Musik – slide guitar

Slide guitar – opportunity to play guitar for person who uses a wheelchair and has impaired hand function

Dela
Dela

The user plays on a Dobro slide guitar. The guitar sits on his lap. He uses a shot glass that sits on the thumb of his left hand as a slide and slides it against the guitar strings.

Users comments
The guitar can be tuned to different open chords. The user has slides made of glass, aluminum, and brass to get different sounds. A basic course for slide and Dobro is available on DVD and can be purchased in well-stocked music stores. You can also find tips on Youtube.

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The user pulls the strings with the thumb of the right hand

The user has his left thumb in a shot glass and holds it with his middle finger. He slides the shot glass onto the guitar strings (close-up)

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