SLIDE GUITAR TRADITIONAL, COUNTRY, AND ELECTRIC. A. ROTH. Esercizi, riff, e 16 canzoni di: Ry Cooder, Allman, Robert Johnson. CD TABLATURE
Foreword
Over the past few years, the bottleneck guitar has become an increasingly popular
means of expression among guitarists everywhere. In the rock and pop music fields
some of the bottleneck's exponents have included Johnny Winter, Mick Taylor, Keith
Richard, Duane Allman, George Harrison, Ry Cooder and many others. These people
have all broadened the scope of the bottleneck guitar, but they owe a great deal to
the true pioneers of this style of playing-Robert Johnson, Son House, Bukka White,
Tampa Red, Fred McDowell, J. B. Hutto, and Elmore James, to name a few.
Son House, Robert Johnson, and Bukka White, were all of the traditional Southern
folk-blues school of the slide guitar. This era reached its height during the 1920's
and the depression years. Later on, in the 40's and 50's, country people from the
rural south began to move to the northern cities. Guitarists with their roots in the
country blues soon discovered the electric guitar, and began to play with musical
back-up musicians like bass and drums for a bigger, more "urbanized" sound.
In this book, we will cover all aspects of the bottleneck guitar, past and present,
from the low-down bottleneck styles of the Mississippi Delta, to the present day lead
guitar sounds.
To enable you to better understand these sounds, I have included an instructional
compact disc. All the material on the recording is transcribed in the book to make it
easier for you to follow along with what is being played.
Though the bulk of the material in this book will make use of open tunings, we'll
get into some licks for playing slide in standard guitar tuning as well. There are
plenty of blues licks, country licks and songs to work with, and feel free to improvise
upon any of the musical ideas. After all, that's what this book, and music in general,
is about.
By the time you've covered all the material, and feel really comfortable playing
bottleneck, you should be well on your way towards developing your own approach
towards the art of slide guitar. I certainly hope that you get a lot of mileage out of
this book, but most of all, I hope you enjoy it, because it certainly was a pleasure for
me to write. Arlen Roth
Contents
Photo Credits,
Foreword,
Reading Tablature and Symbols,
Fundamentals of Slide Guitar Playing,
Open Tunings,
Traditional Slide Guitar,
Playing in Open E Tuning,
Licks and Exercises in Open E Tuning,
Playing in Open G Tuning,
Licks and Exercises in Open G Tuning,
Traditional Bottleneck Tunes In Open E Tuning,
Good Morning Blues,
Ramblin . On My Mind,
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day,
Preachin' Blues,
Come On In My Kitchen,
Denver Blues,
Bumblebee Blues,
Country Slide Guitar,
Playing In Open E Tuning,
Licks and Exercises in Open E Tuning,
Country Bottleneck Tunes in Open E Tuning,
John Henry,
Bury Me Beneath The Willow,
Farther Along,
Will The Circle Be Unbroken?,
Playing in Open A (G) Tuning,
Licks and Exercises in Open A(G) Tuning,
Country Bottleneck Tunes in Open A(G) Tuning,
Brown's Ferry Blues,
Danville Gal,
How Can You Keep On Movin',
Lead Electric Slide Guitar,
Dust My Broom,
Licks and Exercises in Open E Tuning,
Love In Vain,
Slide Guitar In Standard Tuning,
Licks and Exercises in Standard Tuning,
In Conclusion,
Discography,
Arlen Roth was born in New York City In 1952. He started
to play guitar seriously at the age of eleven, beginning
with classical guitar and moving on to blues and rock
styles. His love for country and blues guitar and his
innovative experimentation within these styles led to the
writing of Slide Guitar.
Arlen has performed and recorded with many well-known
artists such as Simon and Garfunkel, Paul Simon (solo),
Art Garfunkel (solo), Phoebe Snow, Bob Dylan, Louden
Wainwright III, Janis lan, and Dan Hill, to name a few.
He has recorded four highly acclaimed solo albums,
Guitarist, Hot Pickups, Paint Job, and Lonely Street, and
writes a monthly column for Guitar Player magazine. He
is the founder and producer of the well-known Hot Licks
Video and Audio Instruction Tapes, and his other books
include Nashville Guitar, How To Play Blues Guitar,
Arlen Roth's Complete Electric Guitar, and Arlen Roth's
Complete Acoustic Guitar, Arlen played all the guitar
and was special coach and consultant to actor Ralph
Macchio in the film Crossroads. Arlen lives in upstate
New York with his wife Deborah, and their little girl, Gillian.
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