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Slide Guitar Made Easy (Udemy.com)

How To Play Blues Rock Guitar In Standard Tuning

Created by: John Robson

Last updated October 2019

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What you will learn

  • Basic slide guitar technique
  • Example slide guitar solos
  • Slide guitar licks
  • How to play blues rock slide guitar in standard tuning
  • Scale patterns used in slide guitar
  • Music theory necessary for slide guitar

How it compares

Against the other 183 rated Udemy courses in Guitar on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 81% of them
  • Reviews27#178 of 184 by number of reviews
  • Length1 hourshorter than 92% of them
  • Last updatedOctober 2019earlier than 64% of them

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Course Description

This course will introduce you to the art of slide guitar. In this course you will learn all of the necessary techniques for playing slide. You will learn loads of licks and example solos. You will gain an insight into the limited amount of music theory needed for slide guitar, as well as all the scale positions you'll need. We also cover essential techniques concerned with accurate pitching & string muting. All of the lectures are backed up with guitar TABS & mp3 jam tracks. In short, by the time you've completed this course, you will feel confident picking up a slide in just about any musical situation.

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Instructor Details

John Robson

John has been playing the guitar since the age of 11. He began his guitar journey on a Woolworths Top 20 guitar, plugged into the mic socket of his Amstrad “music centre” (as stereos were called back then).

Before long he was playing in school bands and started gigging at the tender age of 14. On finishing school he trained as a radio officer for the merchant navy.

Then, after a brief spell working in a test lab for a Japanese electronics company, (whilst plying his trade as a guitarist for hire on the local circuit by night), John “turned professional” as a guitarist in the early 1990s.

Since then he's played in a hugely diverse range of bands, from top-40 covers bands & classic country acts through to alt-rock indie groups & blues bands. He's also carved out a reputation as a session player & sideman for various touring & recording musicians in his native Teesside.

John's influences are varied & include “all the usual suspects” as he puts it, plus a few you may not expect... Eric Clapton; Gary Moore; Jeff Beck; Kenny Burrell; Miles Davis; Joe Satriani; Edward Elgar & Chuck Berry to name but a few.

These days, John puts food on the table by teaching a select group of students from his home studio in Redcar, as well as recording his own brand of original, melodic, bluesy rock guitar music, which is available across all major platforms & via his website

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Reviews

4.8

27 ratings on Udemy

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By Tom Clark on 2/1/2024

John is a fantastic player and more importantly teacher. Also his courses are extremely good value for money.

By Geoff Watson on 7/28/2023

Just found it lacking much content

By Nick Brooks on 1/19/2023

A really excellent introduction to playing slide lead in standard tuning. It has given me plenty of food for thought in terms of plugging the many gaps in my fretboard understanding, and more importantly, a method of doing so. I have attempted slide guitar in standard tuning in the past, without much success, but I've made significant progress already with John's affable presence to consult with along the way. He's a very good communicator, and it feels like having an agreeable mate in the room with you, helping you get where you want to go. I'll be returning to this course often, and it was just what I needed to spur my guitar enthusiasm again. I'm a former okay-ish guitarist who, as a result of a stroke, can no longer fret notes and had pretty much given up hope with the guitar. Slide with John's aid has made it possible for me to play again -- so for that alone, it was worth the entry price. I sincerely hope John will produce more slide courses in the future!

By Michael Padden on 3/23/2022

GREAT TEACHER GREAT COURSE

By Stephen Brumlow on 2/28/2021

Good demonstration of scales and CAGED for standard slide techniques.

By Walter Laracy on 10/20/2020

Yes it is a good match. Long time ago I had a DVD of Arlen Roth. In it he showed how to play Slide in Standard Tuning. This is a good continuation on. These lessons are showing me how to continue on from the basic techniques I learned way back then.

By Jim Graham on 8/4/2020

Aside from the relevant info on slide guitar I also learned a lot of details about the CAGED system that I had not yet grasped. Thanks for that.

By Timothy Cheatle on 10/23/2024

By Heitor Nascimento on 12/7/2023

By JOHN c MCMASTER on 2/8/2021

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Overall Score : 96 / 100