"You have infinite possibilities for being out of tune" I like this guy

Very helpful! --Keep the slide parallel --L-shaped movements --Vibrato only up to the note, not above it All these were great to hear!

Best 7 minutes of guitar lesson I've ever had.

I learned more about playing slide guitar from these two videos than from all the other instructors I tried to learn from. Well done, Matt.

Nice Lesson thanks Matt. However for some who might be new to open tunings, you called the tuning a bit wrong. You tuning is DADF#AD but you called it as DADF#BA. Thanks for the lesson though, the L sahpe is very useful.

Dang, I just wish I had the dude's VOICE .. How great for radio ..

I'm a decent lead guitarist, but I've always had ridiculous trouble with slide. The whole L-shape concept makes things about a hundred times easier, best slide instructional I've seen!

wow, this might be the best guitar lesson I have ever seen, very knowledgeable and simple. I can't ask for more, thank you.

You can always tell a great lesson when you learn something new, the instructions are clear, the voice tone is mellow and easy on the ears, and you can't wait to get off ya stool and grab your guitar!

"the most human noise you can possibly make with a guitar" -that's beautiful man

Love that Chess Analogy.

THE best beginner slide lesson I've seen... and I've watched a lot. You've got a clean sweet sound. Keep em coming bro.

I dig Matt the most of anyone I learned guitar from. Early blues guitar, later on Chop Shop for guitar and a few others. Matt is one class act. Thanks for the slide lesson Matt.

Killer slide lesson is a huge understatement

best teacher i ever heard im 68, working on getting a gretch resonator, you the mann !!

“Without a turn around you’ll have to beg your friends to kill you” LOL!

what a great teacher and a good lesson. Thank you

After hours of KZfaq tutorials, this fella explains it in 7 minutes. Killer lesson, thank you so much!

I have been playng and teaching for 35yrs.......you are indeed the DUDE!!!! Thank you my friend. XX

This was awesome! I took lessons from Matt for years in upstate ny - he was the best teacher I ever had, it was great to have another lesson with him after all these years!

I took several courses with Matt at the National Summer Guitar Workshop back in the 90s. A gifted teacher he is.

Matt has an incredible way of explaining things

This is by far one of our most popular guitar instructional videos - featuring Fretted Artist Matt Smith of the Hot Nut Riveters!

Sumthin bout that open D ..... Awesome lesson bro !!!! That thumb running the bass line while finger pic’n in time ain’t easy!!!!! Thank You !! my slide journey begins !!!

Amazing. Best teacher ever! This dude has a gift at making it so easily understood and really makes stuff I've been wondering about so clear.

Best slide video I've seen yet. He covers in 7 minutes what others take 30 minutes to describe.

Great video delivered with confidence and wit from a guy who knows his stuff. One small slip that could cause confusion, as DENSAYO says, D major tuning should be D (6th string) A, D, Fsharp, A, D (1st string)

what a legend of a teacher! "you gotta love vibrato" amen!

"Now with a slide it sounds like this" fills the room with glorious sounds...

This is the best slide guitar tutorial on youtube, no questions. Thank you man

My first lesson in slide - and I reckon I chose a good one - nice and simple, like all the best things are - thank Matt

thank you for simplifying the basics of slide for me. much appreciated.

I've been playing guitar for 45 years and my slide guitar never sounded "quite right" to me. I just assumed vibrato went above and below the note. After listening to your advice to not go higher than the note....freaking genius. I've been playing every slide song I know all day....much joy. Slide is so easy to play most people (even non guitar players) can pick it right up and get "something" out of it. Even if it sounds like a cat in heat. But there are a lot of subtle "little things" that make all the difference. Thank you for this lesson....awesome.

first time i ever loved an ovation guitar. This guy is awesome, great player and great teacher which is a combination you rarely see.

Excellent breakdown of concepts!!! Playing by ear I miss the concepts of guitar sometimes but this vid is great at breaking everything down. Thanks!!!

Thank you for putting this together. I can't explain how helpful this has been to me. Great job!

Mr. Smith - You're the man... such a great player and a caring and teacher with much knowledge. A rare combination indeed. Please keep up the good work!

Hi, just followed your video and really enjoyed it! Your attitude in teaching is high. When you're saying "play following your ears and not your eyes and don't be scared" that's the bluesiest remark i've ever heard on you tube guitar channels!

you have improved my slide playing 100 %. Thank you sir. Keep up the great work.

The way you say "cause you gotta love vibrato" is the best!! Matt, you're the big brother I wish I had!!!!

"And if you're Hound Dog Taylor you have another finger." I lol'ed on that one!

Love the show your a great teacher man thank you mate

my only beef with the video is in open D tuning you have the 2nd string tuned down to B ( should be A) and the 1st string tuned to A ( should be D )

I don't even play guitar but couldn't stop watching the guy! He's a master teacher!

Best description of muting and playing slide I have seen yet. Thank You

Starting with low D string. 1st,3rd,6th strings are tuned to D / 2nd,5th tuned to A / 4th tuned to F# / 75435 for open D / Standard tuning is 55545

It's so weird that I've been playing playing guitar for couple years (practically only in standard tuning) and this kind of awesomeness is like learning to play guitar all over again. All from right hand techique to notes.

This man's voice is gold

I just bought a slide to try out for the first time.... This video caught my eye because of the beautiful Ovation acoustic he is playing. Thank you for the lesson!

