Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Slide guitar is an essential technique for blues-based music and many other styles of playing.
Now you can achieve the same professional effects as top blues guitarists Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter and Robert Johnson, and capture also the expressive sounds of leading rock players.
This book will introduce you to the famous 'bottleneck' and show you how to set up your instrument for slide playing. Tuning adjustments, string damping and vibrato techniques are all explained and in no time you will be playing great single note melodies. You'll quickly move on to chordal playing using major and minor triads, and experiment with the haunting effects created on film and television soundtracks. Venture next into the wonderful world of 'open tunings' and learn patterns and phrases which you can use again and again in your own music!
Synopsis
Play slide guitar like Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Rait, and others. Packed with riffs, licks, and tricks you can learn and incorporate into your own playing style. Sixty-nine track CD and book teach you all there is to know.
Synopsis
This exciting series of instrumental instruction books includes complete music plus easy-to-follow instructions, tips and advice. The accompanying CDs allow you to listen and play along to the matching audio tracks. These user-friendly book/CD packs provide riffs, licks, chords and tricks you can learn now, and easily incorporate into your own playing style! A comprehensive guide to slide guitar playing - learn how to play slide guitar in the styles of Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt and other top musicians. Apply slide techniques to blues, rock and other playing styles. Learn how to use tunings, string damping and vibrato, and play single note melodies and chords.