Modern Slide Guitar Techniques in Standard Tuning: A New Approach to Slide Guitar for Blues, Rock, Funk, Fusion, & Beyond Paperback – August 8, 2025

REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR SLIDE GUITAR PLAYING with BRETT GARSEDModern Slide Guitar Techniques in Standard Tuning is your definitive guide to expressive, melodic slide guitar, without ever leaving standard tuning. If you’ve struggled with open tunings, clunky transitions, or limited slide vocabulary, this book will completely change the way you approach the instrument.Internationally acclaimed guitarist Brett Garsed shares his unique, groundbreaking approach to slide guitar. Developed through decades of touring, recording, and pushing technical boundaries, this isn't just about learning licks, it's about developing your own expressive voice on the guitar by unlocking the true potential of the slide.Through intuitive methods, creative phrasing, and little-known slide techniques like “angling”, Brett unlocks a world of possibilities in standard tuning. You'll build from foundational control all the way up to pedal steel imitations, advanced chordal techniques, intervallic concepts, and more.You’ll Learn How To:Use slide angling to unlock new intervals, voicings, and phrasing in standard tuningCombine hammer-ons, pull-offs, and open strings for fluid, vocal-like linesImitate pedal steel and harmonica sounds for lush, expressive tonesMaster muting, intonation, and vibrato for complete control and clarityApply advanced concepts like adjacent intervals, octaves, and chordal movementThis Book Includes:10 in-depth chapters covering foundational to advanced slide guitar techniquesFull solo study to tie together techniques in a real musical contextTons of examples with detailed explanations and musical contextVideo downloads showing every example performed close-up and in contextWho Is This Book For?Modern Slide Guitar Techniques is perfect for guitarists who want to:Play beautiful, expressive slide guitar without retuning or switching guitarsBreak free from rigid licks and develop a personal vocabularyAdd emotive, vocal-like phrasing to their solos and compositionsExplore how the slide can be applied to rock, blues, country, etc.Whether you're an aspiring slide player or a seasoned guitarist ready to unlock new textures and techniques, this book will completely transform how you see the fretboard.Start Your Transformation TodayModern Slide Guitar Techniques in Standard Tuning isn’t just a method—it’s an encyclopaedia of creative slide explorations. Grab your copy now and start your journey with Brett Garsed today! Read more