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How to Play Slide Guitar Lesson

Adam Summers | January 31, 2008 | 0 Comments

A.k.a “Bottleneck Style”.

Learning how to play slide guitar is one of the most humbling experiences you can have, next to learning the guitar in the first place.

I’m going to show you how to play slide guitar by giving you an overview of the steps involved, some killer tips on slide guitar, where to get slides from, songs you should listen to and videos showing you exactly how to play slide guitar.

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B Chord Guitar

Adam Summers | August 15, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Easiest Method for How to Play a B Chord on Guitar…

The B power chord – properly referred to as a root-fifth chord – represents the starting point for most power chord progressions.

The 5th string provides the root note of each succeeding chord. The B chord is among the easiest to fret. There are some ways to compensate for weak fingers and, although they are not proper technique, they can provide a way to get clear tone out of the chord and to provide an extra bit of strength when one has been playing for a while.

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Chris Watson is… The Bicycling Guitarist!

Adam Summers | March 15, 2007 | 1 Comments

Super cool, I never knew someone could play the guitar and ride a bicycle at the same time. Check out his site now: http://www.thebicyclingguitarist.net/

Here’s a picture for those that can’t wait:

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