This is Part One of a two-part lesson series where we’ll work on lead guitar improvising in a country & bluegrass style. In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play two guitar breaks for “Cripple Creek” using the song’s traditional melody.
Then, in the Part Two of this “Cripple Creek” lesson series (coming soon), I’ll show you several different ways that you can use bluegrass guitar licks and crosspicking to modify the traditional melody to make your guitar solo breaks sound more interesting. Both of the guitar lessons in this two-part series will help you add that hard-driving bluegrass sound to your bluegrass guitar breaks.
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Breakdown – Measures 1 through 5 |
| 05:35 min | Breakdown – Measures 6 through 9 |
| 07:31 min | Recap – A Part |
| 08:12 min | Breakdown – Measures 10 through 13 |
| 11:09 min | Breakdown – Measures 14 through 17 |
| 12:05 min | Practice the Entire Break with Me |
| 13:46 min | Your Homework |
08:02 minBreakdown – Measures 10 through 13
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Listen to the Entire Break |
| 00:50 min | Breakdown – Measures 1 through 5 |
| 05:30 min | Breakdown – Measures 6 through 9 |
| 10:44 min | Breakdown – Measures 14 through 17 |
| 12:44 min | Practice the Entire Break with Me |
| 14:53 min | Backing Track Practice Tip |
Our Bluegrass Lick Library has been really popular, so I’m putting together a Country Guitar Lick Library that will cover a bunch of country artist signature licks. I’ll be adding several more country guitar licks to this library in the coming weeks in between recording the full-length guitar lessons.
I just posted the first six guitar licks in the style of Brad Paisley, and below you can watch a sample of Brad Paisley Guitar Lick 1. You can find the Country Guitar Lick Library at the top menu under “Lessons” and I’ll also add a link below this video. Later, I’ll post country guitar licks in the style of Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and more. If you have an artist you’d like me to cover, you can send me your request in the Country Guitar Lick Library community forum thread.