Love the vid, just bought a slide and you're really helping me along, can't wait for the nice weather when I can sit outside playing guitar and drinking whiskey.

This is super useful every other guitar video sucks this is the best one thanks again man

I've been starting to read up and watch tutorials on slide guitar. You have hands down the best tutorial and easiest guy to follow I've seen yet! Great video & great playing!

You are just AMAZING !!!

intelligent and warm approach to this great instrument, Matt's style of playing and instruction is amazing

That vibrato tip of staying below the note is gold!

Just found this. I had seen Sonny Landreth and was inspired to try slide....again. I search and found Matts video. The BEST guitar instruction I have seen on the net. Just great stuff that is for players. Thank you Matt! I can fake some slide at last!

most concise simple and effective slide lesson I've seen....THANK YOU!

Hi Matt.........I've been playing slide for 2 days...........your lessons one and two are inspirational........I'm just loving the open tuning.........just bought your book...........cool man...........and the harmonized major scale is just fab............I must admit I've been playing guitar for 41 years which is rather odd..........just like you since I'm only 27..................I wish..........just retired (early 55).............back to enjoying life.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..............I've never used alternate tuning's before.........apart from a few zep numbers....cool

thia video has just taught me the basics plus somthing to get me started on slide thank you !!!!!

A real treat the way you make it easy to understand. Thanks!

What a cool guy! Love how you explain things. Can listen to your Lessons whole day long. Thanks for the nice vids

I love this lesson. Simple is often the best. I could bang out that turnaround all day.

What a killer lesson. Thank you SO much. I just took my old Alvarez, the guitar I learned how to play on 13 years ago, and set it up to be a slide guitar. I've developed a pretty keen ear over the years, so putting a touch of method behind my ear...like in this video...wow. Thank you!!!

Best on line lessons I've ever viewed. Thanks

Wicked! Just bought a slide. This is great. Thanks

Mr. Smith, I feel honored to have found you sir. I also get the feeling that you are alot more famos than your letting on. Thank you for your wisdom and honest simplicity that can be easily comprehended and easily applied. I have always had a problem comprehending but it was easy with you thanks.

Best guitar lesson I have seen yet on youtube, and your simple methodof using the L shape blows away the books I had bought too.

"Cause you gotta love vibrato" - fantastic man!

I've been playing a long time and just bought my first slide. I really like your videos. What great help to put a few things together. Thanks

The blues is in your voice, listen for yourself. Thank you for this 2 part video. Its really going to help me. You are so amazing.. thx u again. I wish you were my teacher.

Dude/Matt! You so Rock! I've done a bit of slide through the years but really getting into it full force now! God Bless Ya! I can tell you have a passion for this.

Love the Antone's t-shirt. Spent many a night there in the 70's

My gosh! Revelation. Your video open my world. EZ to understand! Your amazing teacher

Fantastic tutorial Matt. Learned more in 5 mins watching you than I have in 5 years of trying to learn slide. Thank you so much for posting this vid.

Absolutely great lesson. Thanks.

You are so pleasant to listen too. Bam! You got my attention. You are an awesome teacher. Thanx brother. I'm 58 and always wanted to play slide. You have given me hope. I appreciate that.

Beautiful . Thank you !!!

Very good video! I can't wait to get my guitar so I can start to learn to play. I will be referring to your videos when I progress to the slide. At 53 years old I think it's time to learn to stop working so much and enjoy my 1st love, music.

Matt smith told me a story about how he learned the mandolin because guitar was too hard to play while driving. That was like 20 years ago. I was impressed.

4:37 " you gotta love vibrato"

Brilliant lesson, thank you Sir

I picked up a lap slide a while back. Absolutely fantastic and i just love it . This will help alot. Thank you.

Very well done. Spent 50 years playing guitar in standard tuning so it's nice to have such clear instruction on slide in Open D. Note the tuning you are playing in is actually DADF#AD.

great info and lessons, you have made slide guitar accessible, thanks for sharing your own hard work to help me and others. Cheers

Brother Matt!!!! Just turned on a student to some slide via this stuff.. You da man.

This is WONDERFUL. He breaks things down so nicely. - I only wish this were better quality.

This is an absolute gem! Just starting to explore slide so this really helped. Thank you.

Terrific lesson, thank you 😊

Brilliant teacher.To the point and humorous.

that L shape trick is killer. thank you! i will not forget that card trick ever!

A1 tutor ,my skill has improved with great results in a few weeks, thanks to this straight talking, funny, talented musician. lovely

this guy was born to teach the git box. godbless matt smith

Wonderful, I love his delivery. Makes it very easy to follow.

I like the way Matt Smith explains he's really good sound of a guitarist unbelievable

This is great, I have wanted to learn this style for years thanks Matt.

I almost had to just turn the video off, when you said you had been playing slid guitar since you were a kid,but I didn't,and you don't go slow, but I got more out of ur video than a bunch of other ones, and ur the Real deal,u know what the f#@k ur talking about, and ur humble,funny s.o.b !!!! Thanks

This tutorial is amazing. Thank you so much, Matt and D'Addario!

easily the best lesson.. cool guy

Only slide lesson I was able to get results with. Thanks

I have 3 guitars that are set up for slide playing only 2 electrics & 1 acoustic (chrome body resonator) they are in various tunings (G,D & E) I need to get that resonator out and play some more but the thing weighs more than my non-weight relieved Les Pauls ! Very good demonstration .