Open D: D-A-D-F#-A-D (also with capo for open E). How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf 82. [1] When sailors from Europe introduced the Spanish guitar to Hawaii in the latter nineteenth century, the Hawaiians slackened some of the strings from the standard guitar tuning to make a chord – this became known as "slack-key" guitar, today referred to as an open tuning. [70] It was patented in the late 1920s by the Dopyera brothers and became widely used on many types of guitars, and was adapted to the mandolin and ukulele. Statesboro is a town in Georgia. Other tunings are also used, in particular the drop D tuning (low E string tuned down to D) is used by many slide players. ‘Sounds good!’ I said. For example to play the A major chords simply put the slide above the second fret and pick these strings. According to author Pete Madsen, "[Hoʻopiʻi's playing] would influence a legion of players from rural Mississippi. Don’t forget to mute the other side of the string. We'll assume you're ok with this, if not, please leave this site or disable cookies in you browser. [90] Duane Allman used a glass Coricidin medicine bottle. The coolest way, but hard to play is using a bottle. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues. Start with the slide a little bit under the fret and than reach the note above the fret. Early blues players sometimes used a knife, such as Blind Willie Johnson (pocket- or penknife)[88][89] and CeDell Davis (butterknife). [34] Unlike Nighthawk and Hooker, James used a full-chord glissando effect with an open E tuning and a bottleneck. [56] His early guitar work appears on Captain Beefheart's debut Safe as Milk album (1967) and several songs on Taj Mahal's self-titled 1968 debut album. All open strings give the G major chord G-B-D (that’s why it’s called open tuning) and the IV (C) and V (D) chords are simply 5 and 7 frets higher, like in standard tuning. These cookies do not store any personal information. It’s no problem to play several notes on one string, in opposite to usual, box-based playing. Open E: E-B-E-G#-B-E (Duane’s favorite tuning, Delta Blues, stress for the neck) or open D with capo at 2nd fret. Blues historian Gérard Herzhaft notes that Tampa Red was one of the first black musicians inspired by the Hawaiian guitarists of the beginning of the century, and he managed to adapt their sound to the blues. [11] The Mississippi Delta was the home of Robert Johnson, Son House, Charlie Patton, and other blues pioneers who prominently used the slide. Between 1936 and 1938, he recorded ten songs which are today considered classics, including "Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away". Turner was featured in a 1962 documentary film entitled The Blues. We close the lick with the root note after a slide into the G note. "[48], In Chicago, Mike Bloomfield frequented blues clubs as early as the late 1950s – by the early 1960s Muddy Waters and harmonica virtuoso Little Walter encouraged him and occasionally allowed him to sit in on jam sessions. start playing the Blues in G and use the D and G string. [51][52] Their first album, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965), features Bloomfield's guitar work and his slide playing on the band's adaptation of Elmore James' "Shake Your Moneymaker" and shows his well-developed slide style. Depending on the slide finger, use the remaining fingers aside and press them gently upon the string. To avoid this, I’ll first explain slide guitar on standard tuning, so all you need is a slide. You get the main theme, which is the intro, you can develop your own variations, your version. 5. It’s a quick change Blues, so in the second bar we have to play the IV (C) on the 5th fret. [29] Unusual for a blues player, Hooker explored using a wah-wah pedal in the 1960s to further emulate the human voice.[30]. The frets are used only as a visual reference, and playing in tune without them requires additional skill. Most early blues players used open tunings, but most modern slide players use both. All the TAB music is dedicated to Fingerstyle Guitar. I like that!’ And from there, I got the idea and said, ‘I believe I want to play one of them things. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Build the mythical one-string guitar from blues and Americana folklore. The National String Instrument Corporation produced the first metal-body resonator guitars in the late 1920s (see image at beginning of article). Both EC and Duane play an acoustic guitar in open G, one of the most popular open tunings (Rollin’ and Tumblin’, Running On Faith, Walking Blues, I Can’t Be Satisfied, Little Red Rooster…), although Duane usually played open E on his electric. Which finger should I use for slide playing? You’ll find some familiar fragments here – the two low bass strings have the same interval as in standard tuning, just a full note below, the following three strings are the same as in standard tuning and the high string is the same note as the deep bass string. or visit a pharmacy and look for those little tablet glass bottles. The Same Thing - Willie Dixon 80. Some lap slide guitar players choose a steel with a deep indentation or groove on each side so it can be held firmly, and may have squared-off ends. If not, it will vibrate also and produce unwanted sound. Thanks to his distinctive approach and suave sound, the Chicago-based Red became the most influential bottleneck player of the blues age, his smooth-sound work echoing in the playing of Blind Boy Fuller, Robert Nighthawk, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters.[16]. You have to figure out what’s best for you – no one else can. Usually the slide should reach from the middle finger knuckle to the end of the fingertip. Statesboro Blues is a very old Blues, originally written and recorded 1928 by William Samuel McTell, better known as Blind Willie McTell (1901 – 1959). Slide guitar is an essential part of the Blues, I had to start with it. Which major chord has three open strings? Everyday I Have The Blues - B.B. Glass has a … Remember, don’t try to play it note for note, find your own interpretation! You can also use the neck of a bottle (another expression for slide guitar is bottleneck guitar). [58] In 1970, he recorded his own self titled debut album, which included the Blind Willie Johnson classic slide instrumental "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" (re-recorded in 1984 for the soundtrack to Paris, Texas). [67] Robert Johnson, whose playing has been cited by Clapton, Richards, Hendrix, and Winter as being a powerful influence on them, used tunings of standard, open G, open D, and drop D.