Learn Slide Guitar Method 1

Well to let’s just go ahead and do that exercises while I explain it. That’s the lick you want to master. It’s pretty simple really. So the big thing about this exercise is the hop and the change of strings, and keeping everything muted. First movement, thumb 1st and when you hit that E string, that thumb is going to jump down right on to that B string. [Demonstration] But then you’ve got to come back and hit that B string with your thumb and your 1st finger is going to down and mute that E strings. So your palm mutes all the strings above. You’ve got to make sure that palm is anchored down over those strings because you get—slow. [Demonstration] So thumb, 1st finger, now hit 2nd finger on the bottom of E string. Thumb meets B string, 1st finger goes down and meets the E string. Thumb hits the B string. Now you’re going to hit 1st finger with the bottom string from the 10th fret. Slide up, thumb meets. [Demonstration] If you want to take that lick, start out like we do with other exercise like-- [Demonstration] 1st fret, well actually let’s get the 2nd fret it’s kind of hard to slide in. [Demonstration] So you want to be doing this like with no fret noise, slow as possible to hear every single note ringing out. So you got-- [Demonstration] And you get the idea? Let’s do it slow you don’t have to get that fast. [Demonstration] Did you get the idea? Just do it slow. You don’t have to get out fast. Do it like that because it’s much better to do at slow perfect because you can always build up the speed. But if you start out fast and you play it sloppy, that’s the way you’re going to always play it. So slow until you get it and then just gradually—it’d be best if you play these with a metronome. [Demonstration] Still we don’t have any B. [Demonstration]