Traditional, Country and Electric Slide Guitar (Book and Record)

Traditional, Country and Electric Slide Guitar (Book and Record) by Roth, Arlen. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780825601620.

Traditional, Country and Electric Slide Guitar by guitarist Arlen Roth is a guitar instruction guide for players learning basic through advanced bottleneck techniques. Bringing traditional, country, and electric approaches together, it offers guitarists a focused resource for learning slide techniques and exploring styles associated with players such as Robert Johnson, Duane Allman, and Ry Cooder. The book features important slide guitar riffs and exercises together with 16 songs, giving players musical material in which the techniques can be heard and practiced in context. Music is presented in both standard notation and guitar tablature, with selections using open tunings as well as standard tuning. The mix of exercises and songs lets guitarists move between focused technique work and playing music in the featured styles. This combination makes it possible to explore the distinctive phrasing, movement, and tonal character that give slide guitar its expressive voice. The accompanying online audio is accessed through MyLibrary with the provided code and can be streamed or downloaded. The PLAYBACK+ audio player adds useful practice controls, including the ability to slow audio without changing pitch, create loop points, change keys, and pan audio left or right. These tools complement the written riffs, exercises, and songs by allowing passages to be revisited closely during learning and practice. With its blend of notation, tablature, exercises, repertoire, tunings, and supporting audio, this guide provides a substantial reference for guitarists interested in the traditions and sounds of slide guitar. It can serve as a practical addition to personal learning, ongoing practice, performance preparation, or a thoughtful gift for a guitarist drawn to traditional, country, and electric slide styles.