Guitar Tricks Blog

Slide guitar refers to the technique of using a tube on one finger to slide along the strings. With slide guitar you play the strings, not the frets, gliding up and down the fretboard without lifting off the strings, which creates continuous transitions in pitch.

The accepted method of tuning (EADGBE, from lowest to highest string) is known as standard tuning. Alternate tunings are deviations on the tried-and-true standard tuning.