Forget any other lesson on playing slide, this is the most comprehensive, concise building block on fundamentals video out there. I watch a ton of these and get bits and pieces but this one is by far the best from A to Z.
Thank you so much man, I really appreciate that feedback so much! We have more courses that are going to be available on my online store very soon so please keep an eye out for that if you liked this one!
0:00 Intro 1:05 Building Blocks 10:00 Left Hand Positioning, Right Hand Muting 17:17 Tuning and Chord Voicings 25:24 Major and Minor pentatonic scale 36:16 Between Two Frets 47:07 Duane Allman - Statesbourough Blues 53:06 Duane Allman - Stand Back 1:02:35 Derek Trucks - Midnight in Harlem 1:17:57 Derek Trucks - Amazing Grace 1:28:40 Jeff Beck - Cause We Ended As Lovers 1:39:03 Jeff Beck - Where Were You 1:48:16 Catching Harmonics 1:55:04 Volume Pedal 2:02:18 Closing Remarks
How does this only have 148 likes??? I've learned more about slide playing the 2 hours of watching this than the 20 years I've wandered in the wilderness since picking up a slide. First of all: Jules, you are an outstanding and thoughtful guitar player. A brilliant mesh of technique and raw expression. Second: holy shit my man, you are a gifted teacher. Your ability to convey the language of slide guitar in a concise and captivating manner is next level. You really brought it with your analyses of Duane, Derek, and Jeff. Bravo!
Aww man, thank you SO MUCH Johnnie! I sincerely appreciate it, we’re working on more content for the channel as we speak, there’s some more masterclass lesson vids/ performances, gear talk… so stay tuned for more, but I sincerely appreciate the kind words it inspires me to do a lot more of this sort of thing! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Man, I sincerely appreciate that so much, thank you for such high praise! We're releasing new videos so please subscribe and share with anyone who might dig what we're doing!
I would pay good money for this all to be tabbed out. The moveable theory around 24 minutes is so priceless; this is always the first thing I look for and very few people consider it worthwhile. Thank you!
Thanks so much for this Chris! We are working on more courses like this that will likely have everything played written out, thank you for the valuable feedback we really appreciate it!
I have goofed around with slide for years, mostly in the Elmore James shuffle style, but have been waiting to find a good in depth lesson just like this! I'm off to the races with you and I guess off to a good start since I already wear the slide on my pinky! Thank you for this lesson, Jules.
I’ve played guitar for years to a reasonable standard and wanted to start to slide for ages. No one explains any point of slide guitar as well as you do. Thank you so much for your time and effort putting together this lesson, it’s making me a better guitarist and is unparalleled to any other guitar tuition on the net. Thank you again sir.
That’s really awesome to hear man, I really appreciate it! I just released a new Derek trucks Masterclass video that focuses more on his style in case you’re interested in an even more in-depth to open E tuning/ the Derek Trucks vibe… again, thank you so much for the positive feedback!
I’ve wanted to get into slide guitar for a long time but, it’s been difficult to find a good lesson series that starts from A and goes to Z…this is like an answered prayer. I’m glad I found your channel!!!
Thank you so much man, I’m really happy to see this video really click for so many people. I had a feeling it was filled with good info but wasn’t sure if it’d really mean much to anybody so I’m really thrilled that it’s worked and appreciate the feedback!
Thanks for this! I have always been super intimidated by slide playing. Gonna try to apply some of this now!!! Great licks - and I love the application of slide to Jeff Beck!
I've been playing for quite some time but never found really good tutorials to see what I could add or focus on. Lots of people who just don't play slide well enough or can't explain it clearly. Thanks for adding the small harmony parts, and where to find certain notes. Someone else said it too, but this is by the best slide lesson there is on youtube.
Thank you so much man, I’m really glad you found it that useful and I’m just glad that you found it at all! We’re putting lessons like this up all the time, really glad you dug it man!
The drill that starts at 3:09 is one I do every day now for 3 months. It has a lot to give, including, at least for me, an awareness of a light touch on the strings. If I drill this for 3 minutes and I allow any finger to press too much on its string, a depression or notch begins to develop in the finger. This notch does two things: 1) makes it harder to move because the finger gets hung up, and 2) it makes the picking surface wider because more finger is touching the string. More finger touching at the moment of release means the highs are damped before the finger lifts up and gets out of the way of the string vibration. So my success criteria has become: if there are significant notches in my fingers after 3 minutes, go back and focus on a lighter touch.
You are THE BEST instructor plus musician. Thank you so much. I stared playing slide 35 years ago, my older brother’s friend taught me. Omg I’m so old now. But I never continued until I found you here in this video. You inspired me to pick up my slide and just focus on slide so I can play more blues. Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎸🎸
I sincerely appreciate that, thank you so much Sunny! Slide is difficult but so rewarding to learn, I’m glad this could reinvigorate you on your slide journey!
Wow, SO many good things on this video! Jack Pearson yes! Fillmore East album yes! I’m only up to the “Stand Back” point but I will be using this video as my reference from now. I really feel what you’re saying about studying some of those moves until, whenever. It’s like BB King, I constantly go back to his instructional videos and his live playing. A person could spend their life working on the bends and intonation and making it sing. Same as Duane and Elmore James, Sonny Landreth. There’s lots of greats. I think Derek is my favourite and I was lucky enough to see him live. I’m in the great white north so the opportunities aren’t as plentiful but I also saw Johnny Winter and Jeff Beck. I’m 69 and I’ve been playing since I was 10. I’m ok on slide but definitely need to keep learning. My fingers and arms are starting to experience arthritis. I can play for an hour and 1/2 - 2 hours but I suffer afterwards. I figure that using the slide will be easier on my hand. I haven’t played much slide for a long time but I’m getting back at it. I have been playing with the slide on my ring finger but I used to put it on my pinky. I think I’m going back to it but I need a smaller slide. I really like the sound of playing behind the slide. Again, this video is outstanding and your playing is magnificent. I’ve also got a lap steel and on both that and my Strat I like to practice with Amazing Grace. With slow vibrato and fast vibrato and in between. Just working it. I know most of Statesboro Blues but I’m going to take a long look at it. It might hurt a bit but I will fret not, except when I do. ;-)
I really appreciate that, thank you so much man! We have a lot more of this sort of thing across my RUclips channel but I’d recommend my masterclass courses for the deepest dive/ highest quality lessons I currently offer! 😊
Well done Jules! Thank you for going beyond the basics!!! There are a LOT of slide lessons/tutorials on YT that don’t go past the basics of slide. I consider myself an intermediate slide player and this was great. The right-hand muting exercises at the beginning are a great warmup for all levels. Kudos and thank you! 🙏
@@julesleyhe seriously, this was great! I’m rehearsing for a show where I’m playing slide for three songs, including Statesboro Blues. I think a good idea for a future lesson might be the other licks in Statesboro Blues, I.e., the call and response in the verses.
