In this guitar lesson video, you’ll learn how to play a melodic country & bluegrass strumming pattern inspired by the song “Oh, Kentucky” by Lou Reid & Carolina. We’ll add some nice bass line walks and accent picks to the strumming. This guitar lesson will help you develop right hand pick control and it will push your country and bluegrass rhythm guitar to the next level.
“Rye Whiskey” is a traditional folk song that was made popular by Blind Lemon Jefferson in 1926. At least twelve artists recorded the tune before World War II, and the song has been recorded under other titles such as “A Corn Licker Still in Georgia”. When first published, the song was originally titled “Jack of Daniels”. In this guitar lesson, we’ll go over an easy way to play the entire song on guitar, and we’ll also cover a slightly more intermediate song intro and instrumental break.
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Song Overview |
| 02:35 min | Chords and Strumming Pattern |
| 03:31 min | Time Signature |
| 04:20 min | More Strumming Tips |
| 07:41 min | Walk Down Riffs Explained |
| 11:19 min | Rye Whiskey Chord Progressions |
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Overview |
| 00:45 min | Intermediate Intro |
| 01:55 min | Instrumental Break |
“Deep Elem Blues” is a traditional American song from the early 1900s. This song is usually played in a blues format but we’re going to add a country and bluegrass twist to it for this guitar lesson. We’ll go over several country strumming patterns, the song intro, a nice country filler riff, and we’ll go over all of the vocals verse by verse.
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Overview |
| 03:01 min | G Chord Formation and Hammer-On |
| 04:35 min | Country Strumming Patterns |
| 10:21 min | “Building Up” Chord Progressions |
| 14:05 min | Intermediate Country Strumming |
| 17:08 min | Apply This to Deep Elem Blues |
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Easy Intro |
| 01:13 min | Intermediate Intro |
| 06:01 min | More Advanced Intro |
| 08:16 min | Filler Riff |
| 13:04 min | Play Through Entire Intro |
“Wildwood Flower” was first published in 1860 and was later recorded by the Carter Family in 1928 on the Victor label. Maybelle Carter leads a rendition of the song on the 1972 album Will the Circle be Unbroken, and frequently performed the song in concert with Johnny Cash. In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you a traditional version of Wildwood Flower and then an intermediate version with a ton of crosspicking.