First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar

Introduction Chapter One How to Tune Good String Gauges The Picks (Hot water to adjust thumbpick) Chapter Two Holding the Bar/Using correct pressure Right Hand Position with Picks Picking String Groups Chapter Three The Slide Slide Exercises Slide Exercises with different string groups Chapter Four Simple Slide Phrases Slide Phrases with different string groups Chapter Five Beginning to Make Music What does (I), (IV), (V) mean? Playing I IV V Chords in different keys Octaves Octave Slides Chapter Six Now the Fun Begins! Chapter Seven Slide Exercises to practice playing in tune Chapter Eight Vibrato Chapter Nine Simple tuning change to play the blues Chapter Ten The “Modified Blues” Chapter Eleven Back to C6th Chapter Twelve Harmonics Chapter Thirteen “Three Blind Mice” Chapter Fourteen “Wichita Sunrise” About the Author