I have been playing in Open E for 20 years now. I found after 10 years of playing mostly blues that now I find it fun transposing songs that I never liked to play (or wouldn’t play) in standard tuning but now it is a challenge to figure out how to transpose them in my head in Open E.
Ahh, I really appreciate this comment… this is a common situation, I’m thinking about making a video that specifically addresses THIS because you’re not the only person in this situation’
@@julesleyhe I really dig it, great stuff! Love your phrasing and mix of bluesy and Aretha Franklin - Maria Carey (from your other video) stuff. That's the way I like slide. You're a great player! I transpose it into double drop D tuning (hybrid tuning between open G - standard and open D tuning). You should try it, it's fun. Greetz from Belgium!
Man, I appreciate that so much- thank you for checking it out!! I also have an even more in depth Derek Trucks focused slide masterclass that builds off of everything that this one starts with in case you’re interested in more courses like this one!
Thank you so much, really appreciate that! In case you want more of this sort of thing I have masterclass courses available and offer private lessons as well! 😊
Hi Jules..just discovered your site. Fantastic info. Beginner-slider Canuck in Montreal getting ready for winter! :) Thanks so much for all your work here...looking forward to your other videos.
I've spent 40 mins on the 1st 6 mins! Muting - I see how to use that technique for so many things like Man on the Moon solo, etc, never mind improvised blues.
Thank you so much Brian! Really appreciate that, there’s definitely way more to come and my masterclass courses get even more in depth on all sorts of slide techniques- so glad you enjoy it!
Thank you so much, Mike! Really appreciate that man, stay tuned im getting ready to release a whole bunch of courses on a bunch of topics I hope you’ll enjoy them!
@@julesleyhe Looking forward to it! Do me a favour would you? Rate my old video , would mean a lot, it's only 52 seconds long. I saw you made a "sound like SRV" video. I was planning on doing a series as I dedicated my teens playing SRV tunes. ruclips.net/video/RTyt89qAuUY/видео.html
Thank you so much Sunny! I am so happy that you found this lesson so valuable, we are getting ready to release more courses just like this one so please stay tuned there is a lot more video course content like this coming soon!
Wow man, this video really does what it says on the tin! A true thorough masterclass. I wanted to ask if you were using a volume pedal, but I should’ve watch until the end first. I did kinda miss a ‘tone’ section, I’m curious what you’re using as a drive pedal…seems like the amp, watching till the end…I struggle to get more sustain without having to add a lot of gain. Really great lesson, especially on the scale section. I play standard tuning slide most of the time, but I got a lot out of it. Take care
Thank you so much for this, I sincerely appreciate it! It’s a volume pedal and all of the distortion is coming from the Ceriatone OTS 50 amp! A tone section would be great you’re correct, in this case it’s basically the axe -> volume pedal -> amp with a touch of reverb… we’ll be releasing more videos like this so stay tuned!
Jules i’ve been at slide guitar for over a decade and I pick it up and down time and time again, but I have a disability that affects my hands physically chiefly my left hand, cannot fret any traditional guitar. I will wear a slide on my finger but I play a Strat style guitar on my lap. My right hand is strong despite the disability of cerebral palsy so I am able to play with heavier strings and action raised up but without a proper teacher, nobody really has explained how the scales work going across the neck instead of how they are traditionally. I need someone from a horizontal perspective like you are doing here, but I cannot see what your hand is doing no matter how many times I slowed down the video for the major and minor scales. If you could perhaps just not take that from zero to all the way up to the 12th it would be great. I can email you if you are open to that but this is a gold mine and I’m so glad it’s here. My left hand is significantly weaker and because I hold a tone bar it’s more think, like a lap steel type of playing, but my fingers chiefly the remaining two on my left hand fly up in the air, so they’re unable to mute behind the slide, which gives me a lot of excess noise, I’ve tried almost everything but alas, nothing seems to be the work or I can’t find an adaptation. It’s difficult to describe without a visual aid. Cheers sir. I feel like I’m so close to being able to do this, but my physical limitations do make it difficult especially the muting with the left and the right hand. Perhaps I will just have to have a lot of excess string noise, but I’ve been at this for a decade and I just can’t figure it out. There’s also not a lot of resources that break it down from standard tuning into specifically open E as you are doing here.
Oh man, Matt - I’m absolutely happy to help. Please send me a message through my website www.julesleyhemusic.com and we’ll take it from there, I’ll keep an eye out for an email from you! It’ll be great to help clarify things for you… take care!
@@julesleyhe fantastic. I didn’t see this message till now. Thanks so much. I really have been struggling for over a decade and muting is the toughest thing given my cerebral palsy and I’ve just about given up. I keep going back-and-forth picking it up and down and just feeling defeated it’s more of a right hand issue for me than it is a left. I play a Strat style guitar on my lap. The fact of the matter is without any traditional music knowledge, I have been steering a rudderless ship for so long now you can even put the disability aside and you get the same scenario . The fact of the matter is nobody just teaches in open E exclusively I have looked in person for many years and it’s such a niche thing.
@@julesleyhe I have sent you some messages through Instagram. I couldn’t find a direct email link on your website. Take your time in responding and I hope I was both thorough and yet somehow brief at the same time.
@@julesleyheI’m having trouble seeing your hands for the major and minor scale visibly can you tell me what it is in just notation ? I also left a pretty in-depth post rather a comment on how my left hand my fingers don’t stay flat to mute behind the slide, I also use a tone bar and I play the guitar on my lap. I assume the basic still applies I’ve been at this for over 10 years but nothing like this. I can’t believe how much is just between on 10 and 12
I came into this thinking "Bullshit. There's no slide guitar master class unless Ry Cooder or Sonny Landreth are conducting it". But, damn was I wrong. This video is an absolute master class. Even delving into some theory without it actually sounding like a dissertation on the subject. I'm constantly amazed at just how many solid relatively-unknown slide players there are out there. Ian Thornley being one of my favorites. But, after fiddling with slide for 25 years, I find it easier to progress with it and emulate other players than I do playing standard guitar. Once i learned how to apply consistent vibrato and play a bit behind the slide, everything else is using my ears to make the guitar sing the song I wish I could sing with my voice. The biggest tip I can give to new slide players is good slide fit. I started playing with my ring finger because the slide I had was big, even for the ring finger, and definitely too big for my pinky. With it on my pinky, I was tensing up to bend the pinky a bit to keep the slide from slopping around. Once I moved to a better-fit slide for my pinky, I started using that digit exclusively.
