The on beat slide requires picking a bass note by itself and then picking the first note of the slide immediately after on the following off beat. The note produced by the slide occurs on the following on beat and is sounded exactly at the same time as the next bass note is played. In the next example a pattern is played over an A chord. The second bar is very similar except a slide is played Pick the first bass note of the second bar and then move the A chord shape back one fret to the first fret. Pick the first string and slide the entire shape up one fret to the normal A position at exactly the same time the right hand thumb plays the bass note on the second beat of the bar.
The next example uses both types of slides introduced on the previous page. An important chord is also introduced, an alternative fingering for the A chord. This chord is played by barring your first finger across the first four strings. The chord can also be extended by adding the high A note on the fifth fret, first string, fretted with the 4th finger. It is only necessary to fret the hight A note when it is needed.