The Slide Guitar Course: Standard Tuning Edition

Everything you need to know to become a versatile slide player using entirely Standard Tuning. Instant access to over
6 HOURS worth of in-depth, easy to understand lessons across 29 videos. PDFs, tabs, Guitar Pro files and backing tracks included!

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Over 6 Hours of Lessons

Whether you're a beginner who has never touched a slide, an intermediate player looking for guidance, an advanced player with holes in your knowledge/technique, or an Open Tuning slide player who's looking to switch to Standard Tuning, this course will teach you everything you need to know in order to play slide on your regular guitar in a wide variety of musical situations. No open tunings necessary.

With this course, slide stops being a novelty "party trick" and becomes a true musical tool for artistic expression.

The course includes 6+ hours of video content, PDF downloads with tabs and fretboard diagrams, Guitar Pro files and 5 custom-made backing tracks for you to jam with and practice the slide concepts you've learned.

Take a peek at the course outline:

Section 1: Before You Begin
1. Guitar Setup  (04:55)
2. Finger Choice for Slide  (07:11)
3. Slide Choice  (11:01)
4. Music Theory Primer  (22:57)

Section 2: Fundamentals of Slide
1. How To Wear the Slide/Left Hand Positioning  (10:42)
2. Right Hand Technique/Fingerpicking  (13:39)
3. Play Your First Notes with the Slide  (09:28)
4. Vibrato  (08:34)

Section 3: The Open Tuning Blues Sound (in Standard Tuning)
1. The "Open-Style" Minor Pentatonic Box  (11:32)
2. Learn Your First Slide Licks  (14:28)
3. The "DGB Triad Position," Major Sounds, Minor Blues Scale  (18:19)
4. Learn Your First Slide Solo [Slow Blues in C Solo Breakdown]  (16:32)
5. "Dust My Broom" Solo Breakdown  (10:07)

Section 4: Single-String Slide "Singing"
1. Playing Scales "Horizontally" [Major Scale & Natural Minor Scale]  (14:20)
2. "Horizontal" Pentatonics and Navigating the Entire Fretboard  (14:52)
3. Getting that "Vocal" Sound  (15:23)
4. Major Ballad Solo Breakdown  (17:28)
5. Gospel-Blues "Shuffle on the 1" Solo Breakdown  (16:05)

Section 5: Utilizing "Regular" Scale Positions with the Slide
1. Major & Minor Pentatonic  (13:45)
2. "Diagonal" Pentatonics  (15:39)
3. Major Scale, Combining the 3 Soloing Approaches, Minor Scale  (24:49)
4. Advanced Right Hand Techniques  (16:18)
5. Combining Slide and Fretted Playing  (16:57)
6. Funky A Minor Solo Breakdown [Putting it All Together]  (26:58)

Section 6: Chords & Rhythm
1. Playing Chords with the Slide  (09:11)
2. Fretted Rhythm Playing with the Slide On  (12:54)

Section 7: Final Thoughts
1. Phrasing & Transcribing Discussion [Where to Go From Here]  (19:42)
2. Conclusion  (01:06)

See what these happy customers have to say!

Ryan Walsh - “I have purchased several online guitar courses over the years and some have been good, but most have been pretty disappointing. I bought Dylan’s standard tuning slide course and it is fantastic! I have always wanted to get more into slide but the whole open tuning thing was a pain. This course is the most practical and applicable course I have ever purchased!”

SJL Cinemas (Youtube account) - "I’m really enjoying your standard tuning slide course. My slide playing has come a long way since discovering your lessons. Thank you!”

The Slide Guitar Course: Standard Tuning Edition

Become a versatile slide player using Standard Tuning ONLY, no Open Tunings or separate guitars necessary.
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