Learn slide guitar with Phillip Henry one of the best slide players of his generation.
Master of bottleneck and lap steel technique, Phillip Henry is an award winning musician and teacher with over 20 years experience.
5 Steps To Slide Success
This is a truly unique mentoring program offering students the chance to learn slide guitar technique in just 90 days.
The extensive teaching portal works in conjunction with one to one mentoring, regular group sessions and an exclusive Facebook community to provide the best launchpad for slide guitar playing on the market.
Example Curriculum
Introduction
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- Welcome To Slide Success - watch this first! (0:43)
- Guide to using the teaching portal and suggested course flow (6:36)
- All the links you need in one place!
- Choosing a slide (5:32)
- Holding the slide - the pro grip (9:19)
- Fingerpicks and thumbpicks (6:09)
- Tuning to open tunings by ear (9:49)
- Using The Drone To Get In Tune And Get In The Zone (4:43)
- String Gauge guidance (3:03)
- Slide Success Spotify playlist
- Holding the Guitar For Slide Playing (2:45)
- SUGGESTION BOX
Pillar 1. Fretless Foundations - tuning, touch and tone
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- Pillar 1 Introduction (1:31)
- Finding the sweet spot (9:58)
- Finding your touch with chords (10:20)
- Ear Training Lesson 1 (7:52)
- Avoiding The Dreaded "Auto Wobble" (3:20)
- Ear Training Lesson 2 (5:44)
- Building Tuning Confidence (4:25)
- The Role of the Thumb (single string ) (4:51)
- Ear training an Indian approach (3:10)
- Drones for Eartraining
- Ear training - one string Amazing Grace in G (3:50)
- Ear Training 3 note sequence in D (1:22)
- String changing 1 - D open position (12:16)
- The Role of the Thumb (across the strings) (3:01)
- Hammer ons and pull offs 1 (8:48)
- First Tune - Amazing Grace (10:45)
- The Role of the Thumb beyond the 12th fret. (4:21)
- She Moved Through The Fair (6:05)
Pillar 2. Open Tunings Unlocked
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- Open D Major Fretboard Roadmap (3:28)
- Open D running thirds (5:17)
- Open D finding the chords (8:55)
- Useful Blues Chords in open D (4:56)
- D major scale single string exercises
- Open D major 3 useful positions (10:44)
- D major the all improtant 12th fret position (4:50)
- Major pentatonic scales 3 useful positions
- Standard tuning knowledge and Open D. (4:17)
- Wild Mountain Thyme (3:18)
- First Blues in open D (8:24)
- D Natural minor scale (2:11)
- D Minor Pentatonic fretboard roadmap.
- D Minor Pentatonic scale top string (4:28)
- D minor pentatonic lower octave - "riff builder" position (8:53)
- Riff Builder position study - "Blue Monday" (9:50)
- Riff Builder 2 - Delta Funk (10:40)
- D minor Pentatonic Middle Octave - Lick Builder Position (8:08)
- D Minor Pentatonic - "Bridging Position" (5:08)
- D minor Pentatonic The All important 12th Fret Position (2:48)
- D Minor "Blues Scale". The All Important 12th Fret Position (5:41)
- Improvising over 12 bar Blues in D - using simple string changing lick (8:13)
- Major slide pull off lick over 12 bar progression (0:56)
- Improvising over 12 bar Blues in D - Using Major and Minor Penatonic scales. (10:50)
- Simple 12th Fret Lick Round 12 Bar (1:36)
- Custom tunings - D minor (8:11)
- The D to G switch (12:54)
- Open G Fretboard Roadmap
- Useful Blues Chords in Open G
- First tune in open G Silent Night (9:31)
- Finding Chords in Open G (6:03)
- Standard Tuning and open G (3:36)
- Running Thirds in open G (1:40)
- E minor Pentatonic Roadmap in Open E
Pillar 3. Finger-style Mastery: picking patterns and right hand string muting
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- Major Scale with thumb pattern (3:39)
- Travis Fingerstyle pattern 1 (9:51)
- Travis Pattern plus major scale (2:31)
- Travis pattern 2 (2:03)
- 12 Bar Travis Picking (14:32)
- Steel Guitar Rag (A part) (15:43)
- Steel Guitar Rag (B part) (5:29)
- Syncopation Against Alternating Thumb Lesson 1 (13:38)
- Learn From The Masters Syncopation - Nobody's Fault But Mine (8:48)
- Syncopating against a pedal (one string) bass line (7:08)
- Pedal Bass Study - Son Of A Witch (JUSTIN JOHNSON). (16:04)
- An introduction to right hand string muting - Using Open D second position (5:57)
- String Changing Exercise - minor pentatonic sequence (6:24)
- String changing study - Dust My Broom (11:48)
- Right Hand Muting - live lesson (3 parts) (22:49)
Pillar 4. A New World Of Sounds.
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Pillar 5. Slide Like a Pro
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- Paris Texas Lesson (part 1) (9:08)
- Paris Texas lesson (part 2) (4:12)
- Paris Texas Lesson (part 3) (1:06)
- Paris Texas (part 4) (5:45)
- Paris Texas performance versions. (5:07)
- Steel Guitar Rag performance version (2:19)
- Sheebeg Sheemore (20:17)
- Little Bird (22:43)
- Walking Blues (Eric Clapton version) (11:57)
- Essential Delta Blues - Son House Riff 1 (9:07)
- Essential Delta Blues - Come On In My Kitchen (15:54)
- She Moved Through The Fair - custom tuned arrangement CGDGAD (0:58)
- You Gotta Move - Fred McDowel (17:02)
Bonus Material
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