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George Jones Rhythm with Country Fills

April 13, 2025November 13, 2017 by Devin

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Lesson 9 – Country & Bluegrass Rhythm Course

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Lesson ID: A0134

Let’s spice up our country rhythm guitar even more! In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you a classic country rhythm guitar pattern and we’ll practice using a progression in the style of “Choices” by George Jones. I’ll also show you some old school melodic country fills in the Key of D. We’ll break down the entire practice progression with tablature and I’ll give you some helpful country rhythm tips throughout the guitar lesson. After you master the progression, practice along with George Jones! Download tablature below the video.

Overview

Playthrough with Tablature

Full Breakdown

Practice

Practice picking your country rhythm over the song “Choices” by George Jones. Play “Choices” below 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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Country Blues Guitar Solos Over “I’m From the Country”

April 13, 2025November 1, 2017 by Devin

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Lesson 14 – Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course

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Lesson ID: A0139

In this guitar lesson, we’ll apply several of the country riffs we’ve studied in this course by learning how to play two country lead guitar solos in D over “I’m From The Country” by Tracy Byrd. Before we learn the solos with tablature, I’ll give you a quick overview of how the solos are structured around the rhythm guitar chord progression. After you master the solos, practice along with our full-length country backing track in D.

Lesson Overview

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Solo 1

Solo 1 – Playthrough with Tablature

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Solo 1 – Full Breakdown

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Solo 2

Solo 2 – Playthrough with Tablature

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Solo 2 – Full Breakdown

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Solo Demo

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Backing Track

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Tracy Byrd

Practice with Tracy Byrd

Practice these solos over “I’m From The Country” by Tracy Byrd 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.

More Country Songs in the Key of D

Here’re some other good country songs in the key of D for practicing your country lead guitar…

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Start Climbing the Neck in D Riffs and Scale Theory

April 13, 2025October 21, 2017 by Devin

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Lesson 13 – Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course

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Lesson ID: A0138

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn four country & bluegrass guitar riffs in the key of D that work up the neck a ways. These four riffs can be pieced together to create a guitar solo or you can use them as rhythm fill riffs. They’re all around great riffs that’ll give that country & bluegrass sound we’re going for. After you learn the riffs, we’ll talk about the guitar scales we’re using today to create these riffs so you can see where the notes are coming from instead of just learning licks and playing them from memory.

Lesson Overview

Guitar Riffs

Video 1 – Intermediate Breakdown

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Overview
00:17 min	Riff 1 with Tablature
01:36 min	Riff 2 with Tablature
03:25 min	Riff 3 with Tablature
06:10 min	Riff 4 with Tablature

Video 2 – Full Breakdown

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Riff 1 Breakdown
04:14 min	Riff 2 Breakdown
05:18 min	Syncopated Rhythm in Country & Bluegrass
06:32 min	Riff 2 Breakdown Cont’d
09:17 min	Riff 3 Breakdown
13:18 min	Riff 4 Breakdown
18:05 min	Riff Recap

Scale Theory

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Overview
00:58 min	D Major Scale, 3rd Position Shape
02:10 min	Major Scale Practice Tips
02:44 min	D Blues Scale, 3rd Position Shape
03:52 min	How to Use These Scales When You’re Improvising Solos
05:06 min	Simple Country & Bluegrass Improvising Example
07:08 min	Analyze Riff 1 with the Scales
09:20 min	Your Homework

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Railroad Bill

April 13, 2025September 25, 2017 by Devin

Lesson 5 – Hybrid Picking Rhythm Course

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Lesson ID: A0140

“Railroad Bill” is an old traditional song based on a legend about a man in south Alabama during the post-Civil War era known as Railroad Bill. Sources suggest that Railroad Bill was a “Robin Hood” type of character that would steal from food trains and sell items to poor families at below market prices. As legend has it, Railroad Bill’s ghost is still roaming the L&N Railroad tracks to this day.

This song has a great melody that we’ll play using Chet Atkins and Merle Travis style picking. This is a challenging tune, but if you relax your right hand and take it slow, everything will fall into place with a bit of practice. We’ll focus on hybrid picking in this lesson, but feel free to play these arrangements with a thumb pick or finger plucking if you find that more comfortable. Download the tablature below the lesson video. Hope y’all enjoy learning this one!

Lesson Overview

Playthrough with Tablature

Arrangement 1

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Arrangement 1 Preview
00:42 min	Line 1 Breakdown
04:10 min	Extra Hybrid Picking Detail
07:36 min	Line 2 Breakdown
13:05 min	Line 3 Breakdown
15:53 min	Practice with Me