OK, I did assume that you've heard "The Weight" before, in making of this instructional video. Maybe you've played it in the original key of A, and then it might be confusing that I'm coming with everything played in the key of G, plus that it's in an open tuning. But this is how I do it most of the times, _and_ if I'd back up anybody playing in the original key, I'd put a capo on the 2nd fret when in Open G, that's a solution. Just make sure, in case you're doing the same, to play it on a guitar that's got 14 frets to the body, otherwise it's a stretch to reach those higher notes... TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Welcome! 00:00 About the song 00:33 Choosing between glass or metal slide? 01:30 Open G tuning info 02:10 Chord shapes in Open G 11:20 Melody with slide 12:10 Angling the slide when playing on the first string... 16:00 Sliding techniques, damping, variations of the melody 34:28 Playing all this on a wooden guitar as well 39:00 About this Sandén acoustic guitar 39:58 The "forgotten" lick with slide... 43:30 Chords in standard tuning explained 47:57 Backup for your slide practicing!
It would be helpful if you played it through one time so that we know what we're aiming for. It's very difficult to be fed something piecemeal like this without it.
Thank you, I realized my approach was more into details of various parts of the melody, but I've never really ran through the whole thing.. you're 100% right. I'll correct this in the next video where I'll play the melody on top of my own backup (that you can see in the end of this video).
Hi! Just an update regarding my own comment.. I've tried but couldn't manage to record that "The Weight" melody in full, with the provided backup, some syncing technical issues occured. I will eventually fix it as I'm learning more about filming and editing. I'm uploading a new video as I'm writing this, it's "Jesus On The Mainline" in Open D with slide, fingerstyle, chords and grips explained..._and_ ... as I've learned from reading your comment before, I took some special care to play the whole melody several times through. Thanks for watching!
