Lesson 2 – Bluegrass Guitar Solo Improvising Course
Lesson ID: A0113
In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you four more bluegrass licks that are great for improvising in the key of G. We’ll also talk about the guitar scale theory behind each of the 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 | Lick 1 Breakdown with Tablature |
| 00:50 min | Guitar Scales for Bluegrass Licks |
| 01:52 min | Getting That Country & Bluegrass Sound |
Lick 2
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Lick 2 Breakdown with Tablature |
| 01:26 min | Building Licks Around Open Chords Using Key of G Scales |
| 02:23 min | More Chord and Scale Theory Tips for Bluegrass Licks |
Lick 3
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Lick 3 Breakdown with Tablature |
| 01:36 min | Easier Way to Play Lick 3 |
| 02:33 min | How Lick 3 is Formed Around the D Chord |
Lick 4
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Lick 4 Breakdown with Tablature |
| 00:52 min | Left Hand Fingering for Easy Lick Transition |
Example
Jam Track Example:
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Listen to All Four Bluegrass Licks Played in a Row |
| 00:43 min | Bluegrass Lick Example with the Jam Track |
| 01:21 min | Lesson Wrap Up |
Great lesson and licks as usual!
Awesome lesson man! Thanks! I’m learning the scales you covered and all this is starting to make a lot of sense.
Gold Pick Members – Now you can share your YouTube videos in the comments below the lesson videos. Just copy and paste the YouTube URL in the comment text box and click POST COMMENT. It’ll automatically pull in the YouTube video after you post the comment.
Hope to see some videos of y’all jamming out on some country and bluegrass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u964a0f38s
…and you can upload pictures and other files like PDFs. Hope y’all like the new features! I’ll attach a pic of my best bud Rocket from a hike earlier today and a PDF file so you can see how it works. – Devin
Keep ’em comin!
Excellent man! I’m looking forward to the intermediate and advanced licks in this course. Your website has the exact kind of style I want to learn. Great work and quality videos. Cheers, Joseph.
Lot of fun, lookin forward to lesson 3!
Devin, this is awesome, so helpful, and fun! Thank you for getting straight to it, no bull crap, just playing and learning some good stuff! Helps a TON to have those backing tracks…just gotta find myself a metronome now 🙂
I don’t see the mp3 jam track. Thanks
This is a dumb question. Lets assume we memorize the blues and Natural scales in position 1 and 5 (I will) what do we do next?
You’ll find a ton of licks in the Lick Library where you can put together some nice country & bluegrass sounding note combinations using those two positions.. then you could memorize positions 2 through 4 up the neck and practice those in the key of G. I’ll keep giving you more ideas later in this course and in the other lessons available. Just let me know if you have any questions as you’re working through everything.
Precious instructions here, thanks for helping us about major chord and minor structures. Sometimes knowledge is powerful!
There’s no jam track anymore?
oh! it seems to be a problem from my browser…
Hey Curtis, not seeing the jam track here, could you point me in the right direction? Thanks
Outstanding lesson. Thank you!
You really know how to challenge those fingers! Great stuff!
Thanks for a useful demo and explanation!
Hey Devin, Really enjoying the lessons. In your opinion, should I stay one one lesson until I am able to play the material up to the speed of the fast tempo jam track, or should I just allow speed to come later? I am able to play at the speed of the slower track.
Hey Paul! For my personal practice, I usually like to jump from one thing to the next to keep it interesting… and I think, for me, I learn the fastest when I’m trying to push myself to learn new things. A lot of times, I’ll switch to something totally new, and then after I learn the new thing, I’ll go back to something I was working on previously and the old song/technique is much easier for to play just by practicing and learning something new. Also, I like to keep switching it up so practice is fun.. as long as… Read more »
Hello, I don’t find the jam tracks:..
Let me add those back. I believe we updated this lesson post and somehow the jam track must’ve not been posted with the updates. Thanks for letting us know!