Arlen roth is raising funds for arlen roth s slide guitar summit album. This lesson is essential for anyone who wants to play slide the right way. The success was instantaneous, and the mailbox was overflowing at 46 warren st. Ry did a lot of the other stuff with arlen roth, who for some reason didnt get proper credit in the film, vai told guitar world in 1987. Roth shows you how remarkably simple it is to play bottleneck guitar once. I learned more from this book than i did from several years of private guitar lessons.
He taught ralph macchio how to hold and finger the guitar to make it look realistic. Arlen roth ran a guitar lessons column in guitar player magazine. Although hes an avid collector of not only guitars but also art and vintage buicks, theres a pragmatic side to his arsenal. This is a little known approach within slide guitar playing, yet its one of the most attractive. Both right and lefthand techniques are shown closeup, so you can learn all of the subtleties the top players are known for. High bass g tuning biography best known as creator of the legendary hot licks instructional guitar video series, which featured such acclaimed artists as eric johnson, danny gatton, james burton, brian setzer, and larry coryell, guitarist arlen roth is also a recording artist, session player, sideman, songwriter, author, teacher.
Gibson teams with arlen roth for original online lessons free on gibson. Arlen roth born october 30, 1952 is an american guitarist, teacher, and author. Slide technique for 6string guitar in standard tuning guitar lesson. Arlen roth s lesson of the day all working up the neck in 3note chord positions intermediate the suspended 4th chord in various positions intermediate maintaining the constant bass with lead on top intermediate chromatic blues runs to gain speed intermediate half barre for travis picking in the key of a. Roth has a reputation as a guitarist to be reckoned with. Basics and the blues box in open d video master class lesson by arlen roth. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Those ten years of columns became a book, hot guitar. Arlen roth stopped by sam ash hq to teach us some slide guitar tips and tricks. David gilmour inspired pentatonic triplets guitar solo lesson.
There is so much to say and tell about arlen roth as a musician and as a man, it would be impossible to write it in one short bio. Getting started with the guitar slide standard tuning how to hold the guitar. Many players have seen the slide used during a few select solos by big name rock guitarists, but arlen roth proves it is so much more. Have you ever wanted to learn how to play slide guitar well in this video you can learn all the unique techniques from the highly regarded session guitarist arlen roth. Slide guitar featuring arlen roth sam ash spotlight. Read on for the full guitar lesson including audio, charts, power tab. It became so popular that even dave edmunds and his 2nd guitarist, mickey gee, arrived there one day to visit this phenomenon called arlen roth and hot licks, thinking it was a store, when it really was just my home. Arlen roth is raising funds for arlen roths slide guitar summit album. Nashville guitar, 1976, became a landmark reference, highly influencing the country music sound, owing to arlen s introduction of his wholly original stringbending techniques. This guitar legend is considered one of the most influential guitarists of all time, arlen has toured the world with. With me, yes, i have a collection, but there arent many superfluous guitars, he states.
Great rock, jazz, and country guitar players would record an hour or more of lessons, describing how they played their licks. Open g tuning video master class lesson by arlen roth. Ive always felt that lead guitarists in general spend too much time concentrating on the higher strings and positions, while neglecting some of the equally cool, if not cooler, lower positions available to them. I thought it could be cool to start a thread on arlen s weekly lesson this week open g tuning, key of d, ry cooder style. Everything from robert johnson to the blues brothers, to teaching students and major artists throughout his career as a professional slide guitar player, arlen performed on television, taught famous performers, and even acted as a director for a popular film. Arlen roth lessons introduction to slide guitar my blog. His first book, slide guitar, was published by oak publications when he was 21. Traditional, country and electric slide guitar book and. Arlen roths slide guitar summit presentation promo. Venerable slide guitar mastereducator arlen roth collaborates with nine peers. Arlen roth doing his slide guitar segment of the show at the bside ballroom in oneonta, ny. Slide guitar blues lesson ramblin blues in open g tuning. Arlen roth guitarist, performer, recording artist, producer, author, king of all guitar teachers, slide guitar summit, crossroads, master of the.
