Welcome, I'm Jules Leyhe. I'm from Oakland, Ca and I love helping people express themselves through music. Specifically guitar and slide guitar. I post music lessons, lectures, performance videos, and mini documentaries on various topics. I hope you enjoy!
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!
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.
Yeah man, the good ol days at the coliseum with it just being a bustling spot are long gone but all of the folks who work there and all of the fans coming out are definitely still awesome
Got a few! But decided to try this one on the Les Paul, I’ve done the anthem 10+ times now in this setting so I wanted to try something a little different from how I’ve usually done it this time!
Thanks so much man I REALLY appreciate it, I’m playing through my two rock Bloomfield drive and a the reverb’s coming from the strymon flint but that’s it for the tone!
I love Jeff Beck as well. I always asked myself how that song would sound on slide xD Thanks for answering that for all of us !!! That song, Nadia and his version of Moon River with Eric Clapton are on my list to learn (between many others from him of course 😅).
You can check out the full performance of *"Cause We Ended As Lovers"* here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c3EOjvqvb24.htmlsi=A85WpqlligD356ai
If you liked this check out my How to Play *"Cause We Ended As Lovers"* on slide guitar. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7F878Rb1dfA.html
Thank you and great question! We brought a portable battery for this one, plugged in a monitor so I could hear myself, guitar pedals, light for the shoot… pretty wild! Were trying to do more stuff like this out on location, really glad you dug it!
Very cool would to love to hear it in context but great lesson for comping and really digging into the melody and harmony of a fairly simple pop tune. There's a lot to it.
Thank you so much, you’re absolutely right… doesn’t seem like too much on the surface but then we you get into it there’s definitely a lot going on! Hope this video helped 😊
Thanks Matt! Me too, that’s my absolute favorite… I’ve been meaning to do a video about Peter Green on my channel for a while now, maybe it’s due soon!
@@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!
