Slide guitar book gospel

Lap steel guitar, slide guitar play solo slide guitar arrangements of 22 country, folk, blues and rock songs. It neednt start at zero but it should end at a certain level where you can use your learned stuff on the. Amazing grace blessed assurance do lord ive got peace like a river just a closer walk with thee o happy day precious memories rock of ages swing low, sweet chariot there is power in the blood. My knowledge on the structure of how the cigar box guitar is built, and the history of these unique guitars has given me a higher understanding. Whiskey barrel guitar justin johnson solo slide guitar. Ever since uncredited inventors discovered that mundane household objects jackknives, glass bottlenecks, steel bars, beef bones, you name it possess the magical power to summon otherworldly utterances when raked over strings, spectators have thrilled at. Stefan grossmans guitar workshop instructional and historical dvds books and.

These lessons are for the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarist. Aug 17, 2018 10 tracks that represent essential listening in the world of slide guitar. Here is a quick reference to the system of notation i use for transcribing music for the steel guitar. It is both a great selfteaching book and a great method for use with an instructor. The farris cuts also have memorable saxophone parts the hawaiian guitar is used easily as a backup instrument. Compared to a finger vibrato its easy to play, move the slide a little up and down so that the upper position is on the. Bruce mock has been playing fingerstyle guitar for over 30 years and is an avid fingerstyle enthusiast.

Sacred strings guide gospel through thunder and steel. Learning guitar now online video slide and blues guitar lessons. They are the work of a friend who has since passed. Notable gospel blues performers include blind willie johnson, sister rosetta tharpe, reverend gary davis and washington phillips. In 2008 i created this website learning guitar now to show students how to play blues and slide guitar.

The slide is pressed lightly against the strings to avoid hitting against the frets, and is kept parallel with them. I quickly realized that there was not much clear instruction about how to play slide in this tuning, and specifically if you are wanting to learn the duane allman, derek trucks style slide guitar. For the church of the living god in toccopola, miss. Davis holy blues are presented gospel songs with a taste of the blues. Oct 25, 2015 oct 25, 2015 bluegrass resonator lessons beginner songs youtube. How to combine singlenote riffs and chords on the rock guitar. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate slide scale patterns that incorporate the open strings, while. The songs will usually be simple, containing the main melody of the piece. Gospel slides are a real sweet addition to your rhythm skills, dont be too fussed about the theory, just use them because they sound great. The slide guitar, according to music educator keith wyatt, can be thought of as a onefinger fretless guitar. Includes notes and tab for fingerpicking and travis picking arrangements of 15 favorites. With the current sacred steel guitar craze the campbell brothers, aubrey ghent etc. Country gospel blues is a slide guitar instrumental in the gospel tradition.

Master slide player peter roller has written and recorded soulful arrangements of all 22 songs to demonstrate. Learn how to play gospel songs through easy to learn guitar chords and a short video. Guitar, slide guitar book with online video lessons. Bottleneck gospel guitar stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Utah smith the traveling evangelist, vocal, electric guitar. I will add what i know about playing blues, bluegrass, slide and finger style guitar. Standard tuning slide guitar is a compilation of slide guitar techniques. The gospel songs book this hal leonard publication features over 100 gospel songs for easy guitar. Not content with the status quo, industrious young guitar players have endeavored over the decades to make things more difficult for themselves. Throughout the interplay of the familar and unfamilar catches you attention and forces you to become involved in the music something crucial in good gospel. Sometimes they will include harmonized parts as well. I have spent many years studying slide guitar, early blues and traditional rock. With detailed notation and tablature for over 100 playing examples and video demonstrations, koch demonstrates how to play convincing blues, rock, country, and gospeltinged slide guitar while in standard tuning by using.

Ukulele worship songs, worship chords, gospel song lyrics, ukulele. Guitar of blind willie johnson stefan grossmans guitar. He has more than a dozen method books to his name and is the author of guitar for dummies, 2nd edition, and rock guitar for dummies both published by wiley, blues rock riffs for guitar cherry lane, as well as the textbook the recording guitarist a guide for home and studio hal leonard. The technique involves placing an object against the strings while playing to create glissando effects and deep vibratos. This fun and friendly stepbystep introduction to blues guitar is written with the adult learner in mind. The plaintive harmonica, the slide guitar and the tight harmonies. Music notation is a great system, but it isnt the most modern, or best system for learning modern pop, rock, blues, country and heavy metal guitar songs. The online audio recordings teach these arrangements phrase by phrase as well as presenting the original recordings.