Thank you so much for this awesome comment, I really appreciate it and am happy that as a relatively unknown player (ME!) you’d bother to watch enough to see that this video is filled with tons of valuable information… really happy that you found this helpful and please stay tuned we have more courses coming out that were very excited to be releasing soon!
@@julesleyhe I've watched the entire video twice, and sent it to another buddy that enjoys learning slide guitar, too. A lot of great info in this master class. While I've gotten decent at slide guitar, I'm nowhere near your level. This video shows me I still have a lot to learn, but instead of making me want to put it down, your way of teaching makes me want to pick it up and practice. You should not be an unknown slide player. You should be playing the big stages, brother.
There were a lot of misnomers you cleared up for me. Like action hight and playing maj or min behind the slide. And the slide in harmonics, whoh! Pretty cool stuff man, Id go see you play live!
The exercise at 3:10 is quite literally the gateway to slide guitar. I start my daily practice with it, and without that pluck and mute control, you just can’t play clean single lines.
Such a great video really impressed by how much info is in this. One thing I might have missed was setup. I’m just curious what strings and action height you are using.
Thanks so much Derrick! I play 12-52’s on this open E tuned SG, set the action up pretty high (not a specific height, but high enough so I can really DIG in with my right hand and not worry about hitting the frets!) that setup is different from someone like Dylan Adams who frets more and has action that is better fit for fretted/ slide playing… both are great, I just approach it a little more like a pedal steel/ dobro player, I don’t play behind the slide TOO much yet 😊
julien layhe? very trailer park boys name! Man. i love what youve done here. 99% of youtube slide vids are just VERY basics repeated over and over. comprehensive and understandable.. One question; how do you do your rake? im trying to learn without a pick......
Absolutely a trailer park boys name 😂😂🤘🏼🤘🏼 Thanks man! Really glad you appreciate this course, we have more masterclasses available at my website if you’re into this sort of thing! Really appreciate it 😊
Great question, I use a volume pedal since my hands are too busy tending to muting, picking, sliding… so any of that pedal steel/ theramin type of stuff usually comes from my foot on the volume pedal!
Hi Jules, I sent you a small tip and will explore your classes when I'm ready to dig in further. Could you share how you are getting that sweet sustained tone at lower volumes? I have the TONEX system and could utilize that. I have some OD pedals and a slew of vintage tube amps including a BF Deluxe Reverb and Bandmaster. No Super however - and wouldn't want to crank anything to stage volume in my studio if I did. Thank you
Hi there, thank you so much! I’m using a ceriatone OTS 50 in this video, an amp I highly recommend to get into the “Dumble” sonic realm at a relatively affordable price… the amp is where the distortion is coming from here, and is really the key to the sweet sustained tone you’re referring to! Hope that helps, you can definitely get a similar tone by setting an OD pedal to a spot where it’s helping with saturation but not coloring the tone to the point where you can’t hear the original guitar tone anymore.
Great question Pedro! I would keep the action on the fairly low side… I have a brand new Derek Trucks masterclass video where I get into some of this in great detail - but I would recommend a medium/ slightly low action and try playing with a light touch!
At 35:14 during that 7 10 12: you pluck only once but you manage to extract so much out of the energy in the string without plucking again. Even at the end of the lick there is still enough energy in the string to keep going. How do you do that?
Great question, Mark! That’s really just about having enough gain on the amp/ tone to begin with so that there’s enough “life” in each note that even a fairly cleanly picked note has a lot of play just like you see in the video! 😊
I am located in Oakland, California - feel free to check out my website (julesleyhemusic.com) I list all of my shows/ events on my website- I hope to see you at a show sometime!
Good question! There aren’t any secrets I’m trying to keep, there are definitely advantages to having “hybrid” action, simply meaning action that allows for both fretting/ sliding comfortably. I’ve spent a long time playing kind of like a dobro player with pretty high action and really dug that style for a long time… now I’m trying to use slightly lower action because I’m seeing the advantages of just being able to do it all on one axe. Experimenting with the action will help you find out what works best for you that’s for sure!
Great jules...I have another question I'm changing pickups on a guitar I'm leaning at seymour duncan antiquites...which ones do u prefer as a slide player would be great to get youre thought on this topic
The Seymour Duncan antiquities are awesome/ I’d highly recommend those pickups for slide! In my SG I have custombuckers which are great, but I’m thinking of antiquities or pickups by pete Flynn… can’t go wrong with any of these three!
That’s awesome of you to say, I definitely feel that way about that amp… I feel like this amp made me understand how to hear what an amp wants from you and to play THAT way to get the best sound. Thank you for the kind words!
I really appreciate that you'd know that about me, I absolutely agree! Owning this amp changed how I felt about tone and amps, I learned how to understand how to play in a way that's really thinking amp first and you're triggering it with the guitar... Kinda crazy but this amp has definitely helped me understand amplifiers better across the board!@@lifelongfan07
Thanks man, honestly I had a hard time getting anything but a good sound out of that amp, I usually just run the EQ around noon and the main thing is that there's enough gain so that if you pick the note hard enough it has that sort of bite/ sustain and if you pick it softly it's pretty clean and still has nice tone...thanks for checking out the video!
Great video. Dumb question: when you demo’d the minor chord, you have to lift up the slide to let, in your case, the index finger fret the note, right?
Thank you! Great question, it’s kind of crazy but you actually can keep the slide “fretting” the chord notes and when you fret a note behind the slide it will actually go beneath the slide and be able to get fretted without needing to lift the slide up- this allows for a hybrid approach of playing with slide/ non slide simultaneously and gives you more voicings to play in open E type of tuning!
Hi Lockeshill, thank you so much! I like the Dunlop pedal simply because I’ve had the Ernie ball pedal string break on me so many times that this pedal won’t do that on me!
