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I’ve Been All Around This World

April 11, 2025February 4, 2020 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0179

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play the traditional song called “I’ve been All Around This World”. First we’ll work through the main chord progression to this song and we’ll practice singing the verses with the chords & lyrics. Next you’ll learn two flatpicking guitar instrumental breaks. The first instrumental break brings in a lot of this song’s traditional melody and the second instrumental break has some nice flatpicking licks in the style of Bryan Sutton. Tablature files are available below the lesson video.

Note: Instrumental Break Progression = Verse Progression + Two Extra Measures of C at the end

Overview

Chords & Lyrics

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Main Progression and Chords You Need
03:49 min	Verse Progression with Vocals
05:28 min	Chords and Lyrics PDF Download
06:24 min	Song Ending
08:16 min	Three Strumming Patterns for This Song

Instrumental Break 1

Video 1 – Playthrough with Tablature – Instrumental Break 1

Video 2 – Full Breakdown – Instrumental Break 1

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
00:36 min	Measures 1 through 4
06:45 min	Measures 5 through 8
14:01 min	Measures 9 through 12
19:02 min	Measures 13 through 17
23:45 min	Practice the Entire Instrumental Break

Instrumental Break 2

Video 1 – Playthrough with Tablature – Instrumental Break 2

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Video 2 – Full Breakdown – Instrumental Break 2

Video Start Time	Measures 1 through 4
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
06:59 min	Measures 5 through 8
12:58 min	Measures 9 through 12
17:57 min	Measures 13 through 17
21:04 min	Practice the Entire Instrumental Break

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Backing Track

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How to Play a Solo in C for Bluegrass and Country

April 11, 2025August 14, 2019 by Devin

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Lesson ID: A0175

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a country and bluegrass guitar solo in C. First we’ll play through the guitar solo at a slow pace with tablature on the screen. Then we’ll break down the entire solo line by line and we’ll cover some helpful techniques for improvising solos in C. After you learn the guitar solo arrangement, practice along with the country & bluegrass backing track in the key of C.

Overview

Playthrough with Tablature

Full Breakdown

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Measures 1 through 4 and Soloing Tips
08:30 min	Measures 5 through 8
14:26 min	Measures 9 through 12 (Available to CGO Members)
20:00 min	Measures 13 through 16 (Available to CGO Members)
26:08 min	Practice the Solo With Me (Available to CGO Members)

Backing Track

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Hank Williams Style Strumming and Lead

April 11, 2025July 26, 2019 by Devin

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Lesson 18 – Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course

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Lesson ID: A0155

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn three country strumming patterns that work great for classic country. Then we’ll practice the country strumming patterns over a couple of chord progressions in the style of the old classic song “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams. After we work through the rhythm guitar parts, we’ll switch gears and I’ll teach you a simple classic country guitar solo that you can play along with “Your Cheatin’ Heart”. Overall this is a great lesson for classic country strumming and lead guitar.

Lesson Overview

Strumming & Chords

Guitar Solo

Video 1 – Playthrough with Tablature

Video 2 – Full Breakdown

Jam Track

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Practice with Hank Williams

Practice this lesson’s strumming patterns and solo over the song “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams using the embedded player from Spotify. 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.

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Black Mountain Rag

April 13, 2025July 25, 2019 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0173

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play the traditional fiddle tune “Black Mountain Rag” in the style of Doc Watson. This is one of the most common songs that you’ll hear at bluegrass jams. In this lesson, we’re going to learn the old way of playing this song which includes four different parts — the A Part, B Part, C Part, and D Part. Sometimes you’ll hear people playing this song without the C Part that you’ll learn in this lesson. Also, we’ll learn this song in the key of C without a capo but a lot of times people will capo 2nd fret to play this melody in the key of D. After you learn the guitar arrangement and optional ending lick, practice your bluegrass flatpicking with our “Black Mountain Rag” backing track in the key of C.

Overview

Flatpicking Arrangement

Video 1 – Playthrough with Tablature

Video 2 – Full Breakdown

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	A Part – Measures 1 through 5
07:05 min	A Part – Measures 6 through 9
10:10 min	A Part – Practice with Me
11:08 min	B Part – Measures 10 through 13
17:16 min	B Part – Measures 14 through 17 (Available to CGO Members)
20:36 min	B Part – Practice with Me (Available to CGO Members)
21:51 min	C Part – Measures 18 through 21 (Available to CGO Members)
24:47 min	C Part – Measures 22 through 25 (Available to CGO Members)
25:34 min	D Part – Measures 26 through 29 (Available to CGO Members)
29:35 min	D Part – Measures 30 through 33 (Available to CGO Members)
33:07 min	D Part – Measures 34 through 37 (Available to CGO Members)
37:45 min	D Part – Measures 38 through 41 (Available to CGO Members)
41:27 min	D Part – Practice with Me (Available to CGO Members)
43:11 min	Practice the Entire Arrangement with Me (Available to CGO Members)

Optional Ending

Video 1 – Playthrough with Tablature

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Video 2 – Full Breakdown

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Backing Track

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