play all the open strings this makes a G chord, so barring any fret (either with a slide or with your finger) also makes the major chord of whichever note is on the 6th string at that fret.
Exercise 11 - Open G Slide Blues
Course Outline
Acoustic Blues Bootcamp with Mike Bradley
Dominant 7th CAGED Shapes
Blues E7 Chord All Over The Neck
The Major 3rd Is Your Friend
Funk Inspired Acoustic Blues
Major On The 1, Minor On The 4 - The KEY to BLUES!
Finger Picking Blues
Piano Style Guitar Picking
Acoustic Blues Piece In A
Using Open Strings in Acoustic Blues
Bending Strings in Acoustic Blues
Acoustic Blues With Slide
Acoustic Blues Consolidation