If there's one song every slide guitarist should know, it's this one :-)
The great 1951 Elmore James version of Dust My Broom features one of THE most iconic slide guitar riffs, which has been covered by numerous artists since.
Played in Open D tuning, this is a great example of combining rhythm and lead playing, and has a couple of great turnarounds to learn too.
In this introduction to Open D tuning, let's look at
- what is Open D or Vestapol tuning?!
- how to navigate I, IV, V chords
- how to get started with slide guitar soloing in Open D.
And all of this material relates to Open E and Open C tuning too :-)
In this lesson, I brain dump as many ideas as I can cram in on playing blues rhythm guitar in this tuning (Vestapol or Open D variations).
What is Vestapol tuning? / Triad shapes in Open D / How to extend and open up triad shapes on strings 2,3,4 / 7th chords in Vestapol tuning / 9th chords, with a Stormy Monday style demo / Chuck Berry style rhythm guitar pattern in Open D / "Gospel" style rhythm guitar pattern / Turnarounds and more...
Let's understand how Open C, Open D and Open E are related - that way you can play more songs, learn from more sources and play more slide guitar!
Open D (Vestapol tuning) shares the same interval relationships with Open C and Open E. What this means is that all the scale shapes, chords shapes, arpeggios etc are all the same (you just need to change the root).
In this lesson, I look at how to get your head round all this :-)