Lesson 6 – Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course
Lesson ID: A0094
Now let’s make your fills sound even more country! In the previous lessons of this series, we’ve seen how the 5th position key of G major and blues scales overlap. The next step is to combine these scales into a “hybrid” country/bluegrass scale. See the Charts tab below for a diagram of this hybrid scale.
In video #1 of this post, I’ll break down the scales and give you some extra pointers on how you can start to combine the major and blues scales. In video #2, we’ll go over several nice bass note chord transition fills that use this hybrid country scale.
Hybrid Scale
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Lesson Overview |
| 00:52 min | Hybrid Scale Breakdown |
| 07:51 min | Creating Chord Transition Fills |
Adding Fills Between Your Chords with Hybrid Country Bluegrass Scales - Beginner Guitar Lesson
Fill Riffs
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Video Overview |
| 01:35 min | Progression Round #1 – All the Way Through with Tablature |
| 02:04 min | Progression Round #1 – Detailed Breakdown |
| 08:33 min | Progression Round #2 – Detailed Breakdown |
| 12:12 min | Progression Round #2 – All the Way Through with Tablature |
| 12:36 min | Progression Round #3 – Detailed Breakdown |
| 16:44 min | Progression Round #3 – All the Way Through with Tablature |
| 17:12 min | Progression Round #4 – All the Way Through with Tablature |
| 18:01 min | Progression Round #4 – Detailed Breakdown |
Thanks for all the detail and hard work on this one Devin. Great lesson! I’m really enjoying this course.
Still really liking these lessons. Keep them coming!
Awesome lesson thanks man!
Such a good lesson
your a great teacher devin. thank you for making theses lessons possible.
Thanks 🙂
Thanks! This is starting to make sense how to get that country sound
Finnally someone to teach me in a way I can understand. Thanks Devin. 🙂
So after having spent a few days, I’m really enjoying the course. I think you do an excellent job of patiently teaching both the techniques and the theory. The only thing I’d like to see you add is a full demonstration, without pausing. For instance, in this lesson tag on a video of you playing the entire four rounds, at speed or maybe slowed down just a hair, for people to practice all of them in context. Just a thought (and I know, more work for you). That said, this was money well spent.
relatively new picker here and sometimes when i have trouble with pull-offs or hammer’s.. i find it easier (a lot easier) to jst pick straight thru them. I’m thinking that after i learn the lick (or song) up to speed… i can always go back and work on those pull offs. The up/down pick strokes seem to fall in the same place either way… but i wonder if this is a bad idea? i mean, i’d hate to be making things harder for myself further on down the road?
Question 1 – Can you recommend a G Major Country jam track that can be used to practice along with your G – C – D – G chord progressions?
And Question 2 – if I use a G Major jam track, can I use ALL three scales – G Major, G Minor and G Minor Pentatonic?