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Hi! My name is John Armstrong with expertvillage.com. I am a professional guitar instructor and
today we will be discussing slide guitar and slide guitar techniques. Okay the next thing
I would like to discuss is choosing the proper finger on the left hand in which to play slide
with. Typically speaking, majority of the slide players or people who play using a slide
will tend to use the third finger or the ring finger on the left hand. It is just a good
finger to use, it allows you to still be able to play power chords using your first and
fourth fingers and still be able to some scale stuff using your first, second and fourth
fingers when fretting individual notes. The third finger also allows you to keep the slide
up and out of the way. Other people will use the fourth finger or the pinkie finger, which
still allows them to use the first and third fingers for using and playing the power chords,
you still have the first finger, using your first and third fingers for fretting individual
notes and then you play the slide using the pinkie. Sometimes you will see the middle
finger being used once again for the same reasons, you have the ability to use your
first, third and fourth fingers, or first and third or first and fourth fingers and
you have the middle fingers serving as your slide fingers. The idea being, there is going
to be either your second, third or fourth fingers. You still need to have the first
finger to drag behind the slide, that is why you could really use the first finger. I will
discuss dragging the finger behind the slide later.