@@julesleyhe Thanks Jules, I actually have the Dunlop volume x mini for my lap steel but I’ve always felt like it was too small. I think the full size that you have in the video would offer more foot stability and control. I’ve been thinking about upgrading so here’s a good excuse 👍 Keep rippin that slide🤘
Dear Jules: thanks so much for this…tuning my Les Paul to open E, makes me wonder what string gauge you’d recommend and what about how you set your action? Having a hard time fretting behind the slide with my usual ‘10’s. Thanks in advance! Kind regards from Amsterdam
You are so welcome Jillis! I play 11-50, strung up just a little bit higher than normal action but not by much! This will help have a comfortable feel with the strings and not have the strings feel too thick, hope this helps!
I dunno if my fingers are too long or what ( i doubt it ) but i cant seem to get used to the slide on the pinkie, its too difficult to get the slide straight on the fretboard. I never noticed when i played notes how much bend my fingers have
Great question! I'd start with any guitar that has humbucking pickups, that's best place to start! (Preferably a Gibson - but Epiphone is great for starting too!)
Yes! If you use a tube amp some sort of attenuator (for a single channel amp) is a great idea to turn the amp up loud enough to distort, the trick here really is that I’m using fairly distorted tone and then ease up on the volume pedal to clean it up quite a bit!
Good question, picking/ muting with the thumb- but the thumb mainly mutes… so it’s a balance between using the thumb to mute and getting comfortable moving it around to pick sometimes too. Most of the picking is index or middle but thumb takes some of the load too. I feel like working the exercises out slowly helps sort of make sense of it and things will fall into place, hope this helps and thanks so much for checking out the video!
My Derek Trucks Slide Masterclass is now available! If you want want MORE then the Derek Trucks Masterclass video is for you!
Forget any other lesson on playing slide, this is the most comprehensive, concise building block on fundamentals video out there. I watch a ton of these and get bits and pieces but this one is by far the best from A to Z.
Thank you so much man, I really appreciate that feedback so much! We have more courses that are going to be available on my online store very soon so please keep an eye out for that if you liked this one!
This is the most underrated channel on RUclips. Thank you so much for this lesson! This might be the best guitar lesson on the internet. Thank you!!!
Thanks so much Raphael, really appreciate it man!
0:00 Intro
1:05 Building Blocks
10:00 Left Hand Positioning, Right Hand Muting
17:17 Tuning and Chord Voicings
25:24 Major and Minor pentatonic scale
36:16 Between Two Frets
47:07 Duane Allman - Statesbourough Blues
53:06 Duane Allman - Stand Back
1:02:35 Derek Trucks - Midnight in Harlem
1:17:57 Derek Trucks - Amazing Grace
1:28:40 Jeff Beck - Cause We Ended As Lovers
1:39:03 Jeff Beck - Where Were You
1:48:16 Catching Harmonics
1:55:04 Volume Pedal
2:02:18 Closing Remarks
wow, this video is amazing! The fact that you released it for free is just a testament to how awesome a person you are Jules. Many, many thanks
Ahh thank you so much, hope you really enjoy the lesson!
The 'between two frets' thing made me finally click with slide playing. Thanks Jules
Awesome, Gregory - I love to hear that!
How does this only have 148 likes??? I've learned more about slide playing the 2 hours of watching this than the 20 years I've wandered in the wilderness since picking up a slide.
First of all: Jules, you are an outstanding and thoughtful guitar player. A brilliant mesh of technique and raw expression.
Second: holy shit my man, you are a gifted teacher. Your ability to convey the language of slide guitar in a concise and captivating manner is next level. You really brought it with your analyses of Duane, Derek, and Jeff.
Bravo!
Aww man, thank you SO MUCH Johnnie! I sincerely appreciate it, we’re working on more content for the channel as we speak, there’s some more masterclass lesson vids/ performances, gear talk… so stay tuned for more, but I sincerely appreciate the kind words it inspires me to do a lot more of this sort of thing! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
This is by far the best Slide tutorial you can find on RUclips, there are a lot of great stuff but none of them explain slide like this dude
Man, I sincerely appreciate that so much, thank you for such high praise! We're releasing new videos so please subscribe and share with anyone who might dig what we're doing!
@@julesleyheSure thing! Keep sliding! Keep on Rocking!
I would pay good money for this all to be tabbed out. The moveable theory around 24 minutes is so priceless; this is always the first thing I look for and very few people consider it worthwhile. Thank you!
Thanks so much for this Chris! We are working on more courses like this that will likely have everything played written out, thank you for the valuable feedback we really appreciate it!
Same here tab it all please
An amazing class by an amazing guitarist. Congratulations Jules (and team) for putting together this awesome masterclass.
Thanks for all of the encouragement Greg!!
This video is such a gold mine.
Thank you so much Mark! I’m so glad that it’s been of such great use to you, this is awesome!
I have goofed around with slide for years, mostly in the Elmore James shuffle style, but have been waiting to find a good in depth lesson just like this! I'm off to the races with you and I guess off to a good start since I already wear the slide on my pinky! Thank you for this lesson, Jules.
Very cool, thanks man!
I’ve played guitar for years to a reasonable standard and wanted to start to slide for ages. No one explains any point of slide guitar as well as you do. Thank you so much for your time and effort putting together this lesson, it’s making me a better guitarist and is unparalleled to any other guitar tuition on the net. Thank you again sir.
That’s really awesome to hear man, I really appreciate it! I just released a new Derek trucks Masterclass video that focuses more on his style in case you’re interested in an even more in-depth to open E tuning/ the Derek Trucks vibe… again, thank you so much for the positive feedback!
Cheers again mate and keep on Rockin in the Freeworld ✊🏻❤️🎸
I was so fixated on your hands at 35:10 that I failed to notice your right leg working the volume pedal. Another lesson learned.
That’s such an important detail in so much of my playing- volume pedal is my (not so) secret ingredient! 😊
I’ve wanted to get into slide guitar for a long time but, it’s been difficult to find a good lesson series that starts from A and goes to Z…this is like an answered prayer. I’m glad I found your channel!!!
Awesome Patrick so glad to hear that!!
Been playing slide around a year. This is what I was looking for.
I love hearing that, enjoy this and stay tuned for the Derek Trucks Masterclass video we’re about to release!
best slide video i have found. a gold mine as other viewers have said
Thank you so much man, I’m really happy to see this video really click for so many people. I had a feeling it was filled with good info but wasn’t sure if it’d really mean much to anybody so I’m really thrilled that it’s worked and appreciate the feedback!
