SLIDE GUITAR MASTERY
Expand Your Slide Guitar Vocabulary | Technique, Tone, and Total Freedom
Master the Art of Slide Guitar Beyond the Basics
An in-depth, nearly 6-hour intermediate-to-advanced slide guitar series that takes you beyond fundamentals and into expressive, versatile, real-world slide playing.
27 lessons • 5 hours 40 minutes • Lifetime access
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This course is
for you if:
🎸 You want to master slide guitar, not just learn a handful of licks
🎸 You want total control over intonation, tone, and articulation
🎸 You’re an intermediate player ready to move into advanced slide techniques
🎸 You want to combine fretted playing and slide seamlessly
🎸 You want to explore multiple tunings without feeling lost or limited
🎸 You want to play slide guitar in major keys, minor keys, and dark blues contexts
🎸 You want to develop your own slide guitar voice without being held back by technical limitations
Whether your goal is deeper expression, stylistic range, or complete technical confidence, this series gives you the tools to play slide guitar on your terms.
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Take Full Control of Slide Guitar in Any Musical Situation
Slide Guitar Mastery is the next step for players who already understand the basics of slide guitar and want total control, versatility, and freedom on the instrument.
While this series can stand alone, it is designed as a natural extension of the Slide Guitar Essentials Series. That foundational course gives you the technical foundation that makes the more advanced concepts in this series far easier to understand and apply.
This is where you move beyond “getting by” with slide and into intentional, confident, creative slide guitar playing — across multiple tunings, styles, and musical contexts.
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⏱ 5 hours 40 minutes of instruction
🎥 27 in-depth lesson videos
🧩 Clearly structured modules
📄 Printable PDF tablature
🎼 Downloadable Guitar Pro files
🎨 Full-color scale diagrams and fretboard visualizations
🔓 Lifetime access (one-time purchase)
MODULE 1 — DROP D TUNING FOR SLIDE GUITAR
Drop D tuning opens up unique musical possibilities for slide guitar, especially when it comes to blending fretted and slide techniques.
You’ll Learn:
Introduction to Drop D tuning for slide guitar
Minor pentatonic scale patterns in Drop D tuning
Major pentatonic scale patterns in Drop D tuning
How to seamlessly combine fretted notes and slide playing
Song workout that integrates all concepts musically
This module develops advanced coordination skills while expanding your expressive range.
MODULE 2 — EXPLORING SLIDE GUITAR TECHNIQUES
Total Freedom Between Fretted Playing and Slide
This module dives deep into the use of the ring slide — a powerful tool that allows you to:
Fret normally with all four fingers
Instantly access slide techniques when needed
Switch fluidly between slide and fretted phrases
You’ll learn how to integrate the ring slide musically and intentionally, not as a novelty.
MODULE 3 — MASTERING DARK BLUES & MINOR TUNINGS
Go Deep into Dark Blues Expression
This is an extensive deep dive into your dark blues slide guitar approach — one of the most requested and distinctive aspects of your playing.
You’ll Learn:
Open E minor & Open D minor tunings
How these tunings differ from traditional slide tunings
Minor pentatonic scale for blues inflection
Natural minor scale for deeper melodic control
How to improvise and compose in minor tunings
Techniques for creating dark, evocative atmosphere
Multiple in-depth song workouts — from intermediate to advanced
This module gives players the tools to create, not just imitate.
MODULE 4 — SLIDE GUITAR IN STANDARD TUNING
Standard tuning is the most familiar tuning for guitarists — and the hardest to master for slide guitar.
This module gives you a clear roadmap.
You’ll Learn:
The challenges of slide guitar in standard tuning
Practical tips for overcoming them
How to accompany using chord fragments
How to practice with multiple custom backing tracks
On-screen diagrams to visualize fretboard landmarks
Major and minor scale patterns that work best with slide
Key strategies that make standard tuning slide manageable
You’ll finish with a full solo, unaccompanied slide guitar song walkthrough in standard tuning — a true mastery-level achievement.
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Price: $145
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Take Your Slide Guitar Playing to the Next Level
If you want to:
🎸 Expand beyond basic slide vocabulary
🎸 Explore deeper tunings and darker tonal worlds
🎸 Combine slide and fretted playing fluidly
🎸 Master slide guitar in any tuning — including standard
This series gives you the tools.
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