Slide Guitar In Standard Tuning With Sam Hurrie

In this DVD session Rick gives his personal insights on achieving effective and powerful results in your slide playing. He covers a wide range of topics which include his invaluable tips on: Setting up your guitar correctly to achieve great slide toneSimple phrasing that produces dramatic resultsChanging your sound using different types of slides and ampsExpanding your playing using the slide in standard tuningTransferring blues foundations to rock & roll and beyondG/A tuning plus D/E tuning essentialsDeveloping your personal approach and feel.

Book with Online Video Lessons-Standard Tuning Slide Guitar is a compilation of slide guitar techniques accumulated by author and über-guitarist Greg Koch for over 30 years. With detailed notation and tablature for over 100 playing examples and video demonstrations Koch demonstrates how to play convincing blues rock country and gospel-tinged slide guitar while in standard tuning by using techniques and approaches that emulate common altered slide tunings such as open E or open G. Drawing from a well of influences from Blind Willie Johnson and Elmore James to Duane Allman and Sonny Landreth Greg will show you how to create these slide guitar sounds in standard tuning while also providing ideas toinspire the development of your own style.

Kenny Sultan. Centerstream Publications. This book for intermediate-level players is a follow-up to Kenny's first book Introduction To Acoustic Blues. It covers blues in five different keys and positions and incorporatesslide or bottleneck playing in both open and standard tunings. All songs are primarily finger-style with a monotone bass used for most. The accompanying CD features performances of every example and song. Most songs are played atslow speed and at regular tempo to facilitate learning and nearly all tunes have a detailed explanation about the music and how best to play it. 67-minutes audio accompaniment. For intermediate-level players. A follow-up toIntroduction To Acoustic Blues. Covers five different keys and positions and incorporates slide or bottleneck playing in both open and standard tunings.

John Hammond is regarded as one of the most prolific and outstanding solo acoustic blues guitarists on the scene today. His career has spanned more than four decades and he has recorded and appeared on nearly 50 albums. In this in-depth interview taped in 1991 you get an inside glimpse of John's aspirations his style and techniques that distinguish him as a unique and inspiring solo blues guitarist. In four performances John demonstrates and discusses his slide guitar technique finger picking string dampening and his unique use of string effects open tuning and time shifts. He also discusses his vocals and harmonica playing accompanied by 6- or 12-string guitar anddemonstrates in live performances. His intense and seductive harmonica playing creates a mood with riveting vibrato dynamic voicing bending and phrasing. This DVD will keep you riveted to your seat as John reveals his influences aspirations and experience as a solo acoustic blues act. In the accompanying booklet John teaches you licks and phrases from the blues masters both in standard notation and guitar tablature.

Bukka White's slashing slide figures and pounding chords are capable of generating a high level of excitement capable of leaving dancers joyously exhausted. Yet there is also a sensitivity and a sense of dynamics to his music. Bukka's lyrics ran the gamut from the perceptive to the surreal. The combination of these two voices places Bukka squarely within the blues tradition and in his own unique niche.In this lesson Tom Feldmann takes you through 10 of Bukka White's tunes. Starting off in Vestapol tuning you'll get his right hand train beat picking down pat with Special Streamline. Next you'll learn to master playing in Cross-Note tuningwith Jitterbug Swing Aberdeen Mississippi Blues World Boogie and Sic Em Dogs On.Bukka's approach to Cross-Note tuning set him apart from his contemporaries and will add a new depth to your own playing. You'll learn Bukka's trick of dampening the 3rd string behind the slide as well as his signature ?Spank the Baby? technique a real crowd pleaser. Moving into Open G tuning you'll learn Poor Boy Fixin' To Die Blues and Gibson Hill. The lesson finishes with When Can I Change My Clothes and Strange Place Blues in Standard Tuning.These carefully selected songs where chosen on the basis that Bukka used similar patterns for many of his songs and by learning these 10 you're really learning his entire recorded works. The original old recordings of all the tunes are included.Titles include: OPEN D TUNING: Special Streamline CROSS-NOTE TUNING: Jitterbug Swing Aberdeen Mississippi Blues World Boogie Sic Em Dogs On OPEN G TUNING: Poor Boy Fixin' To Die Blues Gibson Hill STANDARD TUNING: When Can I Change My Clothes Strange Place Blues112 minutes ? Level 2/3 ? Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD

