Learn the style of "The Godfather of the Blues". He had a great vocal style. His band was always made up of exceptionally great musicians, and they knew the Blues! When Muddy decided to play guitar in his songs, he would usually elect to play slide. His vibrato is unmistakable!
Taught by Stuart Ziff in Slide Guitar seriesLength: 11:53Difficulty: 3.0 of 5
This series by Stuart Ziff is one of the most comprehensive looks at all of the ins and outs of Slide Guitar playing you'll find anywhere.
Lesson 1
This series by Stuart Ziff is one of the most comprehensive looks at all of the ins and outs of Slide Guitar playing you'll find anywhere. Once Stuart gets your tools and gear whipped into shape, he'll...
Length: 7:09 Difficulty: 3.0 FREELesson 2
Should you use your trusty multi-purpose axe for slide or should you dedicate a specific guitar in your collection for the task? How should it be set up? What about string gauge? Stuart covers all this...
Length: 7:59 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 3
Stuart will go through many different types of slides and discuss why there is such a great variety. You'll learn what each slide in the arsenal is best at, and what to watch out for when selecting your...
Length: 12:04 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 4
Slide players are all of the map when it comes to using their fingers or picks to get certain sounds or play certain lines. You'll get a great look at the basics of playing with a pick as well as fingers...
Length: 10:24 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 5
Getting just the right 'in tune' or 'slightly out of tune' sound is an art when it comes to playing Slide Guitar. Stuart goes in deep in demonstrating what proper pitch control looks like and sounds like!
Length: 9:15 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 6
One of the most important aspects of slide playing (and any playing for that matter) is how you mute the strings you don't want to hear. Slide guitar presents some interesting challenges in this area...
Length: 10:01 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 7
Playing chords is such an art with slide guitar. This lesson is one of many that will shed light on this challenging aspect of this style. There are many great ways to play chords, and some nice little...
Length: 11:54 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 8
This lesson kicks off a mini series on learning what might be your first slide phrase. You'll learn the basic riff in this lesson and then in lessons to follow, you'll build upon it little by little....
Length: 6:10 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 9
You'll continue to build on the simple slide riff introduced in the last lesson. Over the next several lessons, you'll be able to continually add and experiment with this catchy motif.
Length: 4:25 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 10
Add just two more notes to this already familiar and catchy riff. The notes you'll be adding will add an aspect of bringing the phrase "home". There's another direction you can take it as well!
Length: 6:03 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 11
Add the chords of the 'turnaround' to this riff and you'll really be able to bring it on home. In last lesson we added the 1 chord in the form of the double stop, and now you'll get to complete the form....
Length: 7:13 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 12
Vibrato is a signature for any player in any style, but in slide guitar, the quality of the vibrato in every line is even more front and center. There are so many possibilities and a great deal of flexibility...
Length: 12:36 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 13
Open tunings are so fun with slide guitar and open up a whole world of sonic possibilities. Stuart will discuss many considerations including positioning and chord forms.
Length: 15:51 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 14
If you want to learn how to play electric slide guitar, you have to walk through the door that's labeled Elmore James. James was the first slide guitar player to have a hit record and his style is so...
Length: 10:48 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 15
Now that you have a basic foundation for Elmore's style, we'll look and listen to a track in the style of a song that he is quite well-known for and we'll specifically hone in on the rhythm.
Length: 11:23 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 16
He's rhythmic, catchy, classic and melodic. Get immersed in how Elmore James approaches soloing!
Length: 11:42 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 17
Look at a different song in the style of a song called Blues At Sunrise. Eric Clapton covered this song on an album in the 90s and payed tribute to the fantastic slide playing of Elmore James. You'll...
Length: 9:28 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 18
Work on the solo and lead component to the song covered in the last lesson that sheds some light on a slightly different way of playing that Elmore James is known for.
Length: 10:09 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 19
Learn to play a solo in the style of "The Sky is Crying" which is a slow blues that showcases that attention to every detail that Elmore had for every note he held out!
