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Duncanpup

(13,689 posts)
Sun May 14, 2023, 03:30 AM May 2023

Slide guitar class yesterday

A ramble cannot sleep having coffee and I’m thinking on how to make the most of our time. Ten to noon yesterday at high school the music teacher put it out by email last week R.S.V.P. and we had three kids show up. I love it these young kids are so into learning and they themselves are so into guitar.

Come to class take home a glass slide after about a hour they put on the headphones and plugged into the Harley Benton amps and I would sit with one kid at time to work on slide. So the guitar teacher is going to see if the kids want to continue Saturdays for awhile, my schedule is open weekends off.

Yet I’m thinking I’m going to have to go back to the Delta blues before it hit Memphis and become Electric which gave us example the Allman brothers.
Son house
Blind lemon Jefferson
Charley Patton
Robert Johnson
So yea we just may do these great player through electric or the school has several acoustics.

My reasoning is finger picking the one boy wanted to continue using a pick. I said lay down the pick my young Padawan raise your right paw see those five fingers we will use them . After I moved on to another kiddo I looked over and young Jedi had his headphones on and the shit was yep using a pick again made me smile.

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Slide guitar class yesterday (Original Post) Duncanpup May 2023 OP
After learning to play slide guitar, the next challenge is... Mister Ed May 2023 #1
Music is one of the truly great things in human existences. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2023 #2
Don't forget Elmore James...😉 Docreed2003 May 2023 #3
Absolutely Doc Elmore is in the lineup thank you. Duncanpup May 2023 #4
Lmao, for sure! Docreed2003 May 2023 #5
Tell young picker that pick equals nose RainCaster May 2023 #6
I Play With A Pick ProfessorGAC May 2023 #8
So do I- some times RainCaster May 2023 #9
way cool Wiscodoug May 2023 #7

Mister Ed

(6,352 posts)
1. After learning to play slide guitar, the next challenge is...
Sun May 14, 2023, 04:07 AM
May 2023

... learning to play jungle gym guitar.



Indeed, the playground offers unlimited possibilities for an aspiring young musician.

Docreed2003

(17,801 posts)
3. Don't forget Elmore James...😉
Sun May 14, 2023, 05:51 AM
May 2023

Set the guitar up in Open D tuning and you can play a ton of James songs, once you know a couple licks

Duncanpup

(13,689 posts)
4. Absolutely Doc Elmore is in the lineup thank you.
Sun May 14, 2023, 06:01 AM
May 2023

Along with suggestion of Joe Walsh by Professor GAC. Studying Walsh will definitively be a twofer as in why children you should not do illegal substances.

RainCaster

(11,543 posts)
6. Tell young picker that pick equals nose
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:38 AM
May 2023

That may change his mind.

If not, show him video of Lindsey Buckingham playing

RainCaster

(11,543 posts)
9. So do I- some times
Sat May 20, 2023, 06:06 PM
May 2023

A pick is the only way I play my mando. I mix it up on all my 6 & 12 strings. I always pick my bass.

The comment was for a young padawon who has little experience.

Wiscodoug

(74 posts)
7. way cool
Sun May 14, 2023, 02:41 PM
May 2023

Great story, I have no students.....yet, but retirement is coming and I will pass this gift on to our neighbors. It is my duty to re-share what my elders taught to me so freely.

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