Playing Blues Slide Guitar

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O.k so we just discussed using hammer ons with the blues. We can also use slides. Slides are very popular as another expressive element. And these are slides that you can just kind of do within the contained framework of these modes O.k. So remember we've got the Mixolydian mode here. So say you wanted to use some slides in there alright. I always try to return to that position; you don't want to get too far out of line with our slides. We're not using them in the same technique as we had before and move around to different parts of the body until you feel more comfortable. A popular thing is to use thirds or the third scale degree with your slide. So instead of just sliding up from, you can use right here, using thirds for some tension too. Especially you can use tri-tones as another harmonization technique. Remember the tri-tone is always a fret, on most strings anyway a fret down, a fret away and a string away. So try using some of these sliding techniques within the modes, find some notes that resonate with this. Thirds and tri-tones being the most popular.

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