The Slide Techniques of Duane Allman | Reverb Learn to Play 

To me Duane was the best guitar player ever. His tone and phrasing is unmatched to this day. It's not how fast one can play, it's what emotions one can evoke with the each note, and phrase. However, he could be burn it up when he wanted, and almost no real effects or pedals, or overdubs. And in my opinion he is unmatched on slide. They broke he mold with Duane.

I love the way teachers say a deceased guitarist "does" something as if they're still alive, because in a way they really are. They live on in the music.

Duane was the man. The chops and ear he had at such a young age... man.

Duane was the BEST. I saw the ABB at the Filmore East when I was really young and didn’t even know who they were. I was blown away by Duane’s heart and soul in his performance. A few years later my friend played “One Way Out” for me and I jumped up and realized who they were. Duane was gone …

That is honestly the coolest Les Paul I have ever seen.

Duane also hit the note he wanted directly. He didn't waver to hit it, he just slid right to it. Something few slide players can do.

Duane I believe was the most expressive player of his time kind of went with his personality; vibrant, passionate with tons of energy that the rest of the ABB fed off his passion and he made them all play better or in sync mode.

This guy may use his pinky and play in standard, but I play in standard and am completely inspired by Duane. You helped me add to the slide repertoire today thanks!

Was that Les Paul in a fire? Because it looks like it's been in a fire. And that's awesome.

11pm eastern First time on the site and love the Duane Allman licks. It is inspiring. I'll tune in and get to work. Thanks for spreading the joy, Duane was all about that

Drop the pick slick...... I'm old enough to have seen Duane play three times with the Brothers before he passed......my inspiration to learn how to play guitar.....

Duane was guitar God !! Layla come on ! I didn't know that was him till 2012!! I'm still in shock!! Now Duane has is his Brother Gregg in Heaven !! They have many concerts to play together!! Rest in ROCK !! Duane and Gregg!! Both taken too soon!!

Some of the best slide technique I’ve seen!

thanks for the vid, been playing guitar since i was 9, 64 now and just began playing slide, this helps alot !!!!!!!!!!

Duane passed at the young age of 24,basically a kid,and already one of the best imagine what a monster future was in front of him..

Funny how Derek Trucks seems like Duane's best successor, and he's related to one of the ABB drummers.

man, that first major lick was everything to me

He uses that single-note slide in "Done Somebody Wrong," and it's awesome.

I think I’ve just literally drooled down my t shirt looking at that Les Paul 😍🎸👌🏻👍🏻

Beautiful tone. Tone. For. Days. Love it.

Duane died in 1971, age 24, motorcycle crash. In 2003, Rolling Stone rated him the second best guitar player ever. Now, we all know that is subjective and not a fact, but it is extremely telling and impressive that he would be rated one of the greatest ever. Love his style and now he is reunited with Gregg in heaven.

Thanks for naming songs and live recordings. Gives me somewhere to start. Heard the Allman name many times, but still haven't listened to them.

When you don’t know much about the guitar, but only listen to the music, it’s easy to miss the genius talent in someone. Watching Duane play changed that for me.

Playing the same note in two different places can also lead directly to a "pedal tone" type of lick. No, Joey S. Bach didn't have a pedal to do it.... A "Pedal tone" means playing that same note in one place and having the alternating notes creep around on ya - it can be a higher note getting higher, a lower note getting lower, or the note can be lower or higher but moving by scale degree (even chromatically!) to the unison thing. Extra points on your chart if you start with ONE note being the pedal tone, moving the other note towards the unison but as soon as it gets to the next-over chord tone set THAT as the new pedal tone that the other notes then bounce off of. A) This kinda stuff is really hard to do initially, so start with a little bitsy melodic fragment of 8 notes and move the sequence through the scale(s) - the same _directional_ melodic movements as far as where the ups go and where the downs go _within_ each little bibbet, but altering the half-step and whole-step intervals to fit the whole kaboodle within one diatonic scale. A REAL GREAT WAY of breaking down the outer line of defense is to use open strings as your pedal tones, you already know how to (sorta) do this on a single string. Open string, fretted note, open string, next fretted note up, open string, next note up, yar yar yar. Now FINGERS... B) Besides being as insanely hard as you want to make them, this kind of exercise is also insanely FUN and can lead to all sort of musical discoveries, about harmony, tension/release, how to count musical phrases, how to drop the rhythmic count intentionally so you can catch it BACK, later... This is WAY up there in terms of "lock me in a closet with my guitar for six months, slide pizzas under the door" type of thing; you can get way, way gone here with this type of thing IYKWIM. It is also a powerful tool for music composition, you hears these ones everywhere. Because besides being an exercise - C) You are also playing MUSIC. I really think approaching every exercise as being _musical_ makes you get better faster, and if your exercises aren't fun and aren't doing exactly THAT - you need to write yourself some better exercises. D) Urp! This went kinda... long on me, please don't read it, and don't follow it to invent some toothsome and ballsy exercises if you don't want to get better. Ballsome? DRACARYS!

In a 1971 radio interview Duane said that My Funny Valentine by Miles Davis influenced his playing.

Loved watching this! I haven't played my electric guitar in a long time, using my 3-string cigar box guitar almost exclusively now, but I cut my teeth on Duane Allman after hearing him play and still utilize some of the techniques I learned from him. I'm intimately familiar with the riffs and the techniques, having figured them out myself just as you did--except the thing where you play the same note in two separate places. I remember thinking that would be the only way TO do it but it seemed illogical to me at the time. Now it makes sense. Nice work. Thank you.

