In this guitar lesson video, I’ll teach you one of my favorite country & bluegrass guitar licks that sounds great on acoustic guitar. First I’ll play through the lick a couple times, then one time slowly with the tablature, and then I’ll break it down measure by measure. I’ll also show you how to play the rhythm guitar part that you heard me play at the beginning of the video and we’ll get some practice playing this G lick as a fill riff with rhythm.
In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a country and bluegrass guitar solo in C. First we’ll play through the guitar solo at a slow pace with tablature on the screen. Then we’ll break down the entire solo line by line and we’ll cover some helpful techniques for improvising solos in C. After you learn the guitar solo arrangement, practice along with the country & bluegrass backing track in the key of C.
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Measures 1 through 4 and Soloing Tips |
| 08:30 min | Measures 5 through 8 |
| 14:26 min | Measures 9 through 12 (Available to CGO Members) |
| 20:00 min | Measures 13 through 16 (Available to CGO Members) |
| 26:08 min | Practice the Solo With Me (Available to CGO Members) |
In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn three country strumming patterns that work great for classic country. Then we’ll practice the country strumming patterns over a couple of chord progressions in the style of the old classic song “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams. After we work through the rhythm guitar parts, we’ll switch gears and I’ll teach you a simple classic country guitar solo that you can play along with “Your Cheatin’ Heart”. Overall this is a great lesson for classic country strumming and lead guitar.
Practice this lesson’s strumming patterns and solo over the song “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams using the embedded player from Spotify. We’d highly recommend using Spotify for online radio. If you don’t have a Spotify account, click here to sign up free with your Facebook account or with an e-mail address.
In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play the traditional fiddle tune “Black Mountain Rag” in the style of Doc Watson. This is one of the most common songs that you’ll hear at bluegrass jams. In this lesson, we’re going to learn the old way of playing this song which includes four different parts — the A Part, B Part, C Part, and D Part. Sometimes you’ll hear people playing this song without the C Part that you’ll learn in this lesson. Also, we’ll learn this song in the key of C without a capo but a lot of times people will capo 2nd fret to play this melody in the key of D. After you learn the guitar arrangement and optional ending lick, practice your bluegrass flatpicking with our “Black Mountain Rag” backing track in the key of C.
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | A Part – Measures 1 through 5 |
| 07:05 min | A Part – Measures 6 through 9 |
| 10:10 min | A Part – Practice with Me |
| 11:08 min | B Part – Measures 10 through 13 |
| 17:16 min | B Part – Measures 14 through 17 (Available to CGO Members) |
| 20:36 min | B Part – Practice with Me (Available to CGO Members) |
| 21:51 min | C Part – Measures 18 through 21 (Available to CGO Members) |
| 24:47 min | C Part – Measures 22 through 25 (Available to CGO Members) |
| 25:34 min | D Part – Measures 26 through 29 (Available to CGO Members) |
| 29:35 min | D Part – Measures 30 through 33 (Available to CGO Members) |
| 33:07 min | D Part – Measures 34 through 37 (Available to CGO Members) |
| 37:45 min | D Part – Measures 38 through 41 (Available to CGO Members) |
| 41:27 min | D Part – Practice with Me (Available to CGO Members) |
| 43:11 min | Practice the Entire Arrangement with Me (Available to CGO Members) |
After you’re done here