Example 3 GIT517 Slide Guitar Lesson: how to play slide in standard tuning. Building further, this example shows how you can play in G minor by taking the doublestop up three frets.

When playing slide, Rory often tuned to an open tuning, such an open A, G, E, or D. For this month’s examples, my guitar is in open A tuning. With my low E, high E and A strings tuned normally ...

Catch Johnson at Flying Monkey Arts on Dec. 29 for $10. The show starts at 8 p.m., but a 6 p.m. cigar-box guitar slide demonstration and lesson is included with ticket purchase.