Country Guitar Lessons
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1:01
Licking Up the Modes: Mixolydian - Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
Hi guys!
Again, we will continue with the "Licking Up the Modes" series.
We are now on to the 5th mode, otherwise known as Mixolydian or Mixo for short.
Mixolydian is based of the 5th degree of a major scale and contains the following scale degree...
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1:18
Licking Up the Modes: Mixolydian - Lick 1
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
This first lick uses notes only out of the C mixolydian scale.
It starts with a C7 arpeggio decending from the 3rd which moves into an Em7b5 arpeggio.
The C7 arp includes all the essential chord tone while the Em7b5 excludes the root and util...
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2:06
Licking Up the Modes: Mixolydian - Lick 2
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
In lick number two you can start hearing the country flare that I threw in there. Licks 3 and 4 will also have more of a country vibe.
I will admit, I did not stick to strictly notes from mixoloydian in this one. The same goes for the next two licks...
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1:30
Licking Up the Modes: Mixolydian - Lick 3
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
Lick three is a typical country lick. Players lick Brad Paisley, Johnny Hiland, and others use this same type of idea.
It's basically playing 3rd intervals on the G and B strings. They descend diatonically through C mixolyidan, starting on C major.&...
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2:22
Licking Up the Modes: Mixolydian - Lick 4
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
The final lick utilizes even more notes that are not within mixolydian.
Specifically notes out of the C minor blues scale.
This is common for country and blues. It helps with the ambiguity that exists within the 12 bar blues progression by incorporat...
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3:34
Licking Up the Modes: Mixolydian - Backing Track
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Improvising
Style: Country
Now, it's time to apply these licks and ideas to the backing track. Have fun!
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0:56
Country Mechanics - Etude
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Exercises
Style: Country
Hey guys,
I've been on a hiatus from metal over the past while and decided to throw something a little different at y'all for this time - country lead playin'!
Country lead playing is something that has always boggled my mind and I've always ...
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1:09
Country Mechanics - Major Key Diads
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Country
So to start, a really important and often overlooked approach is to play in "diads". Diads are any grouping of two notes within a key. We'll be sticking to the key of G major for the time being so we can understand how things operate across the board...
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1:11
Country Mechanics - Bending
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
This technique mimics the sound of a pedal steel guitar and is super frequent in country guitar soloing. Again, within the confines of G major, let's break down each position within the key, starting from the first, which highlights a G major triad.
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1:06
Country Mechanics - Double-Stoppin'
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
Double-Stop: The act of playing two notes simultaneously - two separate strings are "stopped" by the fingers.
A technique drawn from many types of bluegrass music, double-stopping features the most intense dynamic of all. Strictly finger-style,...
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1:06
Country Mechanics - Jam Track
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Improvising
Style: Country
Now it's time to try out some of those licks! Have fun with the jam track!
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5:52
Next-Level Strumming - Country
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Rhythm
Style: Country
Next-Level StrummingCountry Feel
Exercise 1:Let's change gears a bit and try out some cool country rhythms. This one in particular can be played at various tempos and can work in many different (country) contexts. This rhythm of this exercise is "sw...
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0:44
Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Intro
Instructor: Steve Hubbard
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
Hi folks! Thanks for checking out this tutorial.
In this lesson, I’m providing a number of example licks, in the style of ‘country-rock’. Though these runs may have a distinct ‘twang’ to them, they can be used in a numb...
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0:45
Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Example 1
Instructor: Steve Hubbard
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
This example is based around the E Minor Blues Pentatonic box, which works over both G Major, and its relative minor, E minor! In this case, we will of course be thinking of G as the pitch of reference in our head. For me, this lick works well when I...
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0:40
Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Example 2
Instructor: Steve Hubbard
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
This example should sound fairly familiar to any of you that have ever heard 'chicken pickin'. We start with a bend and then a very common chromatic walk down, and then end the lick with a very common jazz run. This lick can sound very 'country...
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0:35
Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Example 3
Instructor: Steve Hubbard
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
This example is the most challenging of the three in this tutorial, in terms of technical ability. I'd describe this as a mix between a cliche country lick (the first half), and a Greg Howe style of lick (the second half.) The second have may be easi...
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1:01
Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Outro
Instructor: Steve Hubbard
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
Thanks for tunin' in to this tutorial!
Practice hard, be creative, and we'll see you next time.
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4:50
Bridging the Gap to Country - Introduction & Example 1
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Beginner
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
Greetings guitar slingers!
Welcome to this look back at the previous tutorial. We will use the TT-Zop tutorial as a starting point to head on into some Country guitar playing, so if you haven't checked out the previous tutorial, please do so here.
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4:06
Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 2
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
In this example, I expand upon the main rhythm idea, adding arppegiated ideas with hammer-ons and pull-offs that are so typical for Country guitar playing. You will also find the G-arpeggio from the TT-Zop riff here, but played in straight sixteen no...
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7:11
Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 3a & b
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
Example 3a is yet another variation of the main rhythm idea. I included a short lick as a turn-around in the end. Try grooving along on the main rhythm, and throw in any of these variations at the end, to be able to always get back on the first downb...
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4:49
Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 4
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
In this example you will find some double stop bending, typical in country guitar playing. Even though this tutorial is not aimed towards this technique (The bending part of Country needs a tutorial all by itself!) I choose to include as an example o...
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4:19
Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 5
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
In this example, I use the A major (F#min) pentatonic, and incorporate open strings as well (thus expanding the scale a bit). You recognize the beginning "roll" from example 2. Pay attention to the right hand fingerings, and try it your own way as we...
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3:41
Bridging the Gap to Country - Example 6
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
And here' s the final example for you!
Here I have once again taken inspiration from the TT-zop solo, part 1. Check it out here, in case you missed that one!
This one has a slightly more "blues-country" feel to it, since I'm staying in the A minor ...
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0:52
Twangin' Country Lick
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Country
Time to put your cowboy hats on, folks! It's time for a country twangin' lick.
Be sure to use your bridge pickup to get a sharp, crisp sound for riffs like these. You can also try adding a hint of close delay to give your sound more texture.
The ma...
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0:57
Country Guitar Solo - Full Video
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
OK guys, it's time for some serious string twangin' and finger pluckin' in my latest tutorial.
You'll find a variety of different techniques in here, from string bending to hybrid picking and much more. The piece is in three distinct sections, the f...
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0:47
Country Guitar Solo - Intro Section
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
OK, for the intro to this I decided to try to emulate the sound of a banjo with a rolling type of effect.
This works very well on the guitar and is not too difficult to replicate. In this case we play a g note at the 5th fret of the 4th string which...
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1:24
Country Guitar Solo - Rhythm Section
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
Lets now take a look at what I have called the 'rhythm section'.
The majority of this section is made up of patterns which have alternating 8th note basslines juxtaposed with a syncopated upper part. If you are new to this style of playing it would ...
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1:43
Country Guitar Solo - Solo Section
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
It's time for the solo!
As always with this style of playing, hybrid picking is a heavily featured technique and there's plenty of it here.
I find that I get good results by accentuating the fingerpicked notes by playing them in a very percussive m...
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0:59
Country Guitar Solo - Backing Track
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
You have all the parts down? Cool, then here's the backing track for you to play along with. As always, make a recording of the solo in whatever format you prefer so that you can show off your skills to everybody at the forums.