A master guitarist and pioneer of guitar education, arlen roth has been a part of the guitar scene for decades, touring and recording with artists such as simon. Highquality online guitar lessons taught by professional guitar teachers and top recording artists. If you play guitar and like arlen roth this is a must have tab book. But while merle travis and most other players associated with the style use the thumb to play the bass notes, i prefer to use the flatpick, with my middle and ring fingers sounding the lead notes on top. He is, however, currently working on a real autobiography of his life.
From 20072012 roth hosted a series of daily video lessons at. The arlen roth collection like his playing, arlen roth s guitar collection is eclectic and very personal. Arlen roth teaches slide guitar book with online video lessons. Great sold out show with chris foley on 2nd guitar, eddie denise on bass and peter obrien on drums. Hal leonard arlen roth teaches slide guitar a guide to. Rooted in oldschool blues, the style and sound of the slide can add a whole new dimension to anyones playing. Slide guitar lessons blues rock playing over 12 bar blues with a slide. Veteran musician and guitar teacher arlen roth hosts this instructional program, teaching aspiring guitarists how to play the slide guitar, covering particular techniques specific to duane allman, elmore james, robert johnson and muddy waters. Lee roy parnell, jack pearson, sonny landreth, cindy cashdollar, jimmy vivino, the kentucky headhunters greg martin, rick vito, david lindley, and the late johnny winter to whom the albums dedicated. Roth is known as the master of the telecaster, but he is also a renowned acoustic guitarist. Nice short videos on one subject including tabs and mp4 videos. With an allstar lineup of guests including sonny landreth, johnny winter, david lindley, rick vito, cindy cashdollar, lee roy parnell, greg martin, jimmy vivino, jack pearson, and grammywinning producerdrummer tom hambridge, arlen roth has created an exciting album that not only spans several genres and styles but also puts on display some truly great slide guitar playing.
One of the worlds great slide guitarists, arlen roth was guitar consultant and coach for the film crossroads, overseeing all of the scenes involving slide guitar. An accomplished and brilliant musician and one of the very few who can honestly say hes done it all roth has, over the course of his celebrated 35year career, played on the worlds grandest stages, accompanied many of the greatest figures in modern music and revolutionized the concept of teaching guitar. The arlen roth omar santa cruz guitar company learn more it is almost impossible to not have heard arlen roth s stunning guitar work. This is a subject near and dear to me, as ive been playing and teaching slide guitar now since the 60s, and have really seen it all when it comes to this fascinating subject. These are similiar to the lessons steve used to do for gibson.
In 1974, 20year old arlen roth authored his first book, slide guitar, still considered the gold standard. Arlen roth known as the master of the telecaster, music lovers consider arlen roth the guitarists guitarist, a brilliant musician, but thats only one aspect of his remarkable 35year career. Arlen roth s slide guitar summit presentation promo. An intense and rewarding blues lesson guaranteed to improve your playing. From 19821992, he was a columnist for guitar player magazine. The paperback of the arlen roth teaches slide guitar.
Each hot licks video lesson actually shows you the music and tablature on the screen as its being played. His wealth of talent and diversity in multiple musical genres enabled him to maintain a busy career as a performer and recording artist since the 1970s. Cigar box lap steel guitar built by sam kindley guitars and played by lenny. Each technique is presented with easytofollow steps and closeups, for easy replication. Arlen roths lesson of the week discussion in playing and technique started by blazes, mar, 2010. On this video youll learn proper slide technique, box patterns, blues, country, and rock styles in open e and g tunings, as well as standard tuning slide, crucial right and lefthand damping, slide tilting, hammerons, pulloffs. Many free online lessons here for a lot of instruments. When i play country or rockabilly on electric, i inevitably slip into the alternatingbass travis picking style. Ive never used the comb on this rickenbacker convertible. In case youve ever wondered whether a vintage teisco could sing the blues, arlen roth tuned his to open d so he could play slide in tribute to ry. And he recorded a lot of the slide guitar parts throughout the film, along with.
Gibson teams with arlen roth for original online lessons. The name arlen roth commands an immediate respect in the music world. Standard tuning video master class lesson by arlen roth. He fluidly moves from folk and blues to country tunes, and has.
Hot music lesson pioneer arlen roth is the quintessential guitarist. Beginning thursday, july 17, guitarists everywhere can visit gibson. His discography includes contributions to many of the worlds top guitar players and recording artists. Arlen roth teaches slide guitar book with online video. The hot licks series of instructional videos by arlen roth were the most popular of these video series.