Slide between two notes
A pure slide exercise, no chord or scale involved: on the D string, one note picked, then a slide with the finger up to a note two or three frets higher, without releasing pressure or picking the string again. The difficulty isn't the motion but sustaining it: the sound has to stay continuous from start to end of the slide, no dip or hitch, which needs steady pressure while the finger moves fret to fret by sliding rather than jumping.
Tips
The arrival note should sound as loud as the starting note: if it fades along the way, pressure is easing off during the slide.
Slide slowly at first to feel every fret in between, then speed up without changing the pressure.
Practise the slide in both directions (up and down) separately: they don't need the same amount of pressure.
Related sheets
- Pop in D — fingerstyle (Level 3)
- Warm-up — chromatic run in a higher position (Level 3)
- Barre — F sharp minor within an A major progression (Level 3)