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3 Acoustic Slide Riffs You Must Know - Part 2
You Gotta Move - Mississippi Fred Mcdowell Famously covered by The Rolling Stones on their landmark album, Sticky Fingers, this tune was...
Jarred Garneau
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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3 Acoustic Slide Riffs You Must Know - Part 1
Son House was a Pre-WWII guitarist that played a steel-bodied resonator. He was a huge influence on both Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters,...
Jarred Garneau
Dec 18, 20211 min read
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Slide Guitar Riffs Everyone Should Know: "I Can't Be Satisfied" - Muddy Waters
Mckinley Morganfield, famously known as Muddy Waters, is a giant among slide guitarists. Known for his booming baritone voice and slide...
Jarred Garneau
Dec 4, 20211 min read
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Guitar Lick In The Style Of Duane Allman: "Layla"
Duane Allman is one of the most revered slide player's in modern music, and for good reason. Check out his fiery solo on "Layla" before...
Jarred Garneau
Nov 13, 20211 min read
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How to play Dominant 13 Chords in Open-E
Dominant 13 chords are a great chord to add to your blues playing to make it sound a bit more jazzy. Here is a cool chord shape for you...
Jarred Garneau
Sep 25, 20211 min read
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How to learn spread triads in Open-E
Spread triads are a fun way to play your triads. Spread triads are formed by taking the middle note in the chord and moving it up an...
Jarred Garneau
Sep 11, 20211 min read
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How to learn the fretboard - All the notes
Concluding my posts from previous weeks on learning the fretboard in Open-E, now we are going to learn all the notes! Try to dedicate 5...
Jarred Garneau
Sep 4, 20211 min read
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How to learn the fretboard in Open-E: C Major Scale
Continuing my post from last week on learning the fretboard in Open-E using the fretboard markers, now we are going to map out the...
Jarred Garneau
Aug 28, 20211 min read
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How to learn the fretboard in Open-E: Fret Markers
Learning the notes on the fretboard is a topic that is often over-looked by many guitarists (both amateur and professional), and that...
Jarred Garneau
Aug 21, 20211 min read
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How to play E Minor Pentatonic in Open-E
Arguably the most popular scale to play on guitar, E minor pentatonic scales are essential for any budding guitarist looking to play...
Jarred Garneau
Aug 14, 20211 min read
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How to use Chromatic scales while using Open-E
The Chromatic scale is the most fundamental scale in all of music. Composed of all 12 notes in the musical scale, it is not very useful...
Jarred Garneau
Aug 7, 20211 min read
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How to learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: Downtown Shuffle Riff
Hello everybody! Here is my weekly entry for my vlog. It is a downtown shuffle riff in A. I have included a video and sheet music in this...
Jarred Garneau
Jul 31, 20211 min read
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How To Learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: A Minor Pentatonic
Pentatonic scales are an invaluable scale form to learn. Here is the A-Minor Pentatonic box in position 1. Minor Pentatonic uses the...
Jarred Garneau
Jun 12, 20211 min read
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How To Learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: Dominant 9 Chords
Continuing the content on dominant chords (see previous posts), next up we have dominant 9 chords. Dominant 9 chords are the intervals 1,...
Jarred Garneau
May 22, 20211 min read
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How To Learn Slide Guitar And Open-E: 13 Chords
13 chords are great ingredient commonly found in blues, jazz, and many other forms of music. They are constructed by stacking a 13th...
Jarred Garneau
May 15, 20211 min read
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How To Learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: Double Stop Sixth's
Double stop sixths can be used either as part of a solo or as a rhythm guitar technique to create some moving lines in the backing part....
Jarred Garneau
May 8, 20211 min read
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How to learn Slide Guitar and Open-E: Minor Chords
Minor Chords are staple in all sorts music including jazz and world music. A minor chord is when you stack the intervals 1, b3, and 5 (C,...
Jarred Garneau
May 1, 20211 min read
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How To Learn Slide Guitar: Dominant Chords
Dominant chords are an essential ingredient in blues music and any music that branches from blues. A dominant chord is composed of the...
Jarred Garneau
Apr 10, 20211 min read
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How To Learn Slide Guitar: Single String Lines
One of the notable things about slide guitar is the use of single string lines. When you slide between each note, you get this beautiful...
Jarred Garneau
Apr 3, 20211 min read
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What is the best material to use for slide guitar?
With materials for slide in such a wide variety, it can be a little overwhelming on what material is best to choose. Glass and metal are...
Jarred Garneau
Mar 20, 20211 min read
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