Thanks for this! I have always been super intimidated by slide playing. Gonna try to apply some of this now!!! Great licks - and I love the application of slide to Jeff Beck!
Super duper cool Matt, hope you enjoy the vid and are shredding some slide licks asap!!! 😊
I've been playing for quite some time but never found really good tutorials to see what I could add or focus on. Lots of people who just don't play slide well enough or can't explain it clearly.
Thanks for adding the small harmony parts, and where to find certain notes. Someone else said it too, but this is by the best slide lesson there is on youtube.
Thank you so much man, I’m really glad you found it that useful and I’m just glad that you found it at all! We’re putting lessons like this up all the time, really glad you dug it man!
@@julesleyhe Just amazed you put this much effort into this lesson.
I mean besides the lesson itself the lighting, sound, everything is top notch.
Holy shit, can't wait to go through this. Jules, you're the man!
Right on you are so welcome! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
This is awesome. You are a spectacular slide player!
Thanks Ed I appreciate it man!
The drill that starts at 3:09 is one I do every day now for 3 months. It has a lot to give, including, at least for me, an awareness of a light touch on the strings. If I drill this for 3 minutes and I allow any finger to press too much on its string, a depression or notch begins to develop in the finger. This notch does two things: 1) makes it harder to move because the finger gets hung up, and 2) it makes the picking surface wider because more finger is touching the string. More finger touching at the moment of release means the highs are damped before the finger lifts up and gets out of the way of the string vibration. So my success criteria has become: if there are significant notches in my fingers after 3 minutes, go back and focus on a lighter touch.
This is gold, Mark!
@@julesleyhe 🙌
Absolutely fabulous! Just hearing the tone throughout the lesson inspires me to go play. Thanks Jules!
Super cool, glad to hear it Tim- thank you!
This is really the best on line music class of any genre that I have come across - period!
Thank you! I really appreciate that. Our Derek Trucks Slide Masterclass will be available very soon! Same set up, same format, same team.
Do you have a personal email for enquiries Jules ?
You are THE BEST instructor plus musician. Thank you so much. I stared playing slide 35 years ago, my older brother’s friend taught me. Omg I’m so old now. But I never continued until I found you here in this video. You inspired me to pick up my slide and just focus on slide so I can play more blues. Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎸🎸
I sincerely appreciate that, thank you so much Sunny! Slide is difficult but so rewarding to learn, I’m glad this could reinvigorate you on your slide journey!
Wow, SO many good things on this video! Jack Pearson yes! Fillmore East album yes! I’m only up to the “Stand Back” point but I will be using this video as my reference from now.
I really feel what you’re saying about studying some of those moves until, whenever. It’s like BB King, I constantly go back to his instructional videos and his live playing. A person could spend their life working on the bends and intonation and making it sing. Same as Duane and Elmore James, Sonny Landreth. There’s lots of greats. I think Derek is my favourite and I was lucky enough to see him live. I’m in the great white north so the opportunities aren’t as plentiful but I also saw Johnny Winter and Jeff Beck. I’m 69 and I’ve been playing since I was 10. I’m ok on slide but definitely need to keep learning. My fingers and arms are starting to experience arthritis. I can play for an hour and 1/2 - 2 hours but I suffer afterwards. I figure that using the slide will be easier on my hand. I haven’t played much slide for a long time but I’m getting back at it. I have been playing with the slide on my ring finger but I used to put it on my pinky. I think I’m going back to it but I need a smaller slide. I really like the sound of playing behind the slide. Again, this video is outstanding and your playing is magnificent. I’ve also got a lap steel and on both that and my Strat I like to practice with Amazing Grace. With slow vibrato and fast vibrato and in between. Just working it. I know most of Statesboro Blues but I’m going to take a long look at it. It might hurt a bit but I will fret not, except when I do. ;-)
That’s awesome to hear you’re digging the video man, and thanks for sharing your musical journey! 😊
Youre honestly an amazing guitarist, but an even better teacher. Keep it up, and thank you
I really appreciate that, thank you so much man! We have a lot more of this sort of thing across my RUclips channel but I’d recommend my masterclass courses for the deepest dive/ highest quality lessons I currently offer! 😊
Well done Jules! Thank you for going beyond the basics!!! There are a LOT of slide lessons/tutorials on YT that don’t go past the basics of slide. I consider myself an intermediate slide player and this was great. The right-hand muting exercises at the beginning are a great warmup for all levels. Kudos and thank you! 🙏
That’s all great to hear, Larry- thank you!
@@julesleyhe seriously, this was great! I’m rehearsing for a show where I’m playing slide for three songs, including Statesboro Blues. I think a good idea for a future lesson might be the other licks in Statesboro Blues, I.e., the call and response in the verses.
@@larryscott2239very cool/ great idea!
I have been playing in Open E for 20 years now. I found after 10 years of playing mostly blues that now I find it fun transposing songs that I never liked to play (or wouldn’t play) in standard tuning but now it is a challenge to figure out how to transpose them in my head in Open E.
Ahh, I really appreciate this comment… this is a common situation, I’m thinking about making a video that specifically addresses THIS because you’re not the only person in this situation’
oh. my god i can't wait to dive in
Right on brother ❤️ enjoy!
Super cool masterclass, Jules. Congratulations.
Thank you so much Greg! 🤘🏼🤘🏼😊
Incredible video! Thanks for uploading it!
Thank you so much!
Good stuff Jules!!! I’ve been playing slide for a while and I enjoyed your thought out approach, along with the passion you shared on the subject!
Hi Jarred, thank you for that I really appreciate in! Maybe one day we’ll get a chance to play together! 👊🏼😊
@@julesleyhe that would be so cool! Come on out to the east coast any time!
This is brilliant. Well done.
I really appreciate that, Joel! Thank you so much, we're working on more courses that will be released in the near future so stay tuned!
Killing dude!!
Thanks Buddy! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Wow! Thank God I found your channel. You have a new subscriber
Thanks so much Bill!
Thanks Jules for the great masterclass!
You’re so welcome, Jan! Really glad you dug it man
@@julesleyhe I really dig it, great stuff! Love your phrasing and mix of bluesy and Aretha Franklin - Maria Carey (from your other video) stuff. That's the way I like slide. You're a great player! I transpose it into double drop D tuning (hybrid tuning between open G - standard and open D tuning). You should try it, it's fun. Greetz from Belgium!
