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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:15 am
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OK - so I am going to try and learn the slide. What is the most common and easiest tuning too use, for a beginner, and could somebody walk me through the tuning of each string? Is there a song or songs that I could cue up to play along with?

Any help would be appreciated!!!

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Hi,
I've been working on slide lately and I've got to say I'm pretty new to it, never bothered with it before but I'm finding I love it now, for some reason it's suddenly taken my fancy.
Anyway, I've been using open E tuning, which means you tune your open strings to the e major chord, instead of E,A,D,G.B,E, it goes E,B,E,Ab,B,E,
Now just lay your slide across all strings and strum, you will hear the chord, say at the fifth fret, you will hear the A major chord.
This is a simple tuning to begin with and you can do a lot with it. :D
One more thing. lay your slide over the fret wire, not the middle of the fret like you do when playing normal. So for A major it's the fifth fret wire ok.
and don't press hard. You'll get the feel after a while. You can, of course play as many strings as you like, so have fun with it.
Hope that helps.
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Amended open E : E,B,E,G#,B,E,

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Standard tuning is used for slide too!

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Rhumba wrote:
...open E tuning, which means you tune your open strings to the e major chord... it goes E,B,E,Ab,B,E...


Right. And that's not just for beginners, either. I believe Duane Allman always used open E - and he was about as good as it gets (to my taste, anyhow). Derek Trucks uses exclusively open E too, from what I've read.

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Standard tuning is used for slide too!


This is also a good point. Even if you have the guitar tuned normally, don't be afraid to grab the slide sometimes, perhaps just for a section of the song.

There's double and triple stops all over the place that work nicely with a slide in standard tuning. A very Ry Cooder sound...

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Rhumba wrote:
Anyway, I've been using open E tuning, which means you tune your open strings to the e major chord, instead of E,A,D,G.B,E, it goes E,B,E,Ab,B,E,


Technically it''s G#--but that's the same pitch in practice--so it would still work.


I like open G-It sounds great & 3 of the strings stay the same pitch--and it's easy to adapt to if you're used to standard tuning. In addition many chords only need a slight adaptation to play--you can play those chords with your fingers in addition to using a slide or barring with your finger--so it's quite versatile.

Open G is DGDGBD

Basically for any open tuning you take the notes in that chord & use them for the tuning--it doesn't have to match the chord (Like open G) although it may (Like open E)

Here's a good site on various tunings with an online tuner that can be set to a number of tunings.
http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/

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Rhumba wrote:
Anyway, I've been using open E tuning, which means you tune your open strings to the e major chord, instead of E,A,D,G.B,E, it goes E,B,E,Ab,B,E,


Technically it''s G#--but that's the same pitch in practice--so it would still work.


I like open G-It sounds great & 3 of the strings stay the same pitch--and it's easy to adapt to if you're used to standard tuning. In addition many chords only need a slight adaptation to play--you can play those chords with your fingers in addition to using a slide or barring with your finger--so it's quite versatile.

Open G is DGDGBD

Basically for any open tuning you take the notes in that chord & use them for the tuning--it doesn't have to match the chord (Like open G) although it may (Like open E)

Here's a good site on various tunings with an online tuner that can be set to a number of tunings.
http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/


Sorry Beaubs, I'd better put that right, open E = E,B,E,G#,B,E,

BTW that's a great site you put up there zontar, I never knew there were so many alternate tunings, a good chart, it's amazing.
Cheers :D

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I used Standard, Open E and Open G.

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I also like Open D, puts less tension on the strings, easier for me to bend and easier for my old dobro neck.


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Thanks to all for your input. I will let you know how I fare!

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Rhumba wrote:
zontar wrote:
Rhumba wrote:
Anyway, I've been using open E tuning, which means you tune your open strings to the e major chord, instead of E,A,D,G.B,E, it goes E,B,E,Ab,B,E,


Technically it''s G#--but that's the same pitch in practice--so it would still work.


I like open G-It sounds great & 3 of the strings stay the same pitch--and it's easy to adapt to if you're used to standard tuning. In addition many chords only need a slight adaptation to play--you can play those chords with your fingers in addition to using a slide or barring with your finger--so it's quite versatile.

Open G is DGDGBD

Basically for any open tuning you take the notes in that chord & use them for the tuning--it doesn't have to match the chord (Like open G) although it may (Like open E)

Here's a good site on various tunings with an online tuner that can be set to a number of tunings.
http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/


Sorry Beaubs, I'd better put that right, open E = E,B,E,G#,B,E,

BTW that's a great site you put up there zontar, I never knew there were so many alternate tunings, a good chart, it's amazing.
Cheers :D

great site , thanks bros .

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Hey that’s great; I just love the steel guitar. Would love to learn it myself some day.

It may sound hokie but I think the best steel guitar player is that kid in the Clark Brothers, the band that won the Next Great American Band. He just blows me away.

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Anyone likes Eric Sardinas?


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Anyone likes Eric Sardinas?


He does a smoking acoustic duet with Walter Trout on the Full Circle CD. That's all I have heard but I liked it a lot!

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The guy definitely can play, he gets quite a bit of coverage on youtube as well. He seems pretty off the wall though.


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