Want to learn slide guitar but not sure where to start?
You've come to the right place.
Have you got a neglected guitar sitting in the corner?
Have you spent hours trawling YouTube, trying to work out how to get a soulful, clean, slide sound?
Are you overwhelmed by conflicting advice about where to start with slide guitar?
Are you tired of all the noise, and ready to simply start playing?
I've been there. I was a keen bedroom guitarist, spending all my spare cash on books and DVDs, trying to nail the slide technique.
I knew I was looking for the soulful sound I'd heard on my blues records, but I just kept coming up against problems. My guitar sounded whiny, not soulful!
I was wading through so much information, but really my slide gains only came through trial and error.
Luckily, I've done all that hard slog, so you don't have to...
I can save you time and money!
No more endless books and DVDs to buy. No more searching for answers.
There's no mystery to learning slide guitar. Anybody can learn to do it. It's often painted as a specialist technique which only certain guitarists can do, but that's nonsense.
With the right instruction, the right people helping you, anybody can learn to do this.
Phillip Henry's Slide Success: Academy is a whole new way of learning slide guitar. It gives you everything you need to learn slide fast, all in one place.
It cuts through the noise, giving you bite-size chunks of the information you actually need in order to learn fast and efficiently.
Whether you've been playing for two minutes or twenty years, the Slide Success method can help you unlock your slide playing potential.
We're going to get you making a sound that inspires you. You're going to want to pick that guitar up every day, and you won't be able to put it down.
Slide Success gets people like you playing slide guitar fast, so you can leave frustration behind and enjoy your own unique slide guitar sound.
The Programme:
Phillip Henry's Slide Success: Academy
Joining the Slide Success programme at the Academy level gives you:
- Everything you need to learn slide guitar, all in one place
- Bite-size, high quality video lessons for each technique
- Exclusive facebook community access
- Weekly group session check ins
- Extensive library of video lessons and tabs
- Lifetime access to learning resources
- Everything you need, nothing you don't - saving you time and reducing overwhelm
- Super-fast proven results!
- BONUS: FREE Gigging With Slide Guide (worth £99)
- BONUS:
This is your chance to learn slide guitar technique fast.
THE PROMISE:
TOTAL SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK
I'm so confident Slide Success will get you the results you're looking for, that I offer a money back guarantee. Let me know you've changed your mind within the first three weeks, and I'll refund you completely, no hassle, no hard feelings.
This way you get to try the best launchpad for slide guitar playing on the market completely risk free.
A unique opportunity:
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. He has worked with many of the greats of the slide guitar and folk worlds, including Michael Messer, Tim Edey, Tony McManus, Peter Knight (Steeleye Span), Seth Lakeman, and Show of Hands.
Counting Robert Plant among fans of his playing, Phil has toured and taught guitar all over the world, from Canada to Japan, Australia to South Africa.
If you're looking for a world class slide guitarist offering behind-the-scenes insight into how they got so good - this is it!
Example Curriculum
- Ear Training Lesson 1 (6:31)
- Avoiding The Dreaded "Auto Wobble" (3:20)
- Ear Training Lesson 2 (5:44)
- Building Tuning Confidence Continued. (4:25)
- The Role of the Thumb (single string ) (4:51)
- Finding your touch with chords (10:20)
- Ear training an Indian approach (3:10)
- Drones for Eartraining
- Ear Training 3 note sequence in D (1:22)
- Ear training - one string Amazing Grace in G (3:50)
- 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)
- 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)
- Major pentatonic scales 3 useful positions
- D major the all improtant 12th fret position (4:50)
- Standard tuning knowledge and Open D. (4:17)
- First Blues in open D (8:24)
- D Natural minor scale (2:11)
- D Minor Pentatonic scale top string (4:28)
- D Minor Pentatonic fretboard roadmap.
- 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)
- The D to G switch (12:54)
- Open G Fretboard Roadmap
- Finding Chords in Open G (6:03)
- Useful Blues Chords in Open G
- First tune in open G Silent Night (9:31)
- Standard Tuning and open G (3:36)
- Running Thirds in open G (1:40)
- Riff Builder In G Using D to G Switch (14:59)
- 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)
- Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White (24:51)
- Learn from The Masters Syncopation - Jesus On The Mainline (Fred McDowel) (13:50)
- Fred Mc Dowel Inspired Travis (9:08)
- 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 D major scale second position (5:57)
- Right Hand Muting - live lesson (3 parts) (22:49)
- String Changing Exercise - minor pentatonic sequence (6:24)
- String changing study - Dust My Broom (11:48)
- Right Hand Muting Live lesson 2 (learn from the masters) (21:04)
- Paris Texas All 4 Parts TAB (thanks Colin)
- Paris Texas Backing Track - Thanks Darrell!
- 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)
- Essential Delta Blues - I Can't Be Satisfied (10:18)
- She Moved Through The Fair - custom tuned arrangement CGDGAD (0:58)
- You Gotta Move - Fred McDowel (17:02)
- Vigilante Man (Intro). - Essential Ry Cooder (14:08)
- Essential Delta Blues - Death Letter Blues (28:10)
- Wild Mountain Thyme (37:47)
- Cape Wrath - and arranging tunes for slide (36:07)
FAQs
- Who is Slide Success: Academy for?
Slide Success: Academy is for those looking to jumpstart their bottleneck slide playing, even if they are completely new to the guitar. It is designed for anyone who is interested in learning bottleneck slide guitar, whether you are an experienced guitarist or have never picked up the instrument before.
- What's included in Slide Success: Academy?
The course includes an extensive library of video lessons and tabs, giving you a comprehensive insight into the world of slide guitar.
For a limited time, Slide Success: Academy also features these bonuses:
- FREE access to Phil's Slide Success: Foundations course - giving you all the basics (worth £47)
- The Get Gigging With Slide Guide bonus course (worth £99)
- Do I need specific equipment to join the course?
You can use just about any normal guitar. You'll learn to use a bottleneck as the course centres on the bottleneck technique - Phil can advise you on all aspects of gear when you start. You won't need lots of fancy equipment ;)
- How is the course structured?
Slide Success: Academy centres around Phil's five pillared approach to bottleneck playing. It includes the short course Slide Success: Foundations, to get you started, and then progresses to the five pillars:
- Strengthening The Foundations - getting the essentials right, including your tuning, touch, and tone.
- Open Tunings Unlocked - demystifying alternate tunings and getting your fingers round them confidently
- Fingerstyle Mastery - learning picking patterns such as Travis picking, and right hand string muting techniques.
- A New World Of Sounds - learning the 'bells and whistles' such as vibrato and harmonics.
- Slide Like A Pro - bringing all the elements together and learning some fun repertoire pieces.
- How is each pillar taught?
Each pillar is broken down into easily-digestible chunks. Every aspect is covered by a video lesson, reinforced with tabs where needed. Phil will be checking on your progress in your regular catch ups, and is always available if you have any questions. Plus the Slide Success community is a great place to ask questions and hang out with fellow slide-minded players!
Claim your FREE one-to-one session with Phil now!
Book a FREE one-to-one session with Phil to get a taste of Slide Success. Phil will talk you through setting up to play slide, joining the slide community, and accessing the very best slide guitar education.
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