This is awesome, Jules!
Thanks Anastasios! Appreciate it buddy!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Great video Jules, Nicely Done.
Thanks so much, Nick appreciate it!!
Thanks!
You’re most welcome, thanks for digging the video! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Thank you so much for this very generous and thorough tutorial / lesson.
Man, I appreciate that so much- thank you for checking it out!! I also have an even more in depth Derek Trucks focused slide masterclass that builds off of everything that this one starts with in case you’re interested in more courses like this one!
Wow! What a great and thorough lesson.
Thank you so much Wick! We have a lot more where that came from between my masterclass courses and other RUclips videos hope you enjoy it all!
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This video is fantastic thank you for taking the time to do this for free!!!
You’re so welcome! I have other masterclass courses available in case you’d like more, really appreciate you checking out the video!
Great class Julien!! This is exactly what I've been for.
Thank you so much, really appreciate that! In case you want more of this sort of thing I have masterclass courses available and offer private lessons as well! 😊
Hi Jules..just discovered your site. Fantastic info.
Beginner-slider Canuck in Montreal getting ready for winter! :) Thanks so much for all your work here...looking forward to your other videos.
Thank you so much Bob I really appreciate that! More videos coming out very soon so please stay tuned! :)
I've spent 40 mins on the 1st 6 mins! Muting - I see how to use that technique for so many things like Man on the Moon solo, etc, never mind improvised blues.
I know, there is so much in this video. I’ve listened to it 4 times and I still find things I missed previously.
That's awesome to hear Amanda, that's exactly what I hoped folks might get out of this so I love hearing that! :)
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This is the best video. I’m only 1/4 way through this and have learned so so much! Amazing and thank you 🙏 for sharing this. I’ll be following you,,😊
Thank you so much Brian! Really appreciate that, there’s definitely way more to come and my masterclass courses get even more in depth on all sorts of slide techniques- so glad you enjoy it!
Well done man. What a thought out lesson. Can’t wait to check out more of your stuff. Again well done!
Thank you so much, Mike! Really appreciate that man, stay tuned im getting ready to release a whole bunch of courses on a bunch of topics I hope you’ll enjoy them!
@@julesleyhe Looking forward to it! Do me a favour would you? Rate my old video , would mean a lot, it's only 52 seconds long. I saw you made a "sound like SRV" video. I was planning on doing a series as I dedicated my teens playing SRV tunes. ruclips.net/video/RTyt89qAuUY/видео.html
I Love and Love and Love this lesson. The BEST ever!!!!!!! OMG I feel like I won the lottery!! Thank you so much 🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much Sunny! I am so happy that you found this lesson so valuable, we are getting ready to release more courses just like this one so please stay tuned there is a lot more video course content like this coming soon!
Great Video. Very helpful.
Thank you so much Chad!
Wow man, this video really does what it says on the tin! A true thorough masterclass. I wanted to ask if you were using a volume pedal, but I should’ve watch until the end first. I did kinda miss a ‘tone’ section, I’m curious what you’re using as a drive pedal…seems like the amp, watching till the end…I struggle to get more sustain without having to add a lot of gain. Really great lesson, especially on the scale section. I play standard tuning slide most of the time, but I got a lot out of it. Take care
Thank you so much for this, I sincerely appreciate it! It’s a volume pedal and all of the distortion is coming from the Ceriatone OTS 50 amp! A tone section would be great you’re correct, in this case it’s basically the axe -> volume pedal -> amp with a touch of reverb… we’ll be releasing more videos like this so stay tuned!
Jules i’ve been at slide guitar for over a decade and I pick it up and down time and time again, but I have a disability that affects my hands physically chiefly my left hand, cannot fret any traditional guitar. I will wear a slide on my finger but I play a Strat style guitar on my lap.
My right hand is strong despite the disability of cerebral palsy so I am able to play with heavier strings and action raised up but without a proper teacher, nobody really has explained how the scales work going across the neck instead of how they are traditionally. I need someone from a horizontal perspective like you are doing here, but I cannot see what your hand is doing no matter how many times I slowed down the video for the major and minor scales.
If you could perhaps just not take that from zero to all the way up to the 12th it would be great. I can email you if you are open to that but this is a gold mine and I’m so glad it’s here.
My left hand is significantly weaker and because I hold a tone bar it’s more think, like a lap steel type of playing, but my fingers chiefly the remaining two on my left hand fly up in the air, so they’re unable to mute behind the slide, which gives me a lot of excess noise, I’ve tried almost everything but alas, nothing seems to be the work or I can’t find an adaptation.
It’s difficult to describe without a visual aid.
Cheers sir. I feel like I’m so close to being able to do this, but my physical limitations do make it difficult especially the muting with the left and the right hand. Perhaps I will just have to have a lot of excess string noise, but I’ve been at this for a decade and I just can’t figure it out. There’s also not a lot of resources that break it down from standard tuning into specifically open E as you are doing here.
Oh man, Matt - I’m absolutely happy to help. Please send me a message through my website www.julesleyhemusic.com and we’ll take it from there, I’ll keep an eye out for an email from you! It’ll be great to help clarify things for you… take care!
@@julesleyhe fantastic. I didn’t see this message till now.
Thanks so much. I really have been struggling for over a decade and muting is the toughest thing given my cerebral palsy and I’ve just about given up.
I keep going back-and-forth picking it up and down and just feeling defeated it’s more of a right hand issue for me than it is a left. I play a Strat style guitar on my lap.
The fact of the matter is without any traditional music knowledge, I have been steering a rudderless ship for so long now you can even put the disability aside and you get the same scenario .
The fact of the matter is nobody just teaches in open E exclusively I have looked in person for many years and it’s such a niche thing.
@@julesleyhe how do I send you a message. I don’t see a direct email link but I do happen to have Instagram.
@@julesleyhe I have sent you some messages through Instagram. I couldn’t find a direct email link on your website. Take your time in responding and I hope I was both thorough and yet somehow brief at the same time.
Thank you so much 🎉🎉🎉
You’re most welcome, thank you for checking out the video!
Man, fantastic lesson. ❤
Thanks so much man! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
@julesleyhe absolutely. A fantastic teacher as well as a musician. Cheers dude!!
What a goldmine my gosh ❤ SO much in one place!! Unlike anything on here
Thank you so much Matt! I’m really glad you like this, I have other masterclass courses available in case you’re interested!
