Chicago Blues - Group Lesson


Michael: This interactive lesson will cover blues slide guitar techniques used in Week 3 & 4 of the Guitar Lick of the Day. You can use both standard and open G tunings, beginners or guitarists with a trem system should avoid detuning to Open G for this interactive lesson. Click for Open G Tuning Info Stuart: Does both tunings imply that most of the focus is on the "middle" strings? Michael: yes stu, we'll use the D minor Pentatonic scale tonight Tom: do you put the slide on your pinkey or ring finger Michael: on your pinky, the jam track will be based on the D sirch: I can't keep this coke bottle on my pinky! Michael: sirch, that would be a challenge for any of us 8-), we're cover just the minor pentatonic viper: What are the notes in the D minor pen teach Michael: what are the notes in the D Minor Pentatonic is based on 5 notes steve: d,f,g,a,c Michael: thanks Steve Michael: notice how I show the scale on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th strings, it will be the same because you don't detune those three strings, here's the looping jam track: Michael: load that file and try jamming on that scale over it Michael: Hey everybody Hank Garland has joined us tonight, if you don't know who he is, Hank played with Elvis, Everly Bros, Roy Orbinson, Hank Williams SR, Patsy Cline, many others. you can find out more info about Hank Garland at www.hankgarland.com AceDuck: THE hank garland?? Jr: hI HANK DO YOU LIKE SLIDE GUITAR Hank_Garland: I like to watch Junior Brown play slide guitar AScriabin: yay - junior brown is great and his Git-Steel. as he calls it. Michael: you can also use the D minor blues scales Michael: the D minor Blues has D, F, G, A, Ab, C steve: I never played slide before - and i kep fretting out??? any suggestions (besides practice) Michael: I'll send you an image illustrating proper slide techniques Michael: notice that you play over the fret and you can use your first finger to mute open or ringing notes Michael: Hank have you ever played slide guitar? or lap steel or steel guitar? Hank_Garland: yes an old lap steel that I gave to Junior Brown back in my Cowboy Copas days with Hank Williams Sr and all Greg: Hey is it better to play slide with gibson style bridge instead of a floyd type? Michael: Greg, the stop Gibson type bridge if the best, Floyd Rose trem systems float and are hard to tune. Jr: Hank how much time did you spend with Hank sr??? Hank_Garland: for a couple of years.. then I went to New York and back and forth to doing studio work in Nashville, Lime House Blues and all of them Jr: thats nice at what age were you?? Hank_Garland: 16 years old Michael: now you can play middle 2 strings at a time, here's our first lick: Michael: all the notes you played barred are relative to the D min pen scale now these position all work over the jam track, you can make up your own patterns, try using the various positions to create your own licks Support: selaty, the lessons are archived for later study if you can't keep up now Deano: Greg... I'm substituting a slide with a lighter... it's not great, but it works... Michael: good idea Deano 8-) Adam: I'm using a screwdriver <g> Michael: I use a beer bottle when I play live Tom: just the neck or the whole thing Kevin: i use an old glass medicine bottle Greg: How do mute behind the bottle. You must have huge hands LOL ;) Michael: in the last video I illustrate how you can vibrato using the slide, greg that is a problem 8-) There are several slides you can buy: Michael: I perfer the glass slide Deano: using a pick?? Michael: yes Deano, sometimes I fingerpick, I like the sound of the glass, it has that Delta blues sound wayne: i use one of those moonshine slides Michael: the last lick I sent illustrates playing the same pattern but incorporating the vibrato Eddie_solo: do u have to put pressure on the slide or more or less balance it above the strings steve: i've been playing for 20 years and i still get this slide down - i keep fretting out - should i have a guitar set up with higher action or is it me?? Michael: it's better to have heavy strings and higher action, try the following licks over the jam track Michael: now you can play the last lick an octave higher Michael: the last lick was typically used by Robert Johnson Michael: any questions so far? Eddie_solo: do u have to put pressure on the strings or try to get a more relaxed feel? Michael: relax the slide, you want to avoid fretting the guitar Eddie_solo: i thought so i am griping as hard as i can Michael: this time let's use a portion of the scale I sent earlier Stuart: I noticed that the end of the previous licks ends 1/2 step below where they start. This seems somewhat dissonant. Is this intended? Michael: yes, it's not really an issue of where you resolve the note when playing slide, it's more of the type of feel you want to produce, notice on the last lick how you play some notes and slide into to others Jerry: are you fretting those notes w/ your fingers or the slide? Michael: try an experiment by playing some notes of the scale by placing the slide on the fret with the slide, try playing the scale two ways... 1. placing the slide over the fret to play the notes 2. sliding into each note Michael: any problems with that exercise? Stuart: I bet you learn that you tend to play the note more accurately when you slide in? Jerry: do you lift the slide between each note? Michael: try playing ascending and descending the scale, yes you do stu, try lifting the slide, it's harder to do to create a pure tone and making a buzzing sound Deano: I gotta get me a slide... ( a concave one... I'm playing a strat) Jerry: what does a concave slide do for you? Adam: for curved fretboards? Deano: ya... curved fretboards. pete: I'm playing a strat too. Is that why it seems hard to get a pure tone? Michael: curved fretboards are more of a challenge, but not impossible Kevin1: yeah its easier to play slide with a flat neck Deano: sure, if you have a flat slide...... there are curved ones... Michael: you have to get use to angling your elbow more to adjust to the curve of the neck Kevin1: you have to really work at muting strings if you play on a curved fret board Michael: that's tough one also Kevin, adding your first finger to mute really does help your tone Kevin1: yeah and i think playing with the slide on your pinky helps a little. tonight id the first time i played with it on my pinky and it seemed to make things a bit easier Michael: it frees your other fingers to play licks and chords Kevin1: yeah all the sudden i have this extra finger free and it was really cool Eddie_solo: theoretically can u use every note on the fretboard as long as u start on a scale note and end on one Michael: Time to go, thanks for tuning in!	<< load notation from left
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