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How to play lead guitar. Where to start?

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

how to play lead guitar with the pentatonic scales

Lesson ID: A0025

In this guitar lesson, we’re going to start building the foundation you need to play country and bluegrass lead guitar all the way up and down the entire guitar neck. I’ll show you the main guitar scales you need to know and how you can move these scale patterns to change keys. We’re going to map out the guitar neck so you never get lost on the fretboard, and eventually, you’ll be able to play lead guitar over any song.

After you watch this lead guitar lesson, you should check out our Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course where we expand upon the concepts covered in this lesson. We’ll talk more about the fundamental country guitar scales and I’ll show you how to use guitar scales to play lead guitar licks and country guitar solos.

We also have a nice collection of country guitar licks and bluegrass guitar licks that will take your country lead guitar to the next level.

Lynyrd Skynyrd Style Blues Progression

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0024

In this lesson we’re going to go over an awesome Lynyrd Skynyrd style blues progression that involves hybrid picking. If you’re new to hybrid picking, you might also want to check out my hybrid picking lesson series. In this particular lesson, we’ll focus on using the pick, middle finger, and ring finger.

Once you master this style, it’s really fun to use at a jam sessions. For example, when you’re playing the twelve bar blues at a jam, trading lead back and forth, you can use this hybrid picking style when it’s your turn to play the rhythm part. It always sounds great when you can start out strumming during one section of a song, then switch to a hybrid picking style during another section. This adds some variation that makes your music sound much more interesting to your listeners.

Acoustic 12 Bar Blues in the Key of E

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0015

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn a basic 12 bar blues progression. The 12 bar blues is the format of most blues songs and it’ll come in very handy when you’re jamming with friends because you’ll be able to take turns playing this progression and trading lead back and forth.

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Guitar Riffs First Position E Minor Pentatonic Scale

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

guitar riffs 1st position e minor pentatonic scale

Lesson ID: A0008

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn some awesome licks in the first position of the E minor pentatonic scale. Once you memorize the pentatonic scales, you’ll be able to play lead guitar all the way up and down the neck of the guitar without getting lost on the fretboard. The pentatonic scales can be used to solo over the majority of country songs you hear on the radio.