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Rye Whiskey

April 13, 2025June 16, 2016 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0076

“Rye Whiskey” is a traditional folk song that was made popular by Blind Lemon Jefferson in 1926. At least twelve artists recorded the tune before World War II, and the song has been recorded under other titles such as “A Corn Licker Still in Georgia”. When first published, the song was originally titled “Jack of Daniels”. In this guitar lesson, we’ll go over an easy way to play the entire song on guitar, and we’ll also cover a slightly more intermediate song intro and instrumental break.

Main Lesson

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Song Overview
02:35 min	Chords and Strumming Pattern
03:31 min	Time Signature
04:20 min	More Strumming Tips
07:41 min	Walk Down Riffs Explained
11:19 min	Rye Whiskey Chord Progressions

Intermediate Intro and Break

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Overview
00:45 min	Intermediate Intro
01:55 min	Instrumental Break

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Rhythm with Vocals

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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

Jam Tracks

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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Country Rhythm Practice Drills

April 13, 2025April 25, 2016 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0069

We’ve got a couple drills here in this lesson video that’ll help you build right hand pick accuracy for playing country and bluegrass rhythm guitar. These country rhythm patterns will make your rhythm guitar sound more melodic and complex. We’ll show you exactly how to incorporate these techniques into chord progressions so your guitar will sound fuller when you’re singing and strumming country songs.

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
01:02 min	Drill 1
02:15 min	Alternate Picking
03:06 min	Let the Notes Ring
04:48 min	How to Practice Drill 1
07:47 min	Apply Drill 1 to Country Rhythm
14:30 min	Drill 2
17:06 min	How to Practice Drill 2
19:19 min	More Rhythm Practice Tips

2nd Position G Minor Pentatonic Licks

April 13, 2025January 27, 2016 by Devin

2nd position minor pentatonic scale country lick

Lesson ID: A0056

We’ve already covered several licks within the 1st position of the G Minor pentatonic scale. In the lesson videos below, we’ll be moving up the guitar neck to learn some licks built around the 2nd position of the G Minor pentatonic scale. The solo in the beginning of this video is an example of how you can combine each of these minor pentatonic scale licks to create one long guitar solo.

Guitar Lick 1

Guitar Lick 2

Guitar Lick 3

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