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Two Intermediate Country Guitar Riffs

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0043

In this lesson you’ll learn two intermediate country guitar riffs. The great thing about these riffs is that you can play them separately or you can combine them to make one longer guitar solo. The goal here is that we’re continuing to expand your “bag of licks” so you’ll have several licks you can pull from when you’re trading lead back and forth at jam sessions. The more country/bluegrass licks you know the better you’ll be able to improvise your own guitar solos.

Lesson Video

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
00:30 min	Riff #1 Play Through with Tablature
01:28 min	Upward Pull-Off
02:38 min	Traditional Flatpicking Style
03:03 min	Riff #2 Play Through with Tablature
03:53 min	Both Riffs Combined
05:17 min	Played at Top Speed

Guitar Tablature

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Ultimate Bluegrass Ending

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0039

Guitar ending riffs are extremely important in bluegrass. If you’ve ever been to a bluegrass jam session, you already know how all the bluegrass musicians will repeat the same chord progressions over and over as they take turns playing their solo breaks. At some point the song has to end, and that’s where ending licks like this one come in handy!

Lesson Video

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
01:17 min	Basic Chord Progression with the Ending Riff
02:31 min	Timing of the Ending Riff
03:15 min	Riff Play Through with Tablature
04:32 min	Dynamic Pick Strokes
05:29 min	Anchoring Your Pinky
06:24 min	Dividing the Lick into Sections

Guitar Tablature

Beginner Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0038

Bluegrass rhythm guitar is one of the most important parts of a bluegrass band. Since there typically aren’t drums in a bluegrass band, the rhythm guitar player sets the pace instead. In this lesson we’ll go over several important bluegrass rhythm guitar techniques that you need to know. This lesson is geared towards beginners but there’s some good stuff for all skill levels.

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
00:57 min	Drums of the Bluegrass Band
01:41 min	Basic Boom Chick Pattern
02:30 min	Chord Progression Example
05:44 min	Turnaround Riff
08:12 min	Rhythm Hammer-Ons
09:42 min	Filler Riff Between the G and C Chords
10:30 min	G Lick Ending

How to play lead guitar. Where to start?

April 13, 2025November 14, 2015 by Devin

how to play lead guitar with the pentatonic scales

Lesson ID: A0025

In this guitar lesson, we’re going to start building the foundation you need to play country and bluegrass lead guitar all the way up and down the entire guitar neck. I’ll show you the main guitar scales you need to know and how you can move these scale patterns to change keys. We’re going to map out the guitar neck so you never get lost on the fretboard, and eventually, you’ll be able to play lead guitar over any song.

After you watch this lead guitar lesson, you should check out our Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course where we expand upon the concepts covered in this lesson. We’ll talk more about the fundamental country guitar scales and I’ll show you how to use guitar scales to play lead guitar licks and country guitar solos.

We also have a nice collection of country guitar licks and bluegrass guitar licks that will take your country lead guitar to the next level.