The Slide

Lesson 2/59 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner Lead Guitar

The Slide

The slide is a left hand technique which involves sliding a finger along the fretboard between two notes on the same string. The finger maintains pressure on the string, so that a continuous sound is produced until the desired note is reached. Only the first note is played by the right hand; the second one is entirely produced by the left hand finger sliding up or down the fretboard. The length of the slide can be one fret or as many frets as you wish. Practice sliding your finger up and down the fretboard. Pick only the first note.

The slide is indicated on the music staff by a line leading up to the note you are sliding to. In tablature, it is indicated by a similar line with the letter "s" above it.

An ascending slide.

A descending slide.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Slurs 3- Identifying Eighth Note Rhythms 4- Understanding Rhythms 5- The Slide 6- Bending Notes 7- The Minor Pentatonic Scale 8- The Triplet 9- Understanding Triplet Rhythms 10- Sixteenth Notes 11- Identifying 16th Note Rhythms 12- Slight Bends 13- Sliding Pattern 2 14- Set Rhythms Using Triplet Figures 15- Picking Technique 16- Sequences 17- Sixteenth Note Triplets 18- The Release Bend 19- Pattern 1 Extension 20- Vibrato 21- Syncopation 22- The Symbols 8va and Loco 23- The hammer-on 24- Electronic Tuner 25- Stopping Unwanted Notes 26- Alternate picking 27- Riffs 28- Common 16th Note Rhythms 29- Quarter Note Triplets 30- Vibrato With Bent Notes 31- Swing Rhythms 32- The Quick Bend 33- The Quick Slide 34- Electric Guitars 35- Ties 36- The Half Bar Rolling Technique 37- The Pull-off 38- Relative Major and Minor Pentatonics 39- Playing in Different Keys 40- Licks Using the Slide 41- 12 Bar Blues 42- Amplifiers 43- The Trail-off 44- Licks 45- The Shuffle Rhythm 46- Set Rhythms 47- Rolling the 3rd Finger 48- Strings 49- Notes on The Sixth String 50- Understanding the Control Knobs 51- The Importance of Timing and Attitude 52- Technique 53- How to Read Music 54- Tablature 55- Music Notation 56- Learning the notes on the staff 57- Note and Rest Values 58- Time Signatures 59- Chord Symbols

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