What amazes me is how great Skydog was at the ripe old age of 24. Think how he’d sound at 44? Damn shame the guy passed away so young. Now most of his original band mates have joined him. You know damn well they’re jamming big time!

Thank you for sharing this! ❤️❤️❤️ me some Duane! That's my favorite thing he did! I LOVE when he hits those super high notes like in Layla, for example. His slide playing MADE that song what it is. I absolutely love his slide in Layla ❤️❤️❤️

I dig it man. Duane is cool

What's not to like about this lesson?! Wonderful!

I absolutely love Duane and all he’s done for inspiring guitarist everywhere but I feel like when we talk about these “licks” that he was famous for, were forgetting about Jesse Ed Davis the man that inspired Duane Allman. I think reverb should do a video to commemorate jesse Ed’s slide techniques as well!

I love the term you used of"Duanism"

Albums are a great way to remember someone! They never get old ...just us !

Brother Duane best ever period!!!

That's just plain epic! Reverb, y'all just crush these videos.

Great lesson! Your reward is your skill set which God gave you.

Hey guy, many thanks. I am nowhere close to his stuff....but you made me see much easier how to keep trying. The whole same note thing shows me what to do in between stuff to keep time.

Would love to see more of these videos with Jeff ! So great.

The Les Paul looks and sounds absolutely amazing

Outstanding analysis. Sounds great!

Thank you reverb! Never a thought of regret after subbing!

Love Duane

Thank you for you knowledge man. this helped me learn a fair bit

I know Jeff, and he's a helluva good guy and player; see him live with Steepwater Band to really hear him play his ass off!

Great tips and tone, thanks!

He was one of a kind.

Nice job, Jeff. Thanks.

Great little lesson.

very good, Duane was special,

kick-ass guitar

I loved DA and the family . I read it high school he used a sears craftsman for a slide

Good video, thanks for posting.

I always thought of that double-note lick as "Duane's squawk" because it reminded me of something a parrot does when it's amused.

Duane played Dreams in standard tuning. Great video.

Yhis is a very good productive run down and warm up the duane is there most definitely!!!!!Jamie Joe converse Zephyrhills florida.

thank you Jeff

you r the best Jeff

dude u are an awesome player!!!!

That Les Paul is gorgeous.

1:07 First thought was a cartoon crow laughing. Fun.

Oh shit, Steepwater Band? I haven’t heard these guys since Dance Me a Number showed up onetime on Pandora, didn’t realize they were still playing.

huge difference in tone and sustain playing with fingers vs pick

Helpful stuff! Duane was something ,what if he would have not gone out that morning and hung around and played for the last 50 years? Wow,I sure wish I had a time machine to go back and save him,crazy I know but loosing Duanes a lot more crazy!

Duane's slide playing was influenced by Jesse Ed Davis playing Taj Mahals version of Statesboro Blues...that and Little Walters harmonica riffs ...doing what great players do, taking their influences and come out sounding like themselves...

Damn great tips bud hella cool thank you

Pre-slide Duane is great too

When you are playing that lick where you go back and forth to the same note how do you avoid the sound of the b string when you are sliding back up to the g string so fast? I don't see how you are muting the string so fast and then releasing it at the desired note. That is also one of my favorite things Duane did as well.

Thank you.

That Les Paul has so much mojo that it's mojo has mojo.. Sweet!

Very nice. thank you.

That's right. Listen to your favorites, but make it your own thing.

No pick allowed when playing Duane style and a glass slide is a must!

Steepwater Bandy baby! Planning on catching you guys in Pontiac, MI! Great stuff!

Well done Jeff.

Great stuff man. Thanks.

Thanks much.

SOULJAH ROCKER

That’s awesome!

Great vid. I was jamming on southbound earlier tonight 😆

What's the tonal difference in your ceramic slide and the glass medicine bottle Duane used?

Dude that was awesome! Keep up with the lessons and stuff! May I request some more Allman brothers and Black Sabbath?

amp and pedals in use would be good. great sound

who doesnt want to be duane allman?

Does anyone know if the Layla solo not the ending is played in standard or open e on the album?

I heard Duane raised his strings a little in an interview with Don Felder does anyone know how much?

Curious what the rest of the rig was? That tone was almost fuzzy. I like it.

Cool!

Good Jams! Thank you! Cheers, G :D London

I was curious about that Les Paul too?

RIP Greg Allman.

Nice.

how high off the neck sir do you raise your strings.

Duane , Billy Gibbons and BB king did a lot of 1 to the 1 licks

I wanna learn ,, I've masters Tenor n Alto Sax,,,always wanted to learn to play Southern rock guitar

I have been searching for this tone. Can you tell me how to achieve it? Pedals, amp, compression? High gain or just a little dirty? is there fuzz in there? Help! Thx!

what is the guitar you have there ???

That guitar is awesome! What yr?

Jeff you are an excellent player... no criticism here but Duane always played slide with his fingers. Although he did use a pick for regular guitar playing. But either way, I am sure he'd be proud you sharing this info. Again, no offense, you are an excellent player!

Dig the video, the Les Paul and that chill charcoal shirt! Brand?? Year of LP?

Man, the gate on that guitar is short. Maybe I should try that to sound like I know how to play slide....