But this book sees the topic in complexity and except for blues, ukulelist can play traditional, gospels, fiddle tunes, hawaian music, carol and classical music. Careless love heres one more example of alternating thumbstyle fingerpicking. In majority, slide is only used when playing the blues. It has some great insight to right hand dampening and a nice collection of licks. There are flared slides which are actually quite popular such as the dunlop harris that conform. The book explains the concepts of technique, basic theory, improvising, harmonic and melodic concepts and provides many essential examples. Great slide for acoustic or single coil guitar such as a telecaster where the warmer tone of the brass slide takes away the shrillness you get from glass or steel. So as i learn more songs, techniques and tips, ill pass them on to you here. Jun 19, 2017 blues vamp study open d vestapol tuning bottleneck slide stay safe and healthy. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Slides can transition between two fretted notes in either direction along the string. It neednt start at zero but it should end at a certain level where you can use your learned stuff on the.
Bonnie raitt puts her wine bottleneck slide on her middle finger. Diamond bottlenecks glass bottleneck guitar slides home. Slide playing is noisey which is part of its charm so. Reminiscent of the old time slide players that paved the way to slide guitar playing so many years ago. The essential guitar patterns that all the pros know and use guitar techniques, and fretboard roadmaps ukulele. Jan 24, 2017 how to play ukulele bottleneck slide open tunings tutorial 1 duration. Electronic metronome tuner for all instruments guitar violin piano bass ukulele. But some believe that there is a sort of mystery behind the use of a bottleneck slide, but the reality is, anyone can learn to do it. The good news is, just about everything that can be done on slide guitar can be transferred to the ukulele. A slide is a way of transitioning between notes by shifting a finger along the ukulele string. Mark demonstrates how to hold the slide, damping, blues runs and more.
Ever since uncredited inventors discovered that mundane household objects jackknives, glass bottlenecks, steel bars, beef bones, you name it possess the magical power to summon otherworldly utterances when raked over strings, spectators have thrilled at the sound. Slide playing is noisey which is part of its charm so you need to mute the strings behind the string with your index and middle fingers. Bob brozmans bottleneck slide guitar book from the contemporary master of bottleneck blues guitar with standard notation and tablatune and transcriptions. The right hand is a huge key imho for good slide play. Learn to play bottleneck guitar by fred sokolow 1996, book. Diamond bottlenecks glass bottleneck guitar slides. Best book for slide guitar discussion in playing and technique started by loki, feb 1, 2012.
Guitarists have been using slides to add soulful expression to their playing since around the time when the small body blues box or parlor guitar was the norm, and it has since been used on other guitars like regular acoustics, resonators, cigar box guitars and even electric guitars ever since. On beats two and three he uses a albert king move by sliding from the 4 th to the 5 th and back. Blues guitar has always had an element of the slide guitar from its beginnings in the delta over 100 years ago. If the slide feels comfortable on your pinkie, then thats where you should wear it. Reviewed in the united kingdom on september 10, 2016. It typically involves playing the guitar in the traditional position flat against the body with the use of a tubular slide fitted on one of the guitarists fingers. You start on one note, pick, then slide to another but dont pick the second note. Choose a slide you need to experiment and try a few and work out which feels best for you. Slide guitar licks with derek trucks fundamental changes. Bottleneck blues guitar learn to play slide guitar music lessons tab book. This dvd lesson is a great introduction to the soulful world of bottleneckslide guitar. There is a lot of skills that transfer easily from the guitar so if youve been plucking the. Fred sokolow books list of books by author fred sokolow. Slide sounds great when youre playing the blues, or gospel music, but it also works wonders in country music or rock.
There are legends of players using knifes, broken bottles, anything to slide across the strings. Bottleneck slide blues guitar, rutherford, new jersey. Lesson three winds up the progressions and solos in standard tuning. The slide itself is just a movement of the arm and wrist up or down the neck, keeping the finger holding the ringing note pressed down on the fretboard the. We also stock diamond bottleneck s redhouse series, slides cut down from real bottles. Jan 05, 2015 slide sounds great when youre playing the blues, or gospel music, but it also works wonders in country music or rock. Standard tuning slide guitar book with online video lessons series.