John Fahey is truly an original and distinctive voice in the musical world revered by artists and performers the world over for his unusual compositions and cross-pollination of genres. His recording career has drawn influencefrom Country Blues Old-Time music Indian ragas the European classical tradition and Gregorian tonalities. He formed a loosely defined 'school' of American Primitive guitarists that included such diverse characters as LeoKottke and Robbie Basho.In 1968 Fahey released his first album of Christmas songs and holiday melodies to great critical acclaim. The arrangements reflect Fahey's preference for slightly Jazzy and upbeat styles - hedemonstrates and dissects nine of his most popular and requested versions. These songs will showcase your fingerstyle techniques and slide-style playing in both standard and open G tunings.

Par GILEWITZ RICHARD. Direct from the master of guitar clinics, this 96-page book contains a plethora of topics based on Richard Gilewitz\'s experience of conducting fingerstyle guitar and sound seminars for nearly a decade in a variety of settings worldwide. Sections are built around the most frequently asked questions from players of all ages and skill level, with topics supported by written explanations, exercises, original music tablature and notation pieces, charts, and photographs. Recommended for players and teachers of both 6 and 12-string guitar, this book provides encouragement and new avenues for growth for all students wishing to improve upon their life-long craft. The companion CD and 83-minute DVD provide a guide to discussion on learning slide, how to select a guitar, capos, metronomes, tuners, strings, composition, hand positions, practice methods, touring and recording tips, standard and open tunings, picking patterns, and more. Original compositions offered in tablature and notation include \'Dirt To Dust\' with the new \'Gypsy Minor\' introduction, \'Bilingual Fantasy\', \'Jamaicalina\', \'Pre Dawn Mourning\', \'Echoing Gilewitz\', \'Mrs. Firecracker\'s Place\', and \'The Maison Blanche Exit Song\' . - 96-page book contains topics based on author\'s experience of conducting fingerstyle guitar seminars for nearly a decade - Sections are built around the most frequently asked questions from students - Topics supported by companion CD, DVD, written explanations, exercises, original music tablature and notation pieces, and charts / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Acoustic Music - Technic / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

McKinley Morganfield better known as Muddy Waters grew up onStovall Plantation near Clarksdale MS where he learned to play Guitar in the regional style emulating local legends Son House and Robert Johnson. In 1941 and1942 Muddy made his first recordings for Alan Lomax (Library of Congress) who came to Stovall to record various country blues musicians. These first recordings gave Muddy the confidence to move north to Chicago with thehopes of becoming a full time musician. He purchased his first electric guitar in 1944 and in only a few short years not only achieved his goal but became a major star recording hits like 'I Can't Be Satisfied' 'I Feel Like GoingHome' 'I Got My Mojo Working ' 'I Just Want to Make Love To You' and many more with his infamous band. This raw electric sound ushered in a new era of blues and Chicago Chess Records and Muddy Waters where the epicenter.In this lesson Tom Feldmann takes you through 6 of Muddy's staple slide tunes in Open G Open D and Standard Tuning. Feldmann teaches each song slowly phrase by phrase making this a perfect lesson for those new to playingslide as well as the more seasoned players looking to get deeper into the mind and music of the great Muddy Waters. A detailed tab/music PDF file is included on the DVD.

Charlie Patton considered the ?Father of the Delta Blues ? is generally recognized as the most influential blues artist active in the first decades of the twentieth century. No single individual can be credited with ?inventing? the Delta blues style but Patton was one of the first mainstream stars of the Delta blues genre. Old fashioned and modern at the same time Patton's music bridged the musical traditions of the 19th century while simultaneously creating a framework of his own that would inspire just about every other blues musician from that point on. In this double DVD lesson Tom Feldmann gives you a note-for-note detailed lookat 18 of Patton's most celebrated tunes. Making this the definitive Charlie Patton lesson. DVD One is dedicated to songs in standard tuning covering C E A and F positions. You'll learn Patton's relaxed right hand strum top tapping technique and of course his signature licks as you work through songs like Down The Dirt Road Blues and Pony Blues. DVD Two focuses in Patton's bottleneck slide and non slide numbers in Spanish (Open G) and Vestapol (Open D) turnings. Songs like Banty Rooster Blues When Your Way Get's Dark and Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues will become heavy hitters in your blues arsenal.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on both DVD's. In addition the original recordings of all the tunes are included.