@@julesleyheI’m having trouble seeing your hands for the major and minor scale visibly can you tell me what it is in just notation ?
I also left a pretty in-depth post rather a comment on how my left hand my fingers don’t stay flat to mute behind the slide, I also use a tone bar and I play the guitar on my lap.
I assume the basic still applies I’ve been at this for over 10 years but nothing like this.
I can’t believe how much is just between on 10 and 12
Masterclasses should look to this video as example of how to do it right.
That would be amazing thank you for the praise homie!!
I came into this thinking "Bullshit. There's no slide guitar master class unless Ry Cooder or Sonny Landreth are conducting it".
But, damn was I wrong.
This video is an absolute master class. Even delving into some theory without it actually sounding like a dissertation on the subject.
I'm constantly amazed at just how many solid relatively-unknown slide players there are out there. Ian Thornley being one of my favorites.
But, after fiddling with slide for 25 years, I find it easier to progress with it and emulate other players than I do playing standard guitar. Once i learned how to apply consistent vibrato and play a bit behind the slide, everything else is using my ears to make the guitar sing the song I wish I could sing with my voice.
The biggest tip I can give to new slide players is good slide fit. I started playing with my ring finger because the slide I had was big, even for the ring finger, and definitely too big for my pinky. With it on my pinky, I was tensing up to bend the pinky a bit to keep the slide from slopping around. Once I moved to a better-fit slide for my pinky, I started using that digit exclusively.
Thank you so much for this awesome comment, I really appreciate it and am happy that as a relatively unknown player (ME!) you’d bother to watch enough to see that this video is filled with tons of valuable information… really happy that you found this helpful and please stay tuned we have more courses coming out that were very excited to be releasing soon!
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I've watched the entire video twice, and sent it to another buddy that enjoys learning slide guitar, too. A lot of great info in this master class.
While I've gotten decent at slide guitar, I'm nowhere near your level. This video shows me I still have a lot to learn, but instead of making me want to put it down, your way of teaching makes me want to pick it up and practice.
You should not be an unknown slide player. You should be playing the big stages, brother.
Fantastic lesson ! New subscriber and thank you for sharing !
So glad you dug the lesson, thank you so much!
Incredible
Thanks so much I really appreciate it!!
@@julesleyhe love your channel
@5150show really appreciate it man!! We’re working on it!
Awesome!
Thank you so much, David!
Perfect!
Thank you David! Really appreciate it man, we have more in our masterclasses if you like this sort of thing! 😊
Great stuff, subscribing!
Awesome man, thank you!! There’s a ton more coming out soon so stay tuned!
In depth, informative. Really got a ton out of this. Thank you!
Thank you so much glad you dug it!
There were a lot of misnomers you cleared up for me. Like action hight and playing maj or min behind the slide. And the slide in harmonics, whoh! Pretty cool stuff man, Id go see you play live!
tooo good 🙌🏻😀 and your slide playing is so great too!
Thanks so much Robin, really appreciate it!
This was incredible, thank you!
You’re so welcome Landon, thanks man!!
Wow! Great lesson! Thank you!
Absolutely welcome, thanks for checking the video out!
The exercise at 3:10 is quite literally the gateway to slide guitar. I start my daily practice with it, and without that pluck and mute control, you just can’t play clean single lines.
Thank you, Mark! I believe it really is… these baby steps turn into very powerful sounds we can use later on!
Thanks so much…been looking for a beginning to slide…would love to see some delta accoustic type of work as well❤🎸🎶
Awesome Jeff, you got it! There’s more coming soon so stay tuned!
Mind blown! Thank you for this.
Thanks so much man!!
Such a great video really impressed by how much info is in this. One thing I might have missed was setup. I’m just curious what strings and action height you are using.
Thanks so much Derrick! I play 12-52’s on this open E tuned SG, set the action up pretty high (not a specific height, but high enough so I can really DIG in with my right hand and not worry about hitting the frets!) that setup is different from someone like Dylan Adams who frets more and has action that is better fit for fretted/ slide playing… both are great, I just approach it a little more like a pedal steel/ dobro player, I don’t play behind the slide TOO much yet 😊
julien layhe? very trailer park boys name! Man. i love what youve done here. 99% of youtube slide vids are just VERY basics repeated over and over. comprehensive and understandable.. One question; how do you do your rake? im trying to learn without a pick......
Absolutely a trailer park boys name 😂😂🤘🏼🤘🏼 Thanks man! Really glad you appreciate this course, we have more masterclasses available at my website if you’re into this sort of thing! Really appreciate it 😊
The rake is a really great example of expression while playing slide - I’ll have a video dedicated to just that up very soon!
Ian Thornley is my favorite slide player. I believe he is a big Sonny Landreth fan.. which makes me want to study both of them. 😊
Absolutely, Ian is an awesome player!
I may be underestimating, but there is at least a year of material here for the intermediate player.
I’d say so (or at least hope so) Mark! 😊
Outstanding
Really appreciate it Josh, thank you!
Amazing resource.
Thanks so much man, there’s more to come! 📈
Really awesome.
Thanks so much Colin! Really appreciate it!
a bit yappy... in places... all in all verry cool and helpful...great bits....cheers
Thanks JP, cheers!
Great video man! How do you get that pedal steel tone where the note becomes louder after you pluck the string like at 24:42?
Great question, I use a volume pedal since my hands are too busy tending to muting, picking, sliding… so any of that pedal steel/ theramin type of stuff usually comes from my foot on the volume pedal!
Hi Jules, I sent you a small tip and will explore your classes when I'm ready to dig in further. Could you share how you are getting that sweet sustained tone at lower volumes? I have the TONEX system and could utilize that. I have some OD pedals and a slew of vintage tube amps including a BF Deluxe Reverb and Bandmaster. No Super however - and wouldn't want to crank anything to stage volume in my studio if I did. Thank you
Hi there, thank you so much! I’m using a ceriatone OTS 50 in this video, an amp I highly recommend to get into the “Dumble” sonic realm at a relatively affordable price… the amp is where the distortion is coming from here, and is really the key to the sweet sustained tone you’re referring to! Hope that helps, you can definitely get a similar tone by setting an OD pedal to a spot where it’s helping with saturation but not coloring the tone to the point where you can’t hear the original guitar tone anymore.
What about the guitar setup? Should I make one with a high action for the slide or will a standard action work?
