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Lead Guitar

Bluegrass Riff in the Key of G

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Lesson ID: A0045

In this guitar lesson video, you’ll learn one of my favorite bluegrass guitar riffs in the key of G. I’m going to keep posting guitar riff/lick lessons similar to this one, and the end goal is for you to expand your “bag of licks” to where you’re able to improvise and create interesting guitar solos when you’re jamming with other musicians. These licks can be played over just about any bluegrass or country song!

Lesson Video

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min Lesson Overview
00:29 min Pick Direction
01:23 min Bluegrass Riff Bar 1
02:04 min Bluegrass Riff Bar 2
02:43 min Bluegrass Riff Bar 3
03:34 min Bluegrass Riff Bar 4
04:03 min Entire Riff Played a Few Times

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Two Intermediate Country Guitar Riffs

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Lesson ID: A0043

In this lesson you’ll learn two intermediate country guitar riffs. The great thing about these riffs is that you can play them separately or you can combine them to make one longer guitar solo. The goal here is that we’re continuing to expand your “bag of licks” so you’ll have several licks you can pull from when you’re trading lead back and forth at jam sessions. The more country/bluegrass licks you know the better you’ll be able to improvise your own guitar solos.

Lesson Video

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min Lesson Overview
00:30 min Riff #1 Play Through with Tablature
01:28 min Upward Pull-Off
02:38 min Traditional Flatpicking Style
03:03 min Riff #2 Play Through with Tablature
03:53 min Both Riffs Combined
05:17 min Played at Top Speed

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Ultimate Bluegrass Ending

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Lesson ID: A0039

Guitar ending riffs are extremely important in bluegrass. If you’ve ever been to a bluegrass jam session, you already know how all the bluegrass musicians will repeat the same chord progressions over and over as they take turns playing their solo breaks. At some point the song has to end, and that’s where ending licks like this one come in handy!

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Ultimate Bluegrass Ending

How to play lead guitar. Where to start?

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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.