Devin 
In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn an awesome country and bluegrass guitar lick that starts out with a Bryan Sutton style roll guitar lick. The great thing about this lick is it helps you practice transitioning your lead guitar up the fretboard and back down towards the nut. This is a more challenging lick, but it will definitely push your country and bluegrass guitar playing to the next level.
In this guitar lesson video, you’ll learn one of my favorite bluegrass guitar riffs in the key of G. I’m going to keep posting guitar riff/lick lessons similar to this one, and the end goal is for you to expand your “bag of licks” to where you’re able to improvise and create interesting guitar solos when you’re jamming with other musicians. These licks can be played over just about any bluegrass or country song!
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Lesson Overview |
| 00:29 min | Pick Direction |
| 01:23 min | Bluegrass Riff Bar 1 |
| 02:04 min | Bluegrass Riff Bar 2 |
| 02:43 min | Bluegrass Riff Bar 3 |
| 03:34 min | Bluegrass Riff Bar 4 |
| 04:03 min | Entire Riff Played a Few Times |
In this lesson you’ll learn two intermediate country guitar riffs. The great thing about these riffs is that you can play them separately or you can combine them to make one longer guitar solo. The goal here is that we’re continuing to expand your “bag of licks” so you’ll have several licks you can pull from when you’re trading lead back and forth at jam sessions. The more country/bluegrass licks you know the better you’ll be able to improvise your own guitar solos.
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Lesson Overview |
| 00:30 min | Riff #1 Play Through with Tablature |
| 01:28 min | Upward Pull-Off |
| 02:38 min | Traditional Flatpicking Style |
| 03:03 min | Riff #2 Play Through with Tablature |
| 03:53 min | Both Riffs Combined |
| 05:17 min | Played at Top Speed |
Guitar ending riffs are extremely important in bluegrass. If you’ve ever been to a bluegrass jam session, you already know how all the bluegrass musicians will repeat the same chord progressions over and over as they take turns playing their solo breaks. At some point the song has to end, and that’s where ending licks like this one come in handy!
