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Nobody’s Darlin’ but Mine

April 11, 2025March 25, 2021 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0195

In this guitar lesson, we’ll work on a guitar solo that follows the melody of “Nobody’s Darlin’ but Mine” written by Jimmie Davis. In this lesson, we’ll focus on the version of this song as it was recorded by Merle Haggard. This guitar solo is a really good example of how to play classic country lead guitar over a song’s chord progression. After you learn the guitar solo arrangement, practice your country strumming over the chord progression using a |Pick-D-DU|Pick-D-DU| strumming pattern. When you’re playing the strumming pattern, make sure your alternating bass line picks are loud and clean while your “Down-DownUp” strums are soft and smooth.

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Note: To practice along with Merle Haggard, put your capo on the 3rd fret and use the same key of D chords that we covered in this lesson.

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Tennessee Waltz in Drop D

April 11, 2025August 13, 2020 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0188

In this guitar lesson, we’ll work on a flatpicking arrangement that follows the melody of the classic song “Tennessee Waltz” written by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King. The practice arrangement in this lesson is inspired by a version performed by Pablo Hernandez that was posted to the lesson request section of our forum. Be sure to check out Pablo’s YouTube channel as well. Overall, this is a great progression for practicing your slow and melodic flatpicking.

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Bluesy Country Licks for Acoustic Guitar in D

April 11, 2025September 20, 2019 by Devin

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Lesson ID: FL0002

In this country guitar lesson, I’ll teach you how to play three bluesy country licks on acoustic guitar in the key of D. The first two guitar licks are great to play as fill riffs when you switch between chords. The third lick is a little longer and it sounds nice as a fill riff or as part of a full-length country guitar solo. Later in the lesson, you’ll also learn a more advanced country strumming pattern that works really well for playing country rhythm guitar in the key of D.

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Listen to the Guitar Licks
00:41 min	Lesson Overview
01:16 min	Learn How to Play Lick 1
02:52 min	How to Use Lick 1 as a Fill Riff
04:37 min	Learn How to Play Lick 2
06:00 min	Example of Lick 2 as a Fill Riff
06:33 min	Using the Licks to Switch Between Chords
08:12 min	Learn How to Play Lick 3
13:38 min	More Advanced Country Strumming Pattern for Key of D
15:30 min	More Advanced Country Strumming with Fill Riffs

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Red Dirt Country Blues Strumming and Fills

April 13, 2025April 12, 2019 by Devin

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Lesson ID: A0166

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn a country blues progression in the key of D. The main goal of this lesson is to give you some extra practice switching back and forth between playing rhythm guitar and lead fills. First, we’ll break down the main country strumming pattern in the progression. Then, we’ll work through the red dirt country blues progression and fill riffs with tablature. After you watch the guitar lesson, practice your country rhythm and fills with our backing track in the key of D. Overall, this is a great lesson for learning some useful country rhythm techniques that you can apply to a ton of other country songs.

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Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Strumming Pattern Breakdown
03:27 min	Breakdown – Measures 1 through 4
06:59 min	Breakdown – Measures 5 through 8
09:59 min	Breakdown – Measures 9 through 12
15:03 min	Breakdown – Measures 13 through 16
18:16 min	Breakdown – Measures 17 through 20
22:20 min	Breakdown – Measures 21 through 24
25:28 min	Practice the Progression with Me
27:10 min	Ending Riff
27:59 min	Intro Riff

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