In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a country and bluegrass flatpicking guitar solo that you can practice over a chord progression from the old classic song “Sunny Side of the Mountain” by Harry C. McAuliffe and Bobby Gregory. “Sunny Side of the Mountain” was first recorded by Hank Snow and it has been recorded by several other country and bluegrass artists over the years. “Sunny Side of the Mountain” is also a really popular song to play at bluegrass jams.
The guitar solo that we’re learning today is challenging but it is doable for newer pickers if you slow it down a bit. Overall, this solo has a really nice melody and it is loaded with some hot bluegrass licks that will help improve your flatpicking accuracy and speed.
Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
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00:00 min | Measures 1 through 5 |
08:49 min | Measures 6 through 9 |
14:08 min | Measures 10 through 13 |
18:01 min | Practice the First Half of the Solo |
19:22 min | Measures 14 through 17 |
24:44 min | Measures 18 through 21 |
30:20 min | Measures 22 through 25 |
34:38 min | Practice the Second Half of the Solo |