Svenharp
9 posts
Feb 20, 2011
2:29 PM
|
Hi guys I took up guitar again after playing it as a kid a couple of months ago (what a yoda sentence). This was interesting for me as I have never really played blues guitar (I had the whole 'learn classical guitar' thing that middle class parents often 'inflict' on their children haha). I found that, quite apart from my expectations, I enjoyed it neither more or less (maybe a bit less) than harp. Infact it really helped me sort out some chord and melodic theory which my brain hadn't been able to cope with. I guess the first part of this thread is to say how useful taking up the guitar is for a harp player! Even if you suck. It also allows me some 'refuge'from harp: by the end of a long harp playing session, i really want to play guitar and visa versa.
ANYWAY, the real point of this thread is that i'm saving my meager student moneys to buy a 'reso guitar' or dobro or whatever you want to call them. Ive always wanted to own one of these (possibly the most beuatiful instruments in the world) and have a real (I mean willing to invest hours per day) practicing, particularly slide. However I CANNOT play fingerpicking guitar (doh!) and have no grounding or friends who play slide guitar (which is quite a big enough bracket for me). So i guess after all this redundant, but hopeuflly entertaining text: Is there anywhere online that has the kind of ordered, beginner to intermediate step by step guidance with videos that Adam has created here? I think the chance of this is rather slim as this site and lessons seem entirely unique in their trustworthiness (you are not learning something incorrect/not being ripped off) and their clarity. So guys, anyone know of such a thing?
Thanks again guys and sorry for the disorganized schizophrenic style of writing :D.
Sven
|
thechangingcolors
47 posts
Feb 20, 2011
4:34 PM
|
i have no idea, adam gussow is a really good teacher isnt he? might be hard to find lessons that good, but im sure if you just search around on the internet you will find something. start with youtube and if that fails just google search. or you could even just try learning to play on your own/by ear. sometimes figuring things out on your own is the best and most fun way of going about it. i learned quite a bit about the harmonica and the guitar just from playing around with them.
Last Edited by on Feb 20, 2011 4:36 PM
|
conjob
110 posts
Feb 20, 2011
4:59 PM
|
justinguitar.com
has a really well set up webpage that is free but it doesn't go into slide.
keni lee burgess has a you tube where he gives free slide lessons for cigar box guitar and dobro but he does them in series then takes them down from his you tube and sells them for very resonable prices (i think $10 per cd)
i just started guitar about a month ago and have found these two useful (i'm yet to really take on slide but i plan to soon)
|
Svenharp
10 posts
Feb 20, 2011
6:19 PM
|
@thechangingcolors haha he is, only really realise it properly when you try to learn something else from scratch and are completely lost as to what to do next! As for figuring it out by ear, pretty damn hard with my spud ears! But seriously its just the way I am: its hard for me to really get creative with something before I have a framework from which to venture from (clearly not an artist at heart XD). I mean also some of the stuff just in throwaway comments or 2 minutes on some of his videos are things it would have taken me YEARS to figure out on my own, even if I am still young.
@conjob Thanks dude! gonna follow keni lee burgess some and get stuck it :). Really helpful.
Thanks for both posts: I will try to find a happy medium :).
Sven
P.S good luck with slide conjob, let me know how you get on
|
thorvaldsen76
100 posts
Feb 21, 2011
3:29 AM
|
Hi Sven!
There is a guy on youtube that calls himself "Daddy Stovepipe".. I subscribe to his videos and he has some slide and fingerpickin' lessons.. He also has his own homepage www.daddystovepipe.com.
I don't play guitar myself so I don't know how good his lessons are but it's worth a shot :)
Kent Erik
|
Milsson
10 posts
Feb 21, 2011
4:40 AM
|
If you like fingerstyle i would recomend you to go and buy(or whatever you want to do)Woody manns books/dvds hes done on big bill broonzy and blind blake. The book/dvd hand full of riffs is great. You get to learn the mechanics behind it rather than learning the song note for note.
And if you learn fingerstyle then it´s just to put a slide on your finger and your home free... Or almost home free.
|
oldwailer
1548 posts
Feb 22, 2011
9:17 PM
|
Kennileeburgess is a great place to start out--but he mostly does the CBG thing nowadays. He has a set of lessons on slide on Ebay--just look up kennilee--they are very good. Try to find some Fred McDowell stuff like "You Gotta Move" and you'll ber doing the Delta sound real quick.
Daddystovepipe does lessons on several instruments, including slide. Some of his lessons are free on YT and you can even download the tab on his site. He also has a lot of lessons for sale on his site, but just a few dollars a lesson. His lessons are excellent.
Usually you would want to learn fingerpicking along with slide, to get the right sound--but, just keep in mind that one of the greatest dobro lap style players of all time, Tut Taylor, played with a flatpick--And Black Ace played lap style with a whiskey bottle for a slide--so feel free to develop whatever feels good to you. . .
----------
====================================
Always be yourself--unless you suck. . .
-Joss Whedon
|
Hobostubs Ashlock
1415 posts
Feb 22, 2011
9:23 PM
|
I agree with the other guys on here about Keni Lee,As a matter of fact this forum is where,I heard about him,Ive got his CBG lessons CD and its well worth the price,and has alot of good info,Im fixing to get his 6 string Open D ,CD.
Last Edited by on Feb 22, 2011 9:23 PM
|
baldyak
25 posts
Feb 23, 2011
7:12 AM
|
jamplay.com (not free, i'm not affiliated just a customer) has a couple blues slide lesson series - currently about 24 videos. They have a pretty big blues section as well (along with other styles). I think some people get turned off by subscription services (it's at least easy to cancel), but if that's not uncomfortable for you it might be worth checking out.
|
