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Common Bluegrass Flatpicking Licks

April 13, 2025August 6, 2016 by Devin

common bluegrass flatpicking guitar licks with tablature

Lesson ID: A0083

In this guitar lesson video, I’ll teach you 16 common bluegrass flatpicking guitar licks that will come in handy at your next bluegrass jam. We’ll break down each lick with tablature and I’ll show you how you can use these guitar licks with the majority of bluegrass songs. All of these flatpicking licks are in the key of G and they’re designed to help you improvise your own guitar solos. If you like this guitar lesson, you might also like our Bluegrass Lick Library.

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
02:16 min	Using Licks with Songs
05:52 min	Lick 1 and Other Tips
10:32 min	Lick 2 Breakdown
11:53 min	Lick 3 Breakdown
12:33 min	Lick 4 Breakdown
13:17 min	Lick 5 Breakdown
15:02 min	Lick 6 Breakdown
15:41 min	Lick 7 Breakdown
16:46 min	Lick 8 Breakdown
18:03 min	Lick 9 Breakdown
18:35 min	Lick 10 Breakdown
19:51 min	Lick 11 Breakdown
20:26 min	Lick 12 Breakdown
21:16 min	Lick 13 Breakdown
22:22 min	Lick 14 Breakdown
23:22 min	Lick 15 Breakdown
24:05 min	Lick 16 Breakdown

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Hank Williams, Jr. Country Rhythm and Fills

April 13, 2025August 1, 2016 by Devin

hank williams jr style country rhythm and fills

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Deep Elem Blues

April 13, 2025June 3, 2016 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0075

“Deep Elem Blues” is a traditional American song from the early 1900s. This song is usually played in a blues format but we’re going to add a country and bluegrass twist to it for this guitar lesson. We’ll go over several country strumming patterns, the song intro, a nice country filler riff, and we’ll go over all of the vocals verse by verse.

Overview & Rhythm

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Overview
03:01 min	G Chord Formation and Hammer-On
04:35 min	Country Strumming Patterns
10:21 min	“Building Up” Chord Progressions
14:05 min	Intermediate Country Strumming
17:08 min	Apply This to Deep Elem Blues

Song Intro & Filler Riff

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Easy Intro
01:13 min	Intermediate Intro
06:01 min	More Advanced Intro
08:16 min	Filler Riff
13:04 min	Play Through Entire Intro

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Full Song Breakdown

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Chord Progression

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Deep Elem Blues Tablature Chords & Lyrics Woodtone Strings

Improvising with Bluegrass G Licks

April 13, 2025May 1, 2016 by Devin

bluegrass g licks guitar lesson flatpicking

Lesson ID: A0070

In this guitar lesson video, we’ll break down the scales that are commonly played in key of G open bluegrass licks. They’re called “open” licks or open riffs because they incorporate a lot of hammer-ons and pull-offs to and from the open strings. These licks are used all the time in country and bluegrass music and they sound great over a standard I – IV – V chord progression. Clamp on your capo and you can play these open riffs at any location on the guitar neck!

Lesson Video

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
01:31 min	How to Use Open G Licks
02:21 min	Bluegrass Scale Chart Breakdown
05:37 min	Creating Licks with the Chart
06:35 min	Most Common Open G Lick
07:31 min	Mixing Major and Minor Pentatonics
09:02 min	Blues Note
09:51 min	Hammer-On Ideas
15:16 min	Double Stop Technique
17:51 min	Pull-Off Ideas
20:43 min	Lesson Recap

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Standard Open Tuning

Capo 2nd Fret

Capo 3rd Fret

Capo 4th Fret

Capo 2nd Fret

Open Standard Tuning

Capo 3rd Fret

Open Standard Tuning

Capo 3rd Fret

Open Standard Tuning

Capo 2nd Fret

Open Standard Tuning

Open Lick Chart

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