Improvising on slide guitar

[19gaucho88]

is it a cort dobro???

[Blaze0539]

Damn. that be music to my ears

[Everio620User]

The most perfect sound in all music -the slide guitar!

[pitsxroad]

is it a Regal RD-40...? looks like mine... :-) ...excellent... love your playing and your tone...

[xhardcorechicx]

How do you do that? Ive tried everything I can't get that sound.

[BriboyW]

Love the sound of this guitar!

[fngrpkn06]

Nice jam keep on slidin'!!

[shawnslide]

AWESOME

[NickAlmelo]

Can you state that this is Slow Blues? (I'm new in the Blues scene)

[BenMichaelHagan]

help me im thick whats that thing on your finger is it something for guitar or did your finger fall off? i dont meen to offend you in any way :(

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[SpoonfishLee]

@BenMichaelHagan Haha, it's a sliding tube, you can't play this type of music without it. They're usually made of glass or metal!

[caralhosvosfodam]

Which strings do you have?

Elixir?

[ARVNpistola313]

Wow... this is amazing. I wish I can play like that. I'm not too much of a blues person, more of a rock person but i'm starting to become really interested in slide guitar. Can you please check out my slide guitar improvisation and give me some tips?

[somethingclever2007]

i love this man, great job- having a beer- and this just topped off the night!

[migasaguiar]

Do you recommend the Hound Dog Dobro? I want a round neck reso around 500 bucks (300 euros)

[paulthebob]

Beautiful sound from your steel guitar and beautiful improvising.

Open D is a favourite of mine though I definitely need to pick myself up a slide.

[al0102030405]

There are a lot of makes for under $500. Just stay away from the epiphone biscuit one. The reason I say this is because you can't put a 16 gauge string on it, it's built to light.

Regal has a few for under $500.

I always put a reso string on mine though so I can play hard. Regular guitar strings just sound to weak.

[bbouch111]

@al0102030405 A great guitar brand is Republic Guitars. I have a miniolian biscuit bridge dobro and it's great. Less than $500 also. They are made right in Texas plus! BTW great improvision. what are you using for a slide? I suggest a copper pipe.

[yeahmukesh]

what slide guitar do you recommend for under 500 dollars?

[ahhotdogg]

do you recomend round or sqaure neck, is there a sound difference?

[al0102030405]

It's really a matter of preference I guess. I find it much easier to play a round neck than a squareneck. I like a slide rather than a bar.

Though I am trying to learn on a squareneck as well.

[heidegger1976]

whats your tuning for this improv

[al0102030405]

It's open D.

[BlackHoleRoad]

Wow!

Great stuff! I loved the grating just before the slide! Inspiring stuff! thanks!

[al0102030405]

Glad you like it, thanks for the comment.

[ThreeDarkWise]

beautifully done it made my hair stand up brother keep playing !!!!!

[al0102030405]

Thanks.

[al0102030405]

1-5-4 is just your three chords in whatever key you are playing. In this case it would be as follows.

The D would be the 1 chord, the G the 5, and the A the 4 chord.

[al0102030405]

Thanks for commenting. You can play this kind of music. Learn the basic slide technique, plus your 1-5-4 and your right where I've been stuck for 20 years.

[aypee16]

i know nothing of theory but i love slide guitar... can you explain what 1-5-4 is?

[kleydj13]

They are just a universal way of referring to the root notes of your key. Here his overall key is in D (that is named the 1 chord). Then the numbers go up with the notes in the scale. D + 5 (D, E, F, G, A) = A. D + 4 (D, E, F, G) = G. Relating three chords in a 1-5-4 manner is really bluesy. I hope this helps at least a little.

[al0102030405]

Good explanation. better than I ever could have explained it. But then again, I don't know any theory.

[Jzend001]

i love this video. this is the kind of music i wish i could play. your awesome!

[u786812]

yoy're welcome!!!

[u786812]

hi sir, you bring an amazing good impro. on that slide-dobro, keep up the good music, i liked it verry mush, greetings from kurt-belgium!!!

[al0102030405]

Thank You, I'm happy you liked it.

[crocauslide]

Very nice playing ! Good dobro tone too !

[al0102030405]

That's a big compliment coming from you, you have great tone. Hope I can be as good as you on a squareneck.

[Dudisse]

Great playing, I have a very similiar dobro guitar here but I can't play that good (I'm a piano player by the way, but I do quite well with guitars, except with the slide thing, I want to be able to play like that).

Congrats, you're very good.

[al0102030405]

Thank You very much for your kind comments. I just know the 1-5-4 and a few places to riff around in plus on the 1 and the 5 and around the 4. Once you get that down you sound like you know what you're doing, though I don't really. I keep practicing though in the hopes I will get really good.

[al0102030405]

Hey, thank you.

[pontil1]

Nice tone!  Good job.