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Country Bluegrass Flatpicking Licks Key of D

April 13, 2025January 17, 2017 by Devin

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Lesson ID: A0109

In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you four classic country and bluegrass guitar licks in the key of D. If you play these licks slowly, they’ll have a nice outlaw country sound. If you speed them up, they’ll sound great with bluegrass songs. We’ll break down all four licks with tablature and we’ll also discuss the scales that are used to create key of D lead guitar licks that sound country and bluegrass. Check out our Bluegrass Lick Library to learn more country & bluegrass flatpicking licks.

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Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
00:40 min	Lick 1 Breakdown with Tablature & Extra Flatpicking Tips
05:23 min	Guitar Scales Discussion
06:42 min	Lick 2 Breakdown with Tablature
09:45 min	Lick 3 Breakdown with Tablature
13:55 min	Lick 4 Breakdown with Tablature

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Shady Grove in the Style of Doc Watson

April 13, 2025January 10, 2017 by Devin

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Lesson ID: A0110

In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you how to play the traditional Appalachian folk song “Shady Grove” in the style of Doc Watson. First we’ll go over the chord progression and a strumming pattern that you can play behind your vocals. Then I’ll teach you two variations of the instrumental break — the first instrumental break will mix a nice melody line with strumming and the second instrumental break will sound more like a bluegrass flatpicking guitar solo.

Lesson Overview

Basic Rhythm

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Chord Progression
00:45 min	Strumming Pattern
01:18 min	Alternating Bass Notes
03:42 min	Progression with Vocals
05:18 min	Song Structure

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Melodic Rhythm

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Melodic Rhythm Example
00:47 min	Measures 1 through 4 – Breakdown
03:49 min	Measures 5 through 8 – Breakdown
08:00 min	Practice Along with Me
08:39 min	Instrumental Breaks and Song Structure

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Flatpicking Solo

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Flatpicking Solo Example
00:52 min	Measures 1 through 4 – Breakdown
03:24 min	Measures 5 through 8 – Breakdown
04:52 min	Practice the First Half
05:54 min	Measures 9 through 12 – Breakdown
07:10 min	Measures 13 through 16 – Breakdown
08:53 min	Practice the Second Half
09:41 min	Practice the Full Flatpicking Solo

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Backing Track

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Seven Essential Country Strumming Patterns

April 13, 2025December 17, 2016 by Devin

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Lesson 6 – Country & Bluegrass Rhythm Course

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Lesson ID: A0107

In the previous lessons of this course, I taught you several important strumming techniques that’ll make your rhythm guitar playing sound country and bluegrass. We covered the basics in lesson one of this series, and then we worked our way up to some fairly complex country bluegrass rhythm in later lessons.

In this guitar lesson, I’m going to show you seven different strumming patterns that will make your playing sound even more country. I’ll break down each strumming pattern in detail and then we’ll practice our country strumming over the classic country song “Write This Down” by George Strait.

Lesson Overview

Strumming Patterns

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Rhythm Guitar Course Recap
02:32 min	Down Beats and Up Beats – Pick and Strum Direction
03:58 min	Strumming Pattern 1
05:06 min	Strumming Pattern 2
08:05 min	Strumming Pattern 3
09:50 min	Strumming Pattern 4
11:41 min	Strumming Pattern 5
14:23 min	Strumming Pattern 6
16:00 min	Strumming Pattern 7
17:14 min	Creating Your Own Strumming Patterns

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Chord Progressions

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	How to Practice
01:16 min	Intro Chord Progression
02:22 min	Verse Chord Progression Breakdown
04:27 min	Verse Chord Progression Playthrough
05:06 min	Chorus Chord Progression
06:35 min	Instrumental Break
06:48 min	Helpful Tips, Bridge, and Ending

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Listen

Practice playing the seven strumming patterns we learned in this guitar lesson over the song “Write This Down” by George Strait. This song is great for practicing country rhythm technique because it’s played at a relatively slow pace and it has that classic country sound we’re focusing on in this lesson series.

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Short Bluegrass Licks and Practice with Backing Track

April 13, 2025December 16, 2016 by Devin

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Lesson ID: A0108

In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you some short bluegrass licks that will get you started improvising your own bluegrass guitar solos. We’ll break down the licks with tablature and then I’ll show you how to use these licks to play a basic guitar solo over a common bluegrass chord progression. After you master the licks, practice the arranged solo and your improvising skills with the jam along video! If you like this lesson, check out our Bluegrass Lick Library.

Improvising in the Key of G

Learn the Licks

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Overview
01:56 min	Lick 1 – Breakdown with Tablature
02:30 min	Proper Left Hand Fingering
04:36 min	Lick 2 – Breakdown with Tablature
05:19 min	Lick 3 – Breakdown with Tablature
05:51 min	Lick 4 – Breakdown with Tablature

Basic Guitar Solo

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Rhythm Progression
01:27 min	Playing Bluegrass Licks over Rhythm
02:37 min	Basic Bluegrass Solo – Measures 1 through 8
04:07 min	Basic Bluegrass Solo – Measures 9 through 16
05:32 min	Practice the Solo Arrangement with Me
06:19 min	Wrap Up

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Jam Track

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Jam Track – Format
00:43 min	Jam Track – Count In

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Scale Charts

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