https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:07:17 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-309292 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:53:16 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-309292 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-309276 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:07:50 +0000
A, D & E shapes are the most recognizable, once you notice.....OH ya that's just part of a ..B L A N K ...chords...etc.
It builds from there as the preferred method as far as I'm concerned.

A chord shape is the bread & butter.]]> Slide and Alternate tunings tinsmith https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-309276 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-308922 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:23:38 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings SlickCat https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-308922 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-308573 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:22:14 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-308573 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-308572 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:11:25 +0000
If you're noodling around at, say, the 12th fret then basically you're messing around with a G chord - there's a nice double stop at the 15th fret on the E and B strings. If you play the top three strings - G B and E - you've got the relative minor of the G chord, Em - include the D string and it's an Em7, OR a G6 chord. Play the A D and G strings at the 12th fret - you've got a Dsus4 - D is the Vth in the scale of G, so that's handy to have.

It's just a question of experimenting, really, and finding out where best to play....I can see why Kirk Lorange likes to play slide in standard, it's fairly easy to find your way around, as opposed to learning the whole fretboard again in a different tuning....I can also see why he's keen on drop D for slide, you've the added bonus of a powerchord on the bottom two (or three) strings.

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-308572 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-33339 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:30:02 +0000 we traded licks when we took turns playing rhythm. the drum machine was going and we were doing versions of covers that popped into our heads.
I don't know why , but at one point I grabbed my glass slide. next thing I knew I was Derek Trucks ing all over the place. and sounding great.
now this is big for me. have been playing slide for years now...sitting down lap steel with open tuning. I never was any good with standard tuning slide work. so the slide god blessed me.
I don't think I had an epiphany. I think the fret board just became clearer in my cerebal head. I nailed the notes. I had ideas and knew where to go.
guess all this time of open tuning my brain had been processing. cool.

I am willing to bet, however, that if I grabbed my strat tonight and tried the same thing I would blow it big time.

so keep on playing. good stuff happens.]]> Slide and Alternate tunings dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/slide-in-standard/#post-33339