slide guitar

noun

1. bottleneck.

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

"Take off all that armour / You can't carry all that weight," he sings over a delicate slide guitar.

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“John Sinclair” gains an extended outro with a slide guitar solo that Lennon had previously faded.

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When the blood really starts hitting the fan, Göransson asked his wife and a string orchestra to help escalate the drama, and he had violins bend notes just like his slide guitar.

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Dua Lipa, “These Walls” Killer bass line, gorgeous slide guitar — and a glamazon pop star determined not to let you in.

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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.

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