Get a more natural acoustic tone with Woodtone Strings Shop Strings

Easy Flatpicking Arrangement – “Arkansas Traveler”

arkansas-traveler-guitar-lesson-with-tab

Lesson ID: A0219

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play one of the most common bluegrass standards called “Arkansas Traveler” in the key of D. We’d highly recommend learning this song if you ever go to bluegrass jams, and even if you’re not into playing fiddle tunes on guitar, it’s a really good song to use for working on your pick control and accuracy.

After you learn the flatpicking arrangement, practice along with the “Arkansas Traveler” backing track that comes with this guitar lesson. The lesson tablature is available for download below the lesson video.

Lesson Overview
Playthrough with TAB

Member Content

Log in or register to watch this video!

Full Breakdown

Member Content

Log in or register to watch the full guitar lesson!

Backing Track

Member Content

Log in or register to access the backing track!

Chicken Pickin’ Lick 3 in A

chicken-pickin-lick-3-in-key-of-A
Lesson ID: A0218

Here is Chicken Pickin’ Guitar Lick 3 in the key of A. This is a fun country guitar lick that travels up the neck in a really creative way. We’re going to combine Lick 3 with Chicken Pickin’ Licks 1 and 2 to create a complete guitar solo that’s 12 measures long in total. After you learn all of the licks, practice them over the full-length backing track that’s available with this lesson post.

I prefer using Woodtone Triangle Picks (black) in .71mm for chicken pickin’ because shape, size, and flex of these picks feels perfect.

Backing Track

Dust in a Baggie by Billy Strings

dust-in-a-baggie-guitar-lesson-intro-break-1
Lesson ID: A0209

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play the guitar solos from “Dust in a Baggie” by Billy Strings. We’re going to cover the popular version on YouTube where Billy is playing this song on a couch. We’ll cover all the guitar breaks that Billy plays in this version. The tablature files are available for download below the lesson videos.

Guitar Break 2

Member Content

Log in or register to learn Guitar Break 2!

Guitar Break 3

Member Content

Log in or register to learn Guitar Break 3!

Guitar Break 4

Member Content

Log in or register to learn Guitar Break 4!

Listen

Chicken Pickin’ Lick 2 in A

country-chicken-pickin-lick-2-cgo
Lesson ID: A0216

Here is Chicken Pickin’ Guitar Lick 2 in the key of A. This electric guitar riff is extremely useful because it sounds amazing over just about every country chord progression in the key of A. Many country guitar licks are designed to be played over specific chords, but this chicken pickin’ electric guitar lick works well over most chords in A (especially the I, IV, and V chords). After you learn this country guitar lick, practice playing it over the full-length backing track that comes with this lesson.

I prefer using Woodtone Triangle Picks (black) in .71mm for chicken pickin’ because shape, size, and flex of these picks feels perfect.

Backing Track