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Slide guitar legend Derek Trucks talks about technique and influences

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Published Aug. 13, 2010 at 5:39 p.m.

Thanks to MusicRadar.com for sharing this great video of Derek Trucks talking about Slide guitar, his eastern and blues influences and showing some examples of these influences. I could listen to Derek talking guitar all day, shame it’s only 12 minutes! ... Learn to Play Guitar Online ... Follow Guitar Noize on Twitter (@guitarnoize) ... This rss feed is the property of GuitarNoize.com ...

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How to Emulate Pedal Steel with Slide Guitar in Open E Tuning

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Published July 20, 2010 at 1:19 p.m.

If you want to expand the sounds you can get on slide guitar in open e tuning, then check out this tutorial on emulating pedal steel. Pedal Steel is a really cool instrument and can be extremely difficult to learn, carry around, and they are quite expensive. So what if you want to get that type [ ... ] ...

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Slide Guitar Lesson 3 Month Video Challenge.

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Published June 24, 2010 at 8:36 a.m.

I keep saying over and over again about the importance of recording yourself to find out what you need to practice to get better. Well now I’m going to give you a real life example of this in action. A customer of Learning Guitar Now has agreed to record himself playing slide guitar, observe where [ ... ] ...

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Albums I Recommend for Learning Blues and Slide Guitar

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Published May 12, 2010 at 11:43 a.m.

I got an email a while back from someone asking what CDs I recommend to him for learning to play blues guitar.I thought I would do that right here in this blog post. I cut my teeth on these albums and recommend anyone serious about learning blues guitar and slide guitar to at least check [ ... ] ...

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5 for the Weekend - 2008

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Published April 23, 2010 at 11:14 a.m.

Sound Proof (Greg Howe ‘Sound Proof’) ... Greg is really, really good on this album. I really enjoy his playing and he’s actually got some great videos up on his website you should check out where he makes everything look so freakishly easy. There’s some brilliant stuff all over the record but possibly the pick is the title track. Sometimes it’s Vai territory, then it’s Return To Forever, then it’s over to Stevie Wonder… there’s a bit of everything for all! ... Off the One

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Review: Brian Kahanek - One True Thing

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Published April 22, 2010 at 5:33 p.m.

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I hadn’t heard of Brian Kahanek until I received a press release about him saying the following: ... “Brian Kahanek and his song, “Gemini” have been catapulted into the spotlight by the amazing success of the Guitar Hero II video game. “Gemini” is featured in the coveted unlock position and is now the inspiration of many aspiring guitarists, as evidenced by the numerous postings on Youtube and the countless discussions throughout social media networking channels.” ... Well I’m

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Hannes Coetzee aka Spoon Slide Guitar Player

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Published April 12, 2010 at 4:51 p.m.

Hat tip to Amanda for sending this. Hannes Coetzee is a South African guitar player whose style of “spoon-in-mouth” slide playing technique is called ‘optel and knyp‘. Not sure, but this clip is probably from David Kramer’s doc ‘Karoo Kitaar Blues‘. Will definitely be looking up that DVD.Share and Enjoy: ...

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How to get the Ultimate Blues and Slide Guitar Tone

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Published March 11, 2010 at 11:01 a.m.

I get a lot of emails about how to get a good blues or slide guitar tone ... A lot of the questions are valid and that’s probably what I would ask as well, but these questions don’t have answers that are yes and no.Best Settings?Sample question – “What do I set the Bass, Treble, [ ... ] ...

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When I started playing slide guitar….

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Published March 9, 2010 at 11:04 a.m.

You know, I get a lot of email and questions about how to start playing slide guitar ... When I answer, I try to remember what it was like way back then when I first started playing.Although it has been about 17 years since I first started, I can still remember sitting in my bedroom [ ... ] ...

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My Settings for Blues Guitar and Slide Guitar DVDs

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Published March 19, 2010 at 9:19 a.m.

Since everyone is always asking my exact settings, here they are for some of the blues and slide guitar DVDs I’ve recorded.Try them out and see what you think. Post a comment below on what you find works for you to help others who are trying to get a good blues guitar tone.Here’s how I [ ... ] ...

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