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Killer slide techniques with Sonny Landreth
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![Example 2: "The way I learned from Chet Atkins, was that the third finger controls [picks and mutes] the first string, second finger the second string, and first finger the third string. The thumb then controls the bottom three strings. Basically, any string that you're then not playing, that finger rests on the string and mutes it. When you get used to it, you will gain a lot of control and it makes it much cleaner." Watch out for the doublestops in bar 7 - Sonny uses his thumb and first finger for the pinches on the fourth and sixth strings.](http://mos.musicradar.com/images/Total Guitar/Issue 138/LAndreth/Landreth_fig2-50-75.jpg)
![Example 6: Use your thumb to strike the strings from low to high (thick to thin). The slide should play all the notes at the 12th fret, with your first finger fretting behind the slide to add the sus2 at the 10th fret on the third string. "When you start to get a feel for it [fretting behind the slide], start laying out these chords - just something really simple - and get used to holding [sustaining] it."](http://mos.musicradar.com/images/Total Guitar/Issue 138/LAndreth/Landreth_fig6-50-75.jpg)
