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Summary: Learn the essential tips and techniques of how to play slide guitar in this free music lesson video.
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John Armstrong John Armstrong has been teaching guitar at Keller Music for over 15 years now. He has played with countless musicians over the years, and in bands ranging fro... read more
Hi! My name is John Armstrong with expertvillage.com. I am a professional guitar instructor and today we will be discussing slide guitar and slide guitar techniques. Okay the first thing I would like to discuss concerning the slide is, it is just another way of achieving a slurring technique where we do not pick the note. The slide allows us to slide evenly from one note to the next somewhat as if we have just picked a note and fretted with it or hammered on. But it just kind of drags the note a little further.