Standard tuning slide guitar book with online video lessons. Open g tuning songs open g blues guitar tuning the video above opens with an old clip of me playing crossroads by robert johnson on an old johnny joyce model aria, and at 1. Guitar books fundamental changes music book publishing. After years of live playing and teaching private lessons to students, i wanted to show the world the lessons i felt would really help them to gain a better understanding of how to go about improvising blues and slide. With detailed notation and tablature for over 100 playing examples and video demonstrations, koch demonstrates how to play convincing blues, rock, country, and gospel tinged slide guitar while in standard tuning by using techniques and approaches that emulate common altered slide tunings, such as open e or open g.

Oct 30, 2017 last, but certainly not least, one of the most distinguishingand probably most wellknownfeatures of the delta blues guitar style is the bottleneck or slide guitar which takes its name from the fact that the slide would typically be made from the neck of a wine bottle. With detailed notation and tablature for over 100 playing examples and video demonstrations, koch demonstrates how to play convincing blues, rock, country, and gospel. In this lesson series for the intermediate guitarist, john teaches a wide variety of techniques, musical textures and styles. In real life, hes a retired associate professor of radiology at indiana university school of medicine who prepares radiopharmaceuticals glowinthedark drugs for diagnostic nuclear medicine. Play the second fretsixth string and then slide up to the fourth fret of the sixth string. Gospel slide guitar lesson how to play blues rhythm guitar. The gospel songs book 2001, paperback for sale online ebay. Free guitar tabs printable, downloadable pdf guitar tabs. Blues guitar for adults covers scales and techniques for blues lead guitar.

Learn to play an amazing collection of classic blues, folk, country and rock songs arranged for solo lap slide guitar. In this section, i am going to regularly transcribe a new song for the pedal steel guitar every few weeks. The placement of a slide on a string the determines the pitch, functioning in the manner of a finger pressed against the fretboard. As i lay dying, guitar books, slide guitar, alters, metallica, the book, songs.

Standard tuning slide guitar by greg koch overdrive. In this anthology of bottleneck gospel guitar tom feldmann highlights the. Best book for slide guitar discussion in playing and technique started by loki, feb 1, 2012. This information is also applicable to almost any open tuning. Guitar chord chart, guitar tabs, music guitar, playing guitar, learning guitar, blue. With detailed notation and tablature for over 100 playing examples and video demonstrations, koch demonstrates how to play convincing blues, rock, country, and gospeltinged slide guitar while in standard tuning by using techniques and approaches that emulate common altered slide tunings, such as open e or open g. You oughta know, guitar books, girls magazine, guitar girl, female guitarist, album. Start with the slide a little bit under the fret and than reach the note above the fret.

When soloing in open e, the primary positions used are low on the neck, incorporating open strings, as well as moving between the 10th and 12th frets across all of the strings. It typically involves playing the guitar in the traditional position flat against the body with the use of a tubular. Gospel slide guitar lesson how to play blues rhythm guitar bl. I will actually stay away from most music theory and try to replace it with simple ways to keep track and understand chords, notes and the guitar fret board. This is a bit new at first, because usually the finger is pressed between the frets. All the foundation concepts that i have learned over the past 17 years about playing slide guitar in open e tuning are contained in these lessons. Exploring slide guitar in open e tuning guitar world. Utah smiths gods mighty hand is occassionaly included in anthologies. You can download the track set of mp3s for this series for.

Amazing grace, will the circle be unbroken and ill fly away. If youre a beginning guitarist, youll love the huge selection of tunes in this volume. I also build and sell cigar box guitars under the name red dog guitars. Blind willie johnson recorded thirty songs from 19271930 and of those thirty he used a slide on only twelve. Guitarists can learn to read music notation, chord lyrics charts, or guitar tablature. Some have tried playing the guitar behind their back, over their head, with their teeth, with their friends teeth, etc. Free christian gospel music and old time hyms chords and lyrics. Most of the blues cats that came up with this stuff probably didnt know what they were doing, but i think it really helps to explore the why stuff works if you enjoy that kind of guitar thinking.

Slide guitar gospel 19441964 the document records store. Jul 29, 2019 usually, the open tuning used for slide is the same as the key of the song. Gospel blues or holy blues is a form of bluesbased gospel music that has been around since the inception of blues music, a combination of blues guitar and evangelistic lyrics. Mel bay john fahey was a pioneer in composing and arranging guitar solos in open tunings.

The cool mystique of slide guitar is as old as the amazing sleightofhand itself. Slide guitar is a particular technique for playing the guitar that is often used in bluesstyle music. Drawing from a well of influences, from blind willie johnson and elmore james to duane allman and sonny landreth, greg will show you how to create these slide guitar sounds in. Book with online video lessons standard tuning slide guitar is a compilation of slide guitar techniques accumulated by author and uberguitarist greg koch for over 30 years. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. Music helps to make sense of confusion in this life.