Length: 11:59 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 20
Son House didn't play a whole lot when he played, but what he did play... Said a lot! Utilizing open G tuning, you'll learn how to play in the style of one of the true masters of Delta Blues.
Length: 12:49 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 21
Dig a little more in to the sound of the Delta Blues by looking at the style of Robert Johnson. The story goes that Johnson sold his soul to the devil in order to play the guitar. He went from town to...
Length: 10:39 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 22
Learn the style of "The Godfather of the Blues". He had a great vocal style. His band was always made up of exceptionally great musicians, and they knew the Blues! When Muddy decided to play guitar...
Length: 11:53 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 23
Learn from one of the masters! He's got an uncompromisingly unique style. He was especially good at addressing the changes in a musical way. He had a very good understanding of what he was playing and...
Length: 16:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 24
Continue to dive in to the style of Michael Bloomfield, one of the most meticulous and strategic guitar players to set the standard for great slide playing!
Length: 13:47 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 25
Take another look at a track based on the style of "Shake Your Money Maker" in the style of Michael Bloomfield. Dive deeper into his quirks and intentional nature as a slide guitar player.
Length: 11:07 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 26
Duane Allman invented his own way to play slide guitar that was unlike any other in his time, and really of all time. He had this way of avoiding open strings when most people used open strings to create...
Length: 20:31 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 27
Continue diving into the unique and sought after slide style of one of the greatest players of all time! Work in the upper register with several nice riffs.
Length: 11:55 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 28
Look at a tune in the style of Statesboro Blues in open E, but playing in the key of D. It's another classic Allman sound!
Length: 12:15 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 29
Harrison had a tremendous nose for a good guitar melody. His solos reflected taste, restraint and flare all at the same time and his slide guitar playing was no exception!
Length: 11:42 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 30
Hardly just a sideman for Tom Petty, Mike Campbell has contributed some of the greatest guitar melodies of all time. Dig into his slide playing here!
Length: 11:01 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 31
Ry Cooder was one of the most unique guitar players in the world. He has no boundaries musically. A great Blues musician but he's also a 'world' musician. He's been all over the world, and worked with...
Length: 14:42 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 32
Duane Allman had an otherworldly way of using his ear to instantly come up with tasteful ideas over music he'd never heard before. Get an even closer look at Allman's ability to do this in this lesson!
Length: 12:43 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 33
Now you'll get a chance to take all the styles you've worked with in this series and add your own bit of creativity. We're going to do an improvisation exercise and if you've been tracking with this series,...
Length: 16:01 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 34
We're going to step outside the Blues greats for a bit here and talk about some non-Blues sounds using open tuning. This approach will further broaden your approach to slide playing!
Length: 11:11 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 35
If you can't groove, you can't really make music. Even the best melodic intentions have nothing if there isn't solid rhythm. Stuart hones in on the importance of rhythm and practices lead playing that...
Length: 12:51 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 36
Chords are of course part of great rhythm playing, and they can be part of great slide playing as well! You've heard and seen it done in this series already, but here, Stuart goes deep into chord creation...
Length: 10:26 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 37
Much of what we've done in this series has been with beautiful and convenient open tunings. Here, Stuart will face the challenges of playing slide guitar in standard tuning head on! He'll share valuable...
Length: 8:44 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
About Stuart Ziff
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A veteran guitarist fluent in, Blues, R&B, Funk, Rock, Reggae and everything in between. As a Studio Musician playing guitar on numerous commercials, demos for singer songwriters and records
. A career as a songwriter that began with Warner Bros recording artist David Ball’s first Nashville CD in 1994 “ Thinking Problem .“ Stuart was co writer on the hit song “ Thinking Problem.” Also playing on the record supplying acoustic and electric guitar. Since 2000, He’s been living in Los Angles. Presently the Guitarist for the band WAR, touring and recording with them. As a songwriter for Film & TV: “ National Lampoons Cattle Call ,“ Americas Funniest Home Videos and Bad Girls. Songs on recordings by Eric Burden, Johnny Adams, Gary Hoey and Theresa James. Since 2005, a member of the faculty at Musician’s Institute in Hollywood.
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