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Bluegrass Guitar Solo over Song by The Grascals

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Lesson 4 – Bluegrass Guitar Solo Improvising Course
Lesson ID: A0124

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn two full-length guitar solos over a common bluegrass chord progression. The first guitar solo is a basic solo with a nice melody that will push your pick control to the next level. The second guitar solo is slightly more advanced and loaded with some awesome bluegrass licks. Throughout the lesson, we’ll also talk about how guitar scales are used to create each of these solos. After you master the solos, practice them over the instrumental break in the song “Where I Come From” by the Grascals.

Lesson Overview

Bluegrass Scales

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Basic Guitar Solo

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Advanced Guitar Solo

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Practice

Practice with The Grascals

Try to play these two bluegrass solos over the song “Where I Come From” by The Grascals using the embedded player from Spotify. A nice instrumental break starts around 1:17 in this song. 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. Also, check out The Grascals on iTunes. They’ve got a ton of other great songs to choose from.

12 Bar Blues with Six Turnaround Riffs in E

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Lesson ID: A0118

Understanding blues guitar can really improve your country and bluegrass guitar playing. In this guitar lesson, we’ll teach you the most common way to play the 12 bar blues and then we’ll go over six awesome blues turnaround riffs that will turn some heads at your next jam session.

Overview

Rhythm Progression

Blues Turnarounds

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Country Fills Up the Neck with 1st Position Scales

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Lesson 10 – Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course
Lesson ID: A0117

In this lesson, we’re going to travel up the neck in the key of G using the 1st position hybrid country guitar scales. I’ll teach you the four main scales you need to learn in the 1st position and I’ll show you how to use these scales to get a country and bluegrass sound out of your guitar. Then I’ll show you some of my favorite country and bluegrass fill riffs in the 1st position key of G.

Overview

First Position Scales

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Easy Fill Riffs

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Intermediate Fill Riffs

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Scale Charts

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Intermediate Stock Bluegrass Licks

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Lesson 3 – Bluegrass Guitar Solo Improvising Course
Lesson ID: A0114

In this bluegrass guitar lesson, we’ll increase the difficulty a bit! I’ll show you four more bluegrass guitar licks that will take your picking skills to the next level. I’ll also talk more about the guitar scales that we’re using to create these bluegrass licks. After you master the guitar licks, practice the arranged solo and your bluegrass improvising skills with the jam track!

Overview

Lick 1

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min First Measure – Breakdown with Tablature
01:40 min Proper Pick Stroke Direction for Speed
03:16 min Second Measure – Breakdown with Tablature

Lick 2

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min Lick 1 Breakdown with Tablature
02:11 min Combine Lick 1 and Lick 2

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Lick 3

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min How Lick 3 is Formed Around the D Chord
01:07 min Lick 3 Breakdown with Tablature
03:21 min Combine Lick 1, Lick 2, and Lick 3

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Lick 4

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min Lick 4 Breakdown with Tablature
01:53 min How to Practice the Bluegrass Licks

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Scales Discussion

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min Guitar Scales for Bluegrass Licks
01:41 min How to Visualize the Scales When You’re Improvising
02:52 min Bluegrass Guitar Licks Formed Around Open Chords
06:21 min Breaking out of the Pentatonic Scale Box When You’re Soloing
09:49 min Combining the Melody of Bluegrass Songs with Stock Bluegrass Licks

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Jam Track

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min Overview
00:29 min Listen to All Four Bluegrass Licks Played in a Row
01:10 min Bluegrass Lick Example with the Jam Track

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