subject: Learn Slide Guitar, Enhance Your Musical Enjoyment [print this page] Learn Slide Guitar, Enhance Your Musical Enjoyment
Are you tired of playing the guitar using the same old method all too many times? Well, why not try to learn slide guitar. Learning to play slide guitar can be a true enjoyment. It is a challenge for a guitar beginner to learn the skill. Of coarse, you must spend some effort to understand slide guitar and keep practicing the techniques.
First, you will need the slide itself. The slides come in different materials and you can find them in your local music stores. Usually they are made of metal or glass. In general, steel or other type of metal slides are used on acoustic guitar. Metal ones tend to produce loud tone but without much vibration. You can also choose glass-type of slides. These will produce a smooth and sharper sound.
You may ask, "Which finger should I put the slide in?" Well, I will suggest using the ring finger. This is so that you can still have your index and middle fingers to play the frets. Nevertheless, I know there are guitarists who use their little finger to play slide guitar. You have to try and explore with different fingers in order to know where you are comfort with putting the slide on.
You can use any guitar as a slide guitar, regardless of whether it is an acoustic guitar or electric guitar. Once you have chosen your guitar, you will need to make modifications to it for playing slide guitar. The guitar strings need to be heavier and bigger. The strings have to be set higher over the fret bar.
When you are learning slide guitar, it is good to listen to how other guitarists play their slide. Through listening to other songs or albums, you can learn about slide guitar too. Here is a list of songs.
Dust My Broom Elmore James
Rollin' and Tumblin' Traditional
Amazing Grace Traditional
Come in My Kitchen Robert Johson
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground Blind Willie Johnson
Go ahead and start your first step to learn slide guitar. In the beginning, you might encounter difficulties but your passion in guitar will overcome them. In fact, you can quickly learn and master the techniques of slide guitar by seeking out information from the internet.
