[Lcjones]

I'm watching the vid of the slide lesson.

First, I'm having difficulty in hitting a note clean. By that I mean, hitting the note at the proper pitch. I'm either flat or sharp and can't seem to be able to get the notes dead on.

What is a good practice for hitting clean notes? Other than practice!

Are you pushing your slide down on to the fretboard? Or sliding lightly on the strings?

Thanks for the tips!

Les

[allthumbs]

Fraid it is just practice and more practice. If your using a heavy slide,the weight of it is enough to keep it on the strings. I hope your not sliding over light strings. It is much harder for a beginner to sound clean on them.

[Lcjones]

all-t,

hmm, you know that may be part of my difficulty.... lights... .38 - .10. I'll step those up a notch or two tomorrow. get some meat! any recommendations?

thanks!

les

[allthumbs]

I played through it a couple of times. I think I get your problem. The slide parts are done with vibrato so your sliding back and forth over the fret in question. I remember from your last post that you like a light slide so you will need to have very sensitive hands to apply the right amount of preasure.Again, lots of practice.
EDIT I am talking about the slide tune, I just realized you are talking about the other two lessons so for those it is just practice for accuracy.

[allthumbs]

Originally Posted by lcjones

all-t,

hmm, you know that may be part of my difficulty.... lights... .38 - .10. I'll step those up a notch or two tomorrow. get some meat! any recommendations?

thanks!

les

If you only have one guitar then you will have to compromise on string gauge. 12s are as high as you want to go if you still want to do lots of bends.