I'm 63 years old....This lesson was fantastic.... I have been a guitar player for many years and have been trying to learn slide ....I couldn't get it....but your lesson on playing the root of the relative minor makes complete sense, and now I playing like I'm the love child of Duane Allman and Bonnie Raitt....nice lesson...thank you
Wow! I'm really glad you found it helpful. "...the love child of Duane Allman and Bonnie Raitt..." sounds awsome! have you got any examples you could share?
+MrSpocksSox Thanks very much! It's not easy to create these videos when I'm just one person trying to operate cameras, computer, sound, lights etc. I'm glad you liked it. I've bought a lot of tuition material over the years and seen a lot of RUclips videos and so I know what I found works for me when I'm trying to learn something. So thank you for your comment
thank you, really enjoyed. easy way to find relative minor scale is just to move down 3 frets from the major chord and play the minor chord there...i.e. dmajor becomes bminor, bflatmajor becomes gminor etc..
Hi, started playing slide fairly recently and hit the minor chords problem... oops! Now it is no longer a problem... my golden rule...I just play 3 frets up! Many thanks for all the technical stuff, professional videos and comfortable teaching style. Take care, Pete :-)
+Marc Guitar I've found an even better way of playing minors. Playing in open G fret the 2nd string one fret below the slide position, works fine. This way you can use all the original fret positions for the chords and get a better feeling than using the relative minors and their major key three frets up. :-)
Hi Marc, What would you suggest as an alternative if the chord progression is I-iv-IV-V? If I use the major chord as a replacement, there is no change. Many thanks
Yes, I'd play I-I-IV-V. Let the rest of the band imply the chord changes and I'd play licks over the root chord. If you really want to imply a change though, you could always play in the open position for the first chord, and then play at the 12th fret for the iv chord
I was wondering about this and thought I would ask the internet and this was my answer. Am I correct in thinking that if you are tuned to an open major chord like E then you can't really play a minor chord with slide??? I play in Standard tuning as I can play a minor chord on the high 3 strings with the root on 1. Then major chords on the 4,3,2 strings with the root on the 3rd string. I'm lazy to change my tuning so I've adapted to this. Am I correct in this assumption? Thanks
Hi Stephen - yes, when tuned to an open major chord you don't have a minor triad in just the open strings. My trick works, so long as you have at least one other instrument playing the bass note. As for playing in standard tuning, yes your approach is sound. And remember the ultimate test with all of this stuff is 'if it sounds good then it is good'.
Wow. Simple but what a revelation. Have hit this problem every time I have tried slide guitar. Many thanks.
Glad it helped!
I'm 63 years old....This lesson was fantastic.... I have been a guitar player for many years and have been trying to learn slide ....I couldn't get it....but your lesson on playing the root of the relative minor makes complete sense, and now I playing like I'm the love child of Duane Allman and Bonnie Raitt....nice lesson...thank you
Wow! I'm really glad you found it helpful. "...the love child of Duane Allman and Bonnie Raitt..." sounds awsome! have you got any examples you could share?
Great tutorial!! Also I love the haircut - "Inverted Mohawk".
all these years I didn't know that - brilliant!
Thanks!
Thanks for the lesson!
My pleasure!
Outstanding- thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautifully done. Your format is perfect. I hope this becomes the industry standard for instructional guitar videos.
+MrSpocksSox Thanks very much! It's not easy to create these videos when I'm just one person trying to operate cameras, computer, sound, lights etc. I'm glad you liked it. I've bought a lot of tuition material over the years and seen a lot of RUclips videos and so I know what I found works for me when I'm trying to learn something. So thank you for your comment
Brilliant video and explanation. Thank you for this really helpful video.
Glad it was helpful!
thank you, really enjoyed. easy way to find relative minor scale is just to move down 3 frets from the major chord and play the minor chord there...i.e. dmajor becomes bminor, bflatmajor becomes gminor etc..
Hi, started playing slide fairly recently and hit the minor chords problem... oops!
Now it is no longer a problem... my golden rule...I just play 3 frets up!
Many thanks for all the technical stuff, professional videos and comfortable teaching style. Take care, Pete :-)
+pjthebiz Thanks very much - yes, you are right, the whole lesson boils down to "play it 3 frets up"!
+Marc Guitar I've found an even better way of playing minors. Playing in open G fret the 2nd string one fret below the slide position, works fine. This way you can use all the original fret positions for the chords and get a better feeling than using the relative minors and their major key three frets up. :-)
+pjthebiz Excellent!
the answer I have been looking for ! thanks marc
Excellent, thanks Mick!
Super :) I have been wondering about this for quite a while. Thank you.
Thanks!
This is a great explanation and tip. Thanks for putting this together
Thanks Miles!
Great idea!!! Works great. Thanks.
thanks hgostos! Pleased you found it useful!
Wonderful solution!
I had just been hitting the root note of minor chords...
Thanks - I'm pleased you found it useful.
Very helpful Marc.
+John Forlini Thanks very much John!
Awesome, thank you!
You're welcome!
thank you i love your lesson ... fraternal feelings
I never would have guessed .
Thanks Shaun
Cool. Thank you
Thanks Richard
Brilliant! Thanks!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Thanks. The lightbulb finally went on for me.
Hi Geoffrey - thanks for the comment. I'm really pleased the video helped.
Hi Marc,
What would you suggest as an alternative if the chord progression is I-iv-IV-V? If I use the major chord as a replacement, there is no change. Many thanks
Yes, I'd play I-I-IV-V. Let the rest of the band imply the chord changes and I'd play licks over the root chord. If you really want to imply a change though, you could always play in the open position for the first chord, and then play at the 12th fret for the iv chord
Thanks again, Marc. Good suggestions.
I was wondering about this and thought I would ask the internet and this was my answer. Am I correct in thinking that if you are tuned to an open major chord like E then you can't really play a minor chord with slide??? I play in Standard tuning as I can play a minor chord on the high 3 strings with the root on 1. Then major chords on the 4,3,2 strings with the root on the 3rd string. I'm lazy to change my tuning so I've adapted to this. Am I correct in this assumption? Thanks
Hi Stephen - yes, when tuned to an open major chord you don't have a minor triad in just the open strings. My trick works, so long as you have at least one other instrument playing the bass note. As for playing in standard tuning, yes your approach is sound. And remember the ultimate test with all of this stuff is 'if it sounds good then it is good'.
quint circle for the win! :-)
Great an eye opener but you didn’t play the b minor the relative minor of the d. If you play root. relative minor what do you do then