An Introduction to Open Tunings and Slide Guitar (Video)

An Introduction to Open Tunings and Slide Guitar. (VHS Video) ** By Roy Book Binder. Homespun Tapes. Video. Homespun #VDBOOOT01. Published by Homespun.

Roy Book Binder has given us another terrific look at his unique brand of fingerpicked blues guitar. On this DVD/video, he covers the basics of open tunings and the use of the bottleneck, teaching essential techniques in a way that will be easy even for newcomers to this style. Roy introduces beginning players to the slide through an exploration of open D (“Vestapol”) and open G (“Spanish”) tuning, demonstrating songs, licks, techniques, and the sounds of bottleneck blues. Songs: Never Drive a Stranger from Your Door • Cigarette Blues • Electricity • Palm Trees Shaking in the Night • She Did You a Favor • Baby Don't You Do It No More • Tired of Being Mistreated.

80-MIN. DVD OR VIDEO • LEVEL 2 • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB.