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Two Intermediate Country Guitar Riffs

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

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

Guitar Tablature

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Ultimate Bluegrass Ending

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

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!

Lesson Video

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
01:17 min	Basic Chord Progression with the Ending Riff
02:31 min	Timing of the Ending Riff
03:15 min	Riff Play Through with Tablature
04:32 min	Dynamic Pick Strokes
05:29 min	Anchoring Your Pinky
06:24 min	Dividing the Lick into Sections

Guitar Tablature