Hand crafted for comfort, smooth technique and great slide tone. Contains over 25 accurate transcriptions of authentic bottleneck blues tunes by such masters as son house, robert johnson, charlie patton and many more. The inestimable roy book binder has given us another terrific look at his unique brand of fingerpicked blues guitar. They are hand scored, hand separated and hand sanded by me.
A big advantage of slides is that they allow you to move up and down the fretboard seamlessly. Bob brozmans bottleneck slide guitar trax music store. Not only is it fun, its dynamic and different and it will. Individually hand molded in the usa, rock slides are designed for comfort, refined technique, and smooth singing tone. Excellent book working with it well, easy to follow well pleased. The book includes the notation and tablature for the lessons and access to online audio featuring phrasebyphrase instruction.
The normal ukulele tuning of gcea is the cmaj6 chord. Matching ukulele and slide is no news at all, many players already use it. Certainly the passing on of a business from one generation to the next is a significant milestone. As part of stefan grossmans innovative guitar workshop audio series, this comprehensive lesson contains invaluable tips and notes for playing bottleneckslide guitar. Guitar educational softcover video online tab author. Translated into everyday english, this means the slide fits ring size, and its perfect for people with long fingers. Australian slide wizard dave hole uses his index finger and plays with his hand over the top of the neck. The slide itself is just a movement of the arm and wrist up or down the. Mississippi fred mcdowell bottleneck and slide guitar tabs. These bottleneck guitar slides are hand made, not cut on production machinery.
Bottleneck blues guitar guitar books paperback april 1, 1996. The cool mystique of slide guitar is as old as the amazing sleightofhand itself. Carrying on from the joker, more of my favourite slide moments i wrote an ebook about playing slide ukulele. Invaluable tips and instruction implemented throughout the arrangements. Apr 27, 2000 bottleneckslide guitar book 3 cd set fred sokolow, sokolow, fred on.
How to play ukulele bottleneck slide open tunings tutorial 1 duration. Blues for the ukulele stefan grossmans guitar workshop. We cannot guarantee that bottleneck slide guitar book is in the library, but if you are still not sure with. Diamond makes sure that the edges are meticulously smoothed out for a very finished feel and sound. Apr 19, 2020 fine selection of blues slide guitar solos, acoustic, resonator and electric, gathered from youtube. Some great videos of roy rogers, watermelon slim, warren haynes, ry cooder and other famous bottleneck guitarists.
Grab your ukulele, tune it up to an open tuning, and get ready to jump into the world of slide music. This time around he covers the basics of open tunings and the use of the bottleneck, teaching the essential techniques in a way that will be easy even for newcomers to this style. Vanquishing technical mysteries, his easygoing but comprehensive bottleneck slide guitar for beginners is the perfect howto encyclopedia for earlystarters as well as nonstarters whove never taken a slide for a glide before. The second trucks slide lick here is pretty straight forward. Blues guitar instructional material fred sokolow music. The warren haynes book is a pretty good place to start. But this book sees the topic in complexity and except for blues, ukulelist can play traditional, gospels. A down and outward pluck with the pad of your right thumb generally on the g or c string a downward motion using your right hand fingernails over the high strings generally on the c, e, and a strings.
Its focussed on the lap style of playing that james hill and tomotaka matsui are using but, since im assuming you dont have one of the worlds three beltona lap steel ukuleles, its geared towards doing it. Best blues slide guitar solos from great bottleneck players. Slide guitar is a particular technique for playing the guitar that is often used in bluesstyle music. Two uke books in one one for slide ukulele and the other for slack key ukulele. Stefan grossmans guitar workshop instructional and historical dvds books and materials. You may need a bottleneck blues guitar book for the mechanics of using the slide, unless you have a slide playing friend to coach you on that aspect. Nice mass to the slide as well which helps provide more sustain and resonance. Most of the context for the book is bluesbased, but the ideas and examples are applicable to all styles.