[68]. "Lap slide guitar" does not refer to a specific instrument, rather a style of playing guitar with the instrument resting on the performer's lap or otherwise supported, and the term usually indicates blues or rock music. [75] These types of instruments may differ markedly in external appearance – some resemble a traditional guitar while others are made in a solid rectangular block. Boom Boom Out Go The Lights - Little Walter 79. https://12bar.de/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/slide0_2006.mp3, https://12bar.de/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/slide1_2006.mp3, https://12bar.de/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/slide2_2006.mp3, https://12bar.de/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/slide3_2006.mp3, Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days, heavier slides sound louder (they don’t vibrate itself so much), glass is harder than metal (usually). The slide is pressed lightly against the strings to avoid hitting against the frets, and is kept parallel with them. This song from Marion Walter Jacobs, better known as the great harmonica player Little Walter (1930-1968), was played by EC and Duane Allman during the sessions for the Layla album in 1970. [54][55] In 1964, Cooder, along with Taj Mahal, formed the Rising Sons, one of the earliest blues rock bands. That means using heavier strings (no “super slinky”…) and a high action (distance of the strings to the fretboard). The Jagger/Richards song was later included on the soundtrack to the 1970 film Performance; Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 92 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Times". The slide may be a metal or glass tube, such as the neck of a bottle. [76] Woods recorded five songs for the US Library of Congress in 1940 in Shreveport, Louisiana, including "Boll Weevil Blues" and "Sometimes I Get a Thinkin'". Near the end of the nineteenth century, a Hawaiian named Joseph Kekuku became proficient in playing this way using a steel bar against the guitar strings. If we start with solo guitar, we can still use what we’ve learned about scales in standard tuning. TAB Disclaimer (please read). That’s our starter kit – all major and minor chords with standard tuning. Here is the G minor Blues scale in open G tuning: If you like the notes displayed or want to try the slide mode, visit the scale generator page. My preference is a glass slide, made from a wine bottle. Often used major chords with these strings are: Now we can do the same for the minor chords. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. – Duane Allman on EC’s slide playing, interview, “This Boy, Willie Wilson, had a little thing on his finger like a small medicine bottle and he was zinging with it, you know. Duane Allman’s playing on Layla and other assorted love songs just blew me away, the same did EC on Unplugged. For soloing on electric guitars it’s not that important, so you can play in standard tuning. https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-blues-artists-of-all-time [3] The term "lap slide" coexists with "lap steel" to describe the same lap-played instrument,[74] but "lap slide" usually connotes blues or rock music, while "lap steel" could encompass any musical genre. [57] Cooder's slide playing is featured on songs such as "44 Blues" (which he later recorded with Little Feat for their 1971 debut album), "Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do" (a "Rollin' and Tumblin'"-style song), "The Celebrated Walkin' Blues" (an adaptation of Muddy Waters' "Walkin' Blues"), and "Statesboro Blues" (later adopted by the Allman Brothers Band). Plus I guess he picked up a little lick or two from me, but he learned how to play a lot of slide and pick a lot of guitar. - Blind Willie Johnson "It's Nobody's Fault But Mine. [92], For guitars designed to be played on the lap, the performer uses a solid piece of steel rather than a hollow tube. Compared to a finger vibrato it’s easy to play, move the slide a little up and down so that the upper position is on the note. Lap slide guitar pioneers include Oscar "Buddy" Woods, "Black Ace" Turner, and Freddie Roulette. Another way is to look around in your garage for a piece of tube, walk through a property market and look for heating copper tubes (you can make about 20 slides of 1 meter tube!) [65] Open tunings commonly used with slide guitar include open D or Vestapol[b] tuning: D–A–D–F♯–A–D; and open G or Spanish tuning: D–G–D–G–B–D. "[38], Rock musicians began exploring electric slide guitar in the early 1960s. Historian Gérard Herzhaft said, "Black Ace is one of the few blues guitarists to have played in the purest Hawaiian style, that is, with the guitar flat on the knees." Ry Cooder", "How to Play Slide Guitar: Bottleneck Basics", "Tuning for Slide Guitar: Standard or Open? To achieve that you can use a “fake” open-G tuning and tune down the high E string 2 semitones down to D. For slide, I’ve always used a glass Coricidin bottle, just like Duane Allman. – Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Guitar Player Magazine 03/1999. Legend has it that Blind Willie Johnson used a straight razor for a slide. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. You have the choice between middle finger, ring finger and the pinky. As mentioned above most slide players use open tunings, especially on acoustic guitars when used for backing. He learned a lot of slide from me. At first you have to put the slide on your finger. Slide guitar is an essential part of the Blues, I had to start with it. You can use heavy gauge strings because you release the tension on three strings. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. [38][41] Waters used an open G tuning for several of his earlier songs, but later switched to a standard tuning and often used a capo to change keys. That added to the excitement of his playing. ), but can get boring if overdone. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. [53] Around the same time, he recorded with Bob Dylan for the Highway 61 Revisited album[49] and contributed the distinctive slide guitar to the title track. For the steel guitar, see, 21 second sample of James' repeating slide triplets figure, (Left): A collection of various guitar slides. E minor uses the open strings G-B-E, so we get the other chords in a similar way: We all like graphics, so I here it is: [35][36] Other popular songs by James, such as "It Hurts Me Too" (first recorded by Tampa Red), "The Sky Is Crying", "Shake Your Moneymaker", feature his slide playing. Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. Recognized as a master of slide guitar by 1967,[59] Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at number eight on their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2003. The Basics can be learned within a day, but most modern players! 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