Bottleneck Slide Blues Guitar Video CD Sample Lesson $9.99
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:24SERIES 1
Lesson One: General Information
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LESSON SERIES ONE VESTAPOL TUNING OPEN D and E
CIGAR BOX GUITAR LESSONS INCLUDED
CD PLAYS ON YOUR COMPUTER & CONTAINS SHEET MUSIC FILE
BOTTLENECK SLIDE GUITAR is based on an early one string folk instrument called the Diddley-Bow, and the traditional playing style of Hawaiian Guitar. The early Blues Masters of the 1920s and 30s, would place a bottleneck from a wine bottle, or a short piece of metal pipe on their finger. Using this as a slide, they could move up and down along the strings of a guitar imitating singing or the cries and moans of the human voice. This style uses an early method of tuning the guitar called open tuning, that is also used to play banjo. The guitar is tuned to a D or E chord, that actually makes it easier to learn music theory. The course starts with learning to play single note melody lines on one string. Next, by adding a second note harmony is created. Then a third note creates chords. The final song is embellished by adding strumming techniques and bottleneck slide.
THIS CD WILL NOT ONLY TEACH YOU HOW TO PLAY BOTTLENECK GUITAR, BUT HOW TO CREATE AND ARRANGE SONGS.
The Blues songs presented on this cd are in the style of Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Tommy Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Howlin’ Wolf, and Muddy Waters .Traditional Country Gospel songs are also taught because they were a major influence in the development of the Blues.
Plays on your PC. Video in .WMA format. Use Windows media player, Winamp (free download online), etc. Almost 2 hours long.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
My pleasure. Glad to be of help. Enjoy.
idlechatter1234 says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
You answered ALL my questions in this video, Keni! THANKS!!!! KL
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thank you for your interest. Please feel free to write if you have any questions. Enjoy.
splutch49 says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
thanx for all
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thank you. I will send you some information. Enjoy.
heyzoos5068 says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Dude! Sweet video I can’t wait to find more guitar lessons tuning No videos.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thank you for your comment. If you are interested in practicing with me, please consider purchasing the Series 1 CD available for sale on ebay. Search: Keni Lee I think you will find it entertaining and informative. Thanks again for your interest.
itsonlyrocknroll22 says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Excellent, very helpful & relaxed. Keep up the great work Ken. and thanx again.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thank you for your interest. Yes, a plain piece of pipe that can fit on your finger will work just as well as a glass bottleneck. If you are interested in learning Bottleneck Slide, please consider starting at the beginning by purchasing my instructional video CD that is available for sale on ebay. Just search: Keni Lee. It is only $9.99. This CD will help you build a strong foundation and understanding of the theory. It will make all my future free lesson easier for you to learn.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thank you.
angusrokks1 says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
I have a steel bottleneck but not really in the shape of a bottle-neck, its just a metal cylinder, do you have any advice on using those kind of bottlenecks, and where to start having a go at using it?
angusrokks1 says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
at least you know wot your talking about. Quite a helpful lesson actually.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thank you for the kind words.
einsteinian says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Just stopping by to say good stuff. I play a little electric cigar box I made, and a little slide on an acoustic as well regular guitar. I must say your style and sunday duds go well together. Have a good one.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thank you. If you are using medium strings
(.012 or .013 high string). You can tune to either open D or G. If you are interested in studying, please consider purchasing the instructional CD available for sale on ebay. Search: Keni Lee. The CD will give you a firm foundation and I think you will find the method entertaining. Please feel free to write if you have any further questions. Happy Slidin’!
mcfendur says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Hey man, just would like to say great information in this vid. Also, could you let me know the easiest open tuning to use if you would just like to go back and forth from open tuning to standard? i would like to experiment and bit before i go and buy some new strings to put on my martin. or are all of the tunings the same pretty much? – Thanks in advance!
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
I could be wrong, but I think you are confusing Spanish Fandango (Open G) with Vestapol (Open D).
hchoron says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
hi kenni,
i an instructional video stephan grossman describes open g tuning as vestapol. he uses a song called vestapol done by elizabeth cotton as his referrence.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
I believe this will help clarify:
Spanish tuning is 515135 low to high.
Vestapol tuning is 151351.
Open G is DGDgbd
Open D is DADf#ad
hchoron says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
hi knni,
if i am not mistaken i believe that open g tuning is cales vestapol tuning.
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Thank you for your purchase. I’m not sure when I’ll have Series 2 completed. The plan is to burn it in DVD format, so it can contain even more lessons. Please feel free to write if you have any questions concerning the Series 1 Lessons.
jlslreyn says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Cool videos. I just bought the lesson 1 series on ebay and can’t wait to get started. How long before lesson 2 videos are available?
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
This sounds interesting. Do you have a video?
BountyHunter233 says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
i play it on acustic bass with an eco effect sound like a sitar
KeniLeeBurgess says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:24 am
If you search on youtube, you will find a couple of videos on how to make a bottleneck slide.