A popular and easy to understand book which teaches and explores the many aspects of bottleneck/slide guitar techniques developed nearly a century ago and made famous through the recordings of legendary blues greats like Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Muddy Waters. Much of the book is dedicated to teaching you how to use these assorted techniques to make original improvised solos. You will learn to play bottleneck guitar in open D tuning, open E tuning, open A tuning, and standard tuning. Written in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Introduction

How To Read Tablature
Equipment
Guitars & Strings
Bottlenecks & Slides
Picks
Open D Tuning
"String-to-String" Tuning
Tuning Down form Standard Tuning
Sliding on the Strings-Preliminaries
Barred Chords
Fretted Chords
Boogie-bass Accompaniment
The D Major Scale
Higher D Major Scale
Emphasizing Open-String Notes
Lower D Major Scale
Turnarounds
The 12th Fret D Major Scale

Open E Tuning
Tuning Up From Standard Tuning
It's the Same as D Tuning

Open G Tuning
"String-to-String" Tuning
Tuning Down form Standard Tuning
Barred Chords
I-IV-V Relationships
Similarities Between D and G Tunings
The G Major Scale
Emphasizing "Open-String" Notes
A Lower G Major Scale
The 12th Fret G Major Scale

Open A Tuning
Tuning Up from Standard Tuning
It's the Same as G Tuning
7th Chords

Slide In Standard Tuning
"String-to-String" Tuning
Playing in the Key of E
E Chord Positions
A Chord Positions
B Chord Positions
9th chord licks
Slide in the Key of A

Play in Any Key You Like - Using a Capo
Conclusion and Listening Guide
Learning From Recorded Music