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!
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.
In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn some awesome licks in the first position of the E minor pentatonic scale. Once you memorize the pentatonic scales, you’ll be able to play lead guitar all the way up and down the neck of the guitar without getting lost on the fretboard. The pentatonic scales can be used to solo over the majority of country songs you hear on the radio.
In this guitar lesson, we’ll go over how you can go about playing lead guitar using the pentatonic scales. Once you learn the pentatonic scales in one key, you’ve learned them in all keys because the scales are movable. You’ll be able to play lead guitar all the way up and down the neck of the guitar without getting lost on the fretboard. The pentatonic scales can be used to solo over the majority of country songs you hear on the radio.
