The Slide Guitar Of Kelly Joe Phelps: Techniques, Arrangements And Improvisation

The sensational Kelly Joe Phelps guides you through his country blues and gospel guitar playing style in this fascinating video. Phelps plays the instrument Dobro style, with a unique bar and alternate-thumb fingerpicking technique, which allows for unusually free improvisation. In this video he demonstrates aspects of his musical craft - covering bar technique, string muting, use of the capo, fingerpicking style and how to find scale and chord patterns in open D tuning. His exploration of improvised solos using these ideas will help you create expressive melody lines and evocative harmonies, turning your songs into vehicles through which you can express your ideas and emotions.