open / bottleneck tunes

[verbosity]

does anybody have some tunes ( or helpfully hints even) for doing stuff in open tunings ( pref D or G ) or with a bottleneck?

Aslo, I've retuned my freshman to open G , how to i work out what frets to use and what chords they are? ( I've never been able to understand a word of musical theory...)

[Happy Jack]

Jan 10, 2010 10:27:34 GMT -5 verbosity said:

does anybody have some tunes ( or helpfully hints even) for doing stuff in open tunings ( pref D or G ) or with a bottleneck?

Aslo, I've retuned my freshman to open G , how to i work out what frets to use and what chords they are? ( I've never been able to understand a word of musical theory...)

Ok it is called open G because with all all the strings played open you will play G major, if you barre straight across the second fret you will play A, 4th fret B etc.

Some info here

alanhorvath.com/Gchart.php

Very good for Rolling Stones tunes. Keith Richard used it loads

Start me up, Honky Tonk Woman to name a couple

Not a lesson in slide / bottleneck but you may find it interesting

[verbosity]

yeah that was useful, thanks!

His Vid just shows how good mojo is, I've watched this about 3 times and still have difficulty following what he's doing

[lesblues]

Jan 10, 2010 10:27:34 GMT -5 verbosity said:

does anybody have some tunes ( or helpfully hints even) for doing stuff in open tunings ( pref D or G ) or with a bottleneck?

Aslo, I've retuned my freshman to open G , how to i work out what frets to use and what chords they are? ( I've never been able to understand a word of musical theory...)

Here's a couple of links you might find useful:

www.celticguitarmusic.com/bluesbottleneck.htm

www.guitarplayerworld.com/Slide_Guitar_Techniques_(_Bottleneck_Guitar_).html

www.bobbrozman.com/tip_slide.html