Play Slide Guitar in 6 Easy Steps [How To & More!] ★ Acoustic Tuesday 232

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

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4.8 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Slide guitar is zippy, twangy, and classic. On today's episode, you're going to learn how to use a bottleneck slide to bring those classic tones to your acoustic guitar. In 6 easy steps, I'll show you how to hold the slide properly, which tunings to use, and how to make single-string melodies! Slide guitar is the open sky where the buffalo roam and where the waves lap the shore at sunset. It evokes a different time and place that the all-too-digital world we live in now. I've always been drawn to this sound and I can't wait to share it with you! When I first started playing slide guitar, I thought that a slide was used for barre chords. Almost like a capo! Little did I know, the slide was for so much more than that. I personally prefer using lap slides where you can see the fretboard more easily. Bottleneck slides are typically more accessible to players, especially if you are transitioning between playing slide and playing normally. Slide guitar unlocks new sonic possibilities for your playing. If you are in a guitar rut, I highly recommend you pick up a slide. It will make you see the fretboard in a new way, and have you seeing new patterns and possibilities. Be sure to watch the video to see my full thoughts on slide material (glass vs. metal vs. ceramic), which tunings to use, and how to properly work your slide!

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0:00.0	Slide guitar. It looks cool. It sounds cool. You feel cool when you play it. Your friends think you're cool when you play it. And yes, it is the epitome of guitar coolness.
0:10.9	But you might encounter a problem. What if you've never played slide guitar before? Or you haven't played slide in a while.
0:18.5	How do you learn? How do you start? How do you embody slide
0:22.3	guitar coolness? Well, that's what today's show is all about. I'm going to show you how to play
0:27.6	bottleneck slide in six simple steps. Hey, Tack family, welcome to episode 232 of the Acoustic
0:35.0	Tuesday show. This show is designed to inject your guitar journey with a weekly
0:39.0	dose of fun, focus, progress, and inspiration. A little bit later on today's show, you'll be
0:43.8	meeting TAC family member Dwight. Dwight started his guitar journey, he felt like he got in over his
0:49.1	head, he stopped, and then he restarted. After hearing the ups and downs of Dwight's guitar journey, you're
0:55.2	going to gain some insight as to how to make your guitar journey never, ever, ever stop.
1:00.8	Plus you're going to get a sneak peek at what guitar lick the TAC family is working on today.
1:05.1	It's a really cool blues lick in the key of E. Plus your weekly dose of acoustic news awaits,
1:10.8	which includes broken strings, rock and roll,
1:12.9	and much, much more. But first, it's time for you to play slide guitar. Believe it or not,
1:19.0	you're going to be playing slide guitar today in less than 10 minutes. Yes, I promise. I'm going to
1:24.8	walk you through how to play slide guitar in six easy steps
1:28.2	right here, right now. But first, I have a confession to make. Yes, I know that's a Foo Fighters
1:33.4	song, but I do. I have a confession to make. When I first started playing guitar, I was about
1:38.6	18 or maybe very freshly 19. I played guitar for a little bit, but I was very much in the early stages.
1:46.1	I bought a slide because I was super excited about it,
1:49.5	but I was excited about it for the wrong reason.
1:52.4	I thought a slide helped you play barcords.
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