Country Guitar Lessons
Welcome to the section dedicated to country guitar lessons. Country guitar can include a wide variety of techniques from basic open chord strumming to flashy chicken pickin licks. We will cover such topics as the country scale and improvisation, standard country chord progressions, and travis picking. If twang is your thang than this is the category for you to study.
Country Style Chord Riff
In this lesson we will stylize our chord with a country flavored riff.
Stylizing Chords Rockabilly Style
In this lesson we will learn how to stylize a simple I-IV-V pattern with a Rockabilly flavor
Classic Country Strumming
In this lesson we will explore some classic country strumming patterns.
Make Your Chords Sound Country
In this lesson we will learn some ways to make your chords sound more country.
Using Pentatonic Major in Country
In this lesson we will learn how to use the Pentatonic Major scale to make our leads sound more country.
The Country Scale
In this lesson we will learn the Country Scale and how to apply it to our improvisation and lead playing.
The Memphis Scale
In this lesson you will be introduced to the memphis scale and learn how it can be applied.
Country Riffing
In this lesson we will learn some country style riffs using the b3rd and b7th.
Country Licks
In this lesson we will learn some country licks you can use in your lead playing.
More Country Licks
In this lesson we will learn some more country licks you can use in your lead playing, combining the country scale and pentatonic major.
Intro to Travis Picking
In this lesson we will learn the basic principles behind Travis picking. Travis picking is a finger picking style named after one of the innovators, Merle Travis. Travis picking is used in Country, Blues, Ragtime, and Rock music.
Intro to Chicken Pickin'
In this lesson we will start our teaching of Country style hybrid picking or chicken pickin. This is a style often used by the likes of Brad Paisley and Brent Mason among many others.
Chicken Pickin Chords
In this lesson we will use our chicken picking technique within some basic open chords.
Chicken Pickin Riff in A
In this lesson we will learn a cool chicken pickin style riff in the key of A
Chicken Pickin Licks in A
In this lesson we will cover some chicken pickin licks licks in the key of A. Practice these licks in different keys.
Classic Country Electric Style
Electric guitar had a specific function in the classic country era of Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. In this lesson we will study this function with the tune Hey Good Lookin as the example. The theory is easily applied to other country chord progressions to get that classic country sound.
Albert Lee Style Country Lick
In this lick of the week lesson we will study an Albert Lee style country lick. This lick uses bends and holds to outline the chords underneath, a common country technique. We also have a nice descending lick using 6th intervals and pull offs to the open E string giving it a pedal tone type sound.