Delta Blues Slide Guitar: A Complete Guide to Authentic Acoustic Blues Slide Guitar (Learn How to Play Blues Guitar)

Capture the authentic sound of Delta Blues Slide Guitar

Delta Blues Slide Guitar is a complete guide to the techniques and music of “bottleneck” acoustic blues – a genre that can be traced back over 100 years to the Mississippi Delta. It’s where blues guitar was first heard over 60 years before Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton and others brought it to the masses.

This ground-breaking slide guitar book teaches the art of flawless Delta slide guitar technique through hundreds of exercises and three full-length songs that help you to master each skill in a musical, confident way.

You’ll learn guitar licks in the style of the Delta Blues slide pioneers, such as Robert Johnson, Son House, Bukka White and Tampa Red, and learn complete songs with performance notes and guidance.

You’ll also receive tips and insights on choosing the right slide, finding the best left-hand technique for you, and suggestions for recommended listening.

• Master the two most common tunings of Delta Blues: Open D and Open G
• Perfect your slide fretting technique to develop a solid foundation and build great tone
• The secrets of great vibrato and how to use it to create expressive melodies
• Emotive slide guitar techniques for powerful solos
• Accurate pitching and intonation. Play slide guitar in tune – every time!
• The best scales to use for slide guitar soloing, presented in easy to read diagrams
• Hundreds of authentic slide guitar licks, tricks and approaches you won’t find anywhere else

More than a guitar method, Delta Blues Slide Guitar not only gives you the skills to learn authentic Delta blues – it teaches you how to find your own musical voice and develop a unique, expressive approach. With these tools you’ll find the sounds that represent your personality and make the Delta Blues style personal to you.

• A step-by-step guide that starts simple and adds layers of complexity
• Dozens of exercises and guitar techniques you can use immediately
• Three authentic Delta Blues performance pieces with detailed playing guides
• Perfectly notated examples with tab and studio-quality audio to download for FREE

Delta Blues Slide Guitar contains over 100 supporting audio examples, so you can hear exactly how each one should sound.

Whether you want to accompany your voice, develop your slide guitar soloing, or write music in the authentic Delta style, Delta Blues Side Guitar is the most comprehensive guide to the roots of blues guitar available.