Slide Guitar Layla

Duane Allman’s Gibson Les Paul From “Layla” Guitar Sells for $1.25M Allman used the 1957 model to play slide guitar on during the song's coda

The gold-topped Gibson Les Paul that Duane Allman played (slightly off-key) slide guitar on during the outro of “Layla” has sold for a record-breaking amount.

The 1957 guitar Allman played on the Derek and the Dominoes classic, affectionately known as “Layla, ” had been on display at the Big House, a museum honoring the Allman Brothers in Macon, Georgia.

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“It was the first time that a refinished guitar sold for that much money, ” Big House museum director Richard Brent told the Macon Telegraph. “I don’t think anybody expected that. … The history of it is what sold it.”

And Layla does have a storied history. In addition to being a love song that Eric Clapton wrote for George Harrison’s then-wife Pattie Boyed, the song is also interesting because its famous piano-heavy coda is also somewhat controversial. Credited to Clapton and drummer Jim Gordon, the latter’s ex-girlfriend, singer Rita Coolidge, claims she wrote the melody and that it was stolen from her.

According to the song’s producer Tom Dowd, “Layla” features six tracks of overlapping guitar. “There’s an Eric rhythm part; three tracks of Eric playing harmony with himself on the main riff; one of Duane playing that beautiful bottleneck; and one of Duane and Eric locked up, playing countermelodies, ” he told Guitar Player.

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Though he’ll be keeping it for most of the year, the buyer has pledged to let the Big House display the guitar a few months a year. “It will be coming back to the Big House in late November, ”  Brent said. “We couldn’t ask for more than that.”

If you can’t recall exactly what the guitar sounds like, it, along with the others that were used on the song, are isolated below.

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Evan is a senior editor with who earned a master's degree in journalism from NYU and has called Brooklyn home since 2006. A fan of Boston sports, Nashville hot chicken and Kentucky bourbon, Evan has had his work published in publications including Maxim, Bleacher Report and The Daily Mail.It’s always obvious when a song uses a guitar slide because it creates such a distinctive sound. The great thing about guitar slides is that they’re easy to learn.

Even if you’ve never picked up a guitar slide before, with a bit of practice you will be able to play all of the songs in this list. Some of the songs are perfect for beginners to try out, while other songs will require most practice to master.

Here are some of the top slide guitar songs to learn with Guitar TAB of some interesting slide guitar licks from each song. I’ve also listed the guitar tuning for each song because many slide guitar songs don’t use standard tuning.

How To Play

Read through this lesson to learn how to correctly hold and use a guitar slide. If you haven’t played with a guitar slide before, I highly recommend you go through the lesson before attempting any of these songs.

Note: I’ve grouped the songs together based on tuning, so if you change your guitar to an open tuning, you can try a few of the listed songs in that tuning. Find out about open and other alternate tunings in this Guide to Alternate Guitar Tunings.

If you are unfamiliar with reading Guitar TAB, check out this lesson on How to Read Guitar TAB. It includes a list of common TAB symbols and what they mean.

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If you don’t have a guitar slide, check out my Ultimate Guide to Guitar Slides to find a guitar slide right for you. The guide includes a sizing chart to help you find the right size guitar slide for your fingers.

The great thing about this song is that the slide licks are easy enough for anybody just getting started with a slide to be able to play the entire song.

From the opening riff, the entire song is based around the guitar slide. This makes it a great song to learn to develop your slide guitar skills.

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The only downside to learning this song is that you’ll need to change your guitar into Open A tuning. But it’s a great example of how fun open tunings are with a guitar slide.

If you want to try and get a similar guitar tone, the easiest way is to use a phaser pedal. Find out more about phasers and the best phaser pedals in this guide.

The key to getting this riff to sound good is to smoothly glide between the fret positions. Aim for a smooth and controlled slide back and forth between the fret positions.

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After the 12th fret (add some vibrato if you can), mute the strings with your picking hand to give you a chance to move your hand back to the 3rd fret without hearing a sliding sound.

As this riff uses the open strings, you will need to practice taking the slide on and off of the strings. You will hear a noise as the slide touches the strings, so practice timing your picking to strum the strings at the exact time your guitar slide touches the strings.

If you’re a die-hard Zeppelin fan and want to learn their songs, check out this hardcover Led Zeppelin Guitar TAB book (link to Amazon) with all of their songs in Guitar TAB. One of my students has this book and it’s awesome. There’s a handy table of contents with all of their songs in alphabetical order and a good write-up of each album.

Slide Guitar Hits

If you are just getting started learning how to play slide guitar, this song is an easy starting point. It may not be obvious that a slide was used in this song, but during the chorus or heavy section, it is used.

The main slide riff in this song is easy and will give you plenty of practice before you move on to more complicated slide songs.

Start slowly and focus on smoothly gliding between the different positions. This riff requires you to be quick and accurate in moving between the positions. That quick slide from the 7th to the 10th fret is what gives the riff character, so really focus on how you get it to sound.

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Pay attention to the rest symbols and use your picking hand to mute the strings when needed. Muting the strings is important to get this riff to sound right.

You don’t want all of the notes to be connected together by sliding back and forth, so muting the strings gives you a way to quickly move between positions without adding in a sliding sound.

Tip:if you don’t want to change your guitar into Open A tuning, you can get away with only changing the G string (tune it up to A) and the D string (tune it up to E). This riff only uses three strings, so you can try it out with your guitar slide without having to completely change to Open A tuning.

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This Guitar TAB book for the Elephant album is a good starting point if you want to learn more about Jack White’s style of playing.

While the fuzz-saturated riff in this song may be more fun to play than the slide solo, it’s a great example of how to use a slide in standard tuning.

If you want to try and get closer to the guitar tone you hear in this song, you’ll need a fuzz pedal. Check out the Best Fuzz Pedals here with advice on what to look for.

Acoustic Guitar Slide Basics

The first half of this section is pretty straight forward and you only need to practice sliding back and forth between the 3rd and 5th frets. Listen to the song to get a feel for the rhythm and practice it slowly.

The second half requires you to use good muting techniques. Keeping the other strings quiet while you pick these individual notes is important when playing slide guitar in standard tuning. Use your picking hand’s fingers to keep the adjacent strings muted while you play these notes.

If you want to learn more about Billy Gibbons’ style of playing, check out this ZZ Top Guitar Anthology Guitar TAB book for a good range of songs including Sharp Dressed Man and Tush.

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Most of the slide guitar parts in this list play multiple strings at the same time. The intro melody in this song shows how single-note melodies can sound amazing with a guitar slide.

This is a great song for a beginner slide guitarist to learn because it is slow and gives you plenty of practice of muting and controlling the slide.

There are two guitars recorded playing almost identical parts. If you listen to the song, you will hear towards the end of the part the two parts diverge. Here is the guitar TAB for one of the slide guitar parts:

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Take some time listening to the song before you try

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