Great question Pedro! I would keep the action on the fairly low side… I have a brand new Derek Trucks masterclass video where I get into some of this in great detail - but I would recommend a medium/ slightly low action and try playing with a light touch!
At 35:14 during that 7 10 12: you pluck only once but you manage to extract so much out of the energy in the string without plucking again. Even at the end of the lick there is still enough energy in the string to keep going. How do you do that?
Great question, Mark! That’s really just about having enough gain on the amp/ tone to begin with so that there’s enough “life” in each note that even a fairly cleanly picked note has a lot of play just like you see in the video! 😊
I wonder where are you now? I wish I could meet you or see you playing.
I am located in Oakland, California - feel free to check out my website (julesleyhemusic.com) I list all of my shows/ events on my website- I hope to see you at a show sometime!
Any advice on guitar setup? Higher nut ? Thicker strings? Raised bridge? Or are there some secrets you want to keep?
Good question! There aren’t any secrets I’m trying to keep, there are definitely advantages to having “hybrid” action, simply meaning action that allows for both fretting/ sliding comfortably. I’ve spent a long time playing kind of like a dobro player with pretty high action and really dug that style for a long time… now I’m trying to use slightly lower action because I’m seeing the advantages of just being able to do it all on one axe. Experimenting with the action will help you find out what works best for you that’s for sure!
What volume pedal do you use. Great lesson!!! Thanks
You got it Duane, Dunlop volume X!
How did I miss the tuning and voicing goldmine discussion at 17:17. How many full meals are there in this video? Many.
I love that part! Eat up!
Great jules...I have another question I'm changing pickups on a guitar I'm leaning at seymour duncan antiquites...which ones do u prefer as a slide player would be great to get youre thought on this topic
The Seymour Duncan antiquities are awesome/ I’d highly recommend those pickups for slide! In my SG I have custombuckers which are great, but I’m thinking of antiquities or pickups by pete Flynn… can’t go wrong with any of these three!
@julesleyhe thanks jules for a fast replay.. then I know what to order🙏
This is AWESOME Jules! Such a treasure man! What amp are you playing?
Thanks so much man! In this vid I’m playing a Ceriatone OTS 50- love this amp! Thanks for checking out the video and glad you dig it!
I’ve seen you play that amp once or twice. That’s a killer amp. I think it defines your tone, aside from your fingers
That’s awesome of you to say, I definitely feel that way about that amp… I feel like this amp made me understand how to hear what an amp wants from you and to play THAT way to get the best sound. Thank you for the kind words!
I really appreciate that you'd know that about me, I absolutely agree! Owning this amp changed how I felt about tone and amps, I learned how to understand how to play in a way that's really thinking amp first and you're triggering it with the guitar... Kinda crazy but this amp has definitely helped me understand amplifiers better across the board!@@lifelongfan07
Tone is incredible. What are your amp settings?
Thanks man, honestly I had a hard time getting anything but a good sound out of that amp, I usually just run the EQ around noon and the main thing is that there's enough gain so that if you pick the note hard enough it has that sort of bite/ sustain and if you pick it softly it's pretty clean and still has nice tone...thanks for checking out the video!
@@julesleyhethank you so much , I’m subscribed and will def check out more. Again, really great sound.
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You got it man, thank you!
Great video. Dumb question: when you demo’d the minor chord, you have to lift up the slide to let, in your case, the index finger fret the note, right?
Thank you! Great question, it’s kind of crazy but you actually can keep the slide “fretting” the chord notes and when you fret a note behind the slide it will actually go beneath the slide and be able to get fretted without needing to lift the slide up- this allows for a hybrid approach of playing with slide/ non slide simultaneously and gives you more voicings to play in open E type of tuning!
Hey Jules, fabulous class! Can’t seem to find which volume pedal you have there listed in the gear?
Active/passive etc. Info would be great. Thanks!
I can kinda see a logo…Dunlop Volume X ??
Hi Lockeshill, thank you so much! I like the Dunlop pedal simply because I’ve had the Ernie ball pedal string break on me so many times that this pedal won’t do that on me!
@@julesleyhe Thanks Jules, I actually have the Dunlop volume x mini for my lap steel but I’ve always felt like it was too small. I think the full size that you have in the video would offer more foot stability and control. I’ve been thinking about upgrading so here’s a good excuse 👍 Keep rippin that slide🤘
Dear Jules: thanks so much for this…tuning my Les Paul to open E, makes me wonder what string gauge you’d recommend and what about how you set your action? Having a hard time fretting behind the slide with my usual ‘10’s. Thanks in advance! Kind regards from Amsterdam
You are so welcome Jillis! I play 11-50, strung up just a little bit higher than normal action but not by much! This will help have a comfortable feel with the strings and not have the strings feel too thick, hope this helps!
I dunno if my fingers are too long or what ( i doubt it ) but i cant seem to get used to the slide on the pinkie, its too difficult to get the slide straight on the fretboard. I never noticed when i played notes how much bend my fingers have
You're not the only one facing that situation... it's an awkward feeling for the longest time, however you can play slide (ring or pinky) go for it!
Hi!
Wich electric guitar would u recommended for slide beginners ?
Great question! I'd start with any guitar that has humbucking pickups, that's best place to start! (Preferably a Gibson - but Epiphone is great for starting too!)
I can't get that sing songy tone he gets in this video. Any tips?
Yes! If you use a tube amp some sort of attenuator (for a single channel amp) is a great idea to turn the amp up loud enough to distort, the trick here really is that I’m using fairly distorted tone and then ease up on the volume pedal to clean it up quite a bit!
Can someone notate the E major and minor scale here? I can see what notes he’s doing fast enough
Jules it would help immensely but I’ve slowed the section down as much as I could.
Absolutely Brilliant Guitar lesson ! ! TRUELY GREAT STUFF ! ! THANKS AGAIN ! 👍 CHEERS !!!🙂
Right on, John! Thank you so much we’re making more videos like this so please subscribe and stay up to date!
Are you picking with your thumb or only muting with your thumb?
Good question, picking/ muting with the thumb- but the thumb mainly mutes… so it’s a balance between using the thumb to mute and getting comfortable moving it around to pick sometimes too. Most of the picking is index or middle but thumb takes some of the load too. I feel like working the exercises out slowly helps sort of make sense of it and things will fall into place, hope this helps and thanks so much for checking out the video!
Is there a single slide guitar instructor there that doesn’t have a cherry Gibson SG…
Probably not! 😂🤘🏼🤘🏼