Slide Guitar: Fretting Behind The Slide [Lesson] 

Exactly!

This is wonderful. Thank you so much! I really thought you had to hold the slide in place and let the string bounce up to hit it like a reverse pull off. This made all the difference!

Yep.

Same

It was a revelation for me, glad I can share that tip! Thanks for watching and best of luck man 🤘🏻

Thank you so much and I’m so stoked to hear the videos are working for you! 🙏🏻

Thanks so much man! Good for you being able to switch fingers, I used ring for about 5 years and as soon as I switched to pinky and got used to it, ring felt weird and has ever since lol. Anyway, best of luck man!

@@dylanadamsguitar I learn by listening and watching, so geeked about your channel. I watch Derek, Joey, and Ariel on YT religiously. I've learned so much from them. Cheers.

Ah man thank you so much, that means a lot!! Yeah I need to get back on posting the shorts, I’m still posting a lot on instagram though. Anyway, best of luck man!

Thanks, best of luck! 🤘🏻

Thanks!! No tours planned as of now, hoping that changes next year!

Thanks so much! Duane Allman and Derek Trucks are my biggest inspirations guitar-wise, plus any and all of the classic blues guys from the 50s-70s. But I’ve also learned so much from horn players like Coltrane, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, pianists like McCoy Tyner, Wynton Kelly, Oscar Peterson, funk/r&b music in general a la Sly & The Family Stone, The Meters, James Brown, Donny Hathaway, Stax/Motown/Muscle Shoals artists, vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, many many more! No way I could name one single main inspiration out of them

@@dylanadamsguitar Man. I’ve got some serious listening to do. Thanks a bunch!

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Right on! While flatter is usually better, I don’t have a specific preference for radius. My guitars are anywhere from 7.25” to 20” radius and the only one that can get somewhat tricky for me is 7.25. That said, I’m never sliding on more than 3-4 strings at a time, never doing full 6 string chords so your mileage may vary.

Also when you pluck with you thumb for example on the D string, how are you keeping the a string from not ringing? Making sure the slide isn’t touching it, or muting with the right hand? Or some of both?

Sitting here working on it and the longer I sit the Moe I see it’s a bit of all of that and just taking the time. Killer dude!

I can relate. Started playing guitar during the corona pandemic. Then after two years of normal guitar playing (I also only played with a pick) I started playing slide guitar. First 5 months on my normal acoustic, then I bought an acoustic resonator because I was really digging it and hated the retuning and the soft sound of playing the slide on the normal acoustic. So currently I’m playing slide for 14 months and have the mechanics of the slide down where it feels natural to use it and there won’t be much rattling. That said, that’s only the fretting hand. I only just started really focusing on the right hand with playing single note licks with the according right hand muting. And OMG, it is so damn cool 😎 I’m 37 years old and I play acoustic, I have no idea how that impacts the learning curve. So definitely the first few months will be hard and you have to push through BUT, if you do, it will be very very very rewarding 😁 The fun-factor is HUGE! And the sound of that delta blues shuffle mixed with these deep slide notes which you can literally drag in or out to is just the best there is 🤘🏻 I love it more than my regular guitar playing. Playing in a different tuning helps you even more as beginner guitar player to start understanding the instrument better in general. It also learns you to really listen for the right pitch, so it’ll train your ear aswel. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me! Good luck! 😎🤘🏻💪🏻

Hey man, check out my video “Slide Guitar 101: Basics and Where to Start,” I cover pretty much every question you asked except the drop D one! Which I haven’t messed around with drop D too much, but I imagine it would work great for some nasty low notes and getting a taste of that open D sound in your standard tuning playing

@@dylanadamsguitar Will do, Dylan! Thank you for the timely reply! I appreciate it! Keep Up the Great Work!

It’s made by The Rock Slide, their Polished Brass Slide in size small. They make the best brass slides out there if you ask me, and yes there’s a couple ergonomic cutouts for comfort!

The main issue with using your ring finger is that it can cause strain in your left hand when trying to reach back and grab notes with your index finger. I used to be a ring finger player myself, and was literally injuring my hand trying to fret behind the slide (not saying this will be the case for you though), so I switched to pinky. It was a hard transition for the first month or so, but once I got used to it the advantages of using my pinky far outweighed the disadvantages.

@@dylanadamsguitar Oh wow ok, maybe it's worth making the switch then. Thanks for the response!