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The first in a series of Master Lessons is ready. It's a dropped D tuning slide version of a 12 bar blues à la Crossroads.

Master Lessons follow the same format as the free lessons you find at this site, namely movie/tab/midi/explicit commentary. The difference is in the quality. Online lessons need to be compressed to small file size to allow for bandwidth restrictions. These lesson however are on CD, so the quality of the video and sound is excellent. This first lesson is over 300 Mbs! It consists of 5 movies (two with spoken commentary), several 'fretscape' graphics; an entire improvised solo transcribed into tablature/midi for you to follow along to; midi and WAV files to jam to; six pages of written commentary.

• You will learn about what I, at least, consider to be the best tuning for slide: Dropped D. Since only one string is altered (the bass string) the guitar is basically still in standard tuning. That means that all the work you have put into mapping your fretboard still applies.
• You will find out how rich that fretboard environment is for slide playing
• You will learn about playing behind the slide with your free fingers. This allows you to combine both normal and slide playing into one extremely versatile technique.
• You will learn more about the power of chord tones and their role in improvisation.
• You will see for yourself in crystal clear movies (Windows Media Player only) how to mute unplayed strings, the real secret to playing slide.
• How to backstroke the thumb.
• How to vibrato.
• How to transition from normal playing to slide playing.
• How to choose notes andwhere the line-up positions are.
• What the master template looks like.

It's even better than having me there with you, one on one, showing you how to do it, because you can go through all the movies, sound files and graphics over and over.

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