I help guitarists become confident in their slide playing and develop the ability to express themselves with the
slide in any musical situation

How can I help you with your slide playing?

  • YouTube videos

    Where it started - the One Finger Guitarist YouTube channel has a wealth of free content to build your slide skills.

  • In-depth courses

    Start with the FREE “Getting Ready to Slide” course or choose to develop your skills with other focused courses.

  • Zoom lessons

    Study privately on Zoom - take a one-off lesson, or work through a comprehensive curriculum with regular lessons.

Slide guitar allows us to play the guitar in a uniquely expressive way.

The tones you can create, and the emotion you can wring out of a guitar with a slide are out of this world.

However it presents even experienced “conventional” guitar players with a set of unique challenges.

  • With the slide on one finger, suddenly you’ve become a One Finger Guitarist!

  • Not only that, but it’s as if someone has removed all your frets... Suddenly we have to learn how to play in tune, as if we were playing violin.

  • And as if this weren't enough, in different tunings you're back to the beginning with your knowledge of the fretboard.

I’m not saying any of this to put you off, but rather to prepare you for the exciting journey ahead.

The good news is that I've been there, and I can help. Not only am I extremely passionate about slide guitar, but I'm an experienced educator with 25+ years of teaching guitar behind me.

I know what you need to do, and I can explain it simply and concisely.

If you’re wondering where to start, you can check out some of my teaching on the One Finger Guitarist YouTube channel.

Then, when you’re ready to take things a bit more seriously, check out the slide guitar courses and one-to-one lessons.

It’s going to be a wild ride, so strap yourself in tight, and get ready to take your guitar playing into a whole different dimension!

Accessible, inspiring, challenging and boundary-pushing… not everyone that sounds great are inspiring teachers. Dylan is.

Alex Losardo, London

Dylan Kay is a badass slide player and anyone who’s interested in slide guitar would greatly benefit by taking lessons from him.

Scott Henderson, US jazz/blues/fusion guitarist

In a short period of time my slide playing showed incredible improvement under Dylan's patient and insightful tuition.

Darrell Oosterbeek, Auckland