slide guitar

noun

1. bottleneck ( def 3 ).

slide guitar

noun

1. a technique of guitar playing derived from bottleneck, using a steel or glass tube on one finger across the frets

Word History and Origins

Origin of slide guitar¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

With the sweeping album closer, “To Love,” which evokes the aching slide guitar of Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You,” Waterhouse took the stems of her viral hit “Good Looking” and stripped it down.

From Los Angeles Times

Nollman mainly plays slide guitar for whale species, but has worked with a wide range of other musicians, including a grammy-winning oboe player, violinists, percussionists, a chanting Tibetian lama and more.

From Salon

The addition of pedals made steel guitar a country music staple, while blues and jazz musicians adopted the slide guitar, which utilized a similar gliding technique while holding the guitar upright.

From Los Angeles Times

That attention has grown steadily since 2013, when Webster, then 16, self-released her debut album, “Run and Tell,” a folksy whirl of slide guitar and twang.

From New York Times

Last surviving founder of Lynyrd Skynyrd helped write “Sweet Home Alabama” and played unforgettable slide guitar on “Free Bird.”

From Seattle Times