For slide ukulele by ondrej sarek 2012, paperback at the best online. Ever since uncredited inventors discovered that mundane household objects jackknives, glass bottlenecks, steel bars, beef bones, you name it possess the magical power to summon otherworldly utterances when raked over strings, spectators have thrilled at. Description a comprehensive instruction guide to blues slide guitar styles. Lesson one presents open g and a tunings while lesson two contains d and e. Jul 08, 2012 matching ukulele and slide is no news at all, many players already use it. Slide guitar sheet music and music books sheet music plus. Scott colby i first ran into scott colby on henry kaisers eclectic electric video a while back and was blown away by scotts original and innovative approach to slide whereby a lot of the action is going on behind the slide fretting chords. See all books authored by fred sokolow, including fretboard roadmaps. Radio free keni lee studio and low fi renditions of classic country blues tunes. The technique involves placing an object against the strings while playing to create glissando effects and deep vibratos. I have checked out other dvds on learning slide guitar, and this one seems the most straightforward. Each one is a bit different and are they not perfect but all are smooth.
Apr 9, 2014 this pin was discovered by mary sullivan. With a little delay or reverb you can get a good sound from most instruments. It was inevitable, given the current popularity of the ukulele. Open g tuning, bottleneck slide techniques, open d tuning, licks in open tunings.
It typically involves playing the guitar in the traditional position flat against the body with the use of a tubular. Solos in the style of muddy waters, robert johnson, fred mcdowell. Perfect, since the eightsong blues for the ukulele repertoire is the real deal. For those of you that dont want to shell out for the ebook, here are the top tips to get you started. Blues vamp study open d vestapol tuning bottleneck slide. Pdf bottleneck slide guitar ebooks includes pdf, epub. Amazing grace john henry oh mary, dont you weep this little light of mine when the saints go marching in and more.
Open g tuning simple chords, playing down the neck, fingerpickinghints, barred chords. Slide guitar sheet music, songbooks, and music books at sheet music plus. The slide ukulele pages cover choosing a slide, how to use the slide, and slide in c, g and standard tuning. You can slide a chopstick or something under the strings near your nut area to lift the strings higher so you dont bang the frets. So when is a family music business really a family music business. There are reversible slides such as the jetslide, and the shubb ax, which allow you to switch back and forth between slide and normal play simply by flipping it backwards. Position the slide on the neck keep the touch light so you dont press the strings on the frets. Forewarned, this is a big heavy slide and this style of music in all honesty is going to sound a lot better on a guitar but that doesnt mean that. As part of stefan grossmans innovative guitar workshop audio series, this comprehensive lesson contains invaluable tips and notes for playing bottleneck slide guitar. If you use one with low action, youll always be clattering the slide against the frets.
It was inevitable, given the current popularity of the ukulele, that folks would start trying their hand at slide uke. I found that fingerstyle and slide guitar in open tunings taught by john fahey, has excellent material for the music historian in the introduction, dealing as it does with faheys musical development, early exploration and aspirations. A popular and easy to understand book which teaches and explores the many aspects of bottleneck slide guitar techniques developed nearly a century ago and made famous through the recordings of legendary blues greats like robert johnson, mississippi fred mcdowell and muddy waters. If you can find a book that teaches slack key uke, you should be able to adapt the arangements to slide playing. This lick has become a part of the blues vocabulary with bends and slides. The essential patterns that all the pros know and use, and more on. If you plan on doing a lot of slide work, it might be worth raising the action on one of your ukes. Getting into slide guitar covers slide for acoustic or electric guitar and focuses on openg tuning. The guitar slide has been with us for a long time, and it wont be going away anytime soon. Each clayton slide comes with a protective case to protect your slide from damage, and a bottleneck slide technique instruction sheet. Slide and slack key ukulele fred sokolow the uke room. Lesson one presents open g and a tunings while lesson two contains d and e tunings. They use an industrial grade glass polisher to finish the ends, rather.
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