Itā€™s good to have a few licks memorized in your back pocket for some of the more popular keys and chords used in this style.

For example 1, Iā€™m thinking about G Mixolydian as a way to navigate through the phrase and focusing on chord tones.

Iā€™m applying a couple muted notes as well to give the line a little rhythmic momentum. This is typical of Country guitar playing and sounds great.

Just donā€™t apply enough pressure with your fretting hand and youā€™ll have a muted or ghosted note.

I like to lean into these notes more to bring out the percussive quality of the phrase.

If the note is plucked with a finger Iā€™ll ā€œpopā€ the string by lifting it off the fingerboard slightly and allowing it to slap back against the frets.

Ex.1

E|---------3------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------6---5---3------3----------------------------------------------|
G|-0h3h4---4---4---4---5h6---6-5p3---5---3h4----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------5---x------5-3----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------5s3-1---x---1h2----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------3---x------|

Example 2 takes advantage of some open strings for a ā€œrollingā€ sound. Itā€™s ALWAYS a good idea to use many open strings in Country guitar.

If youā€™re coming from a background other than Country music this may seem foreign to you.

After mastering the licks in this course youā€™ll have a great idea how to achieve a Hot Country Guitar sound.

Ex.2

E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------0------0------0------0----|
D|---------------0------0-0h2---2h3---3s5---3s5-----------|
A|-------0h1h2---2h3--------------------------------------|
E|-1b-3---------------------------------------------------|

Want To Learn More …

country-box-twoMost guitarists want to start learning their favourite country songs but this just makes them frustrated because it never sounds like the original.

Like anything new you need to learn the foundations of the topic and then build on this.

If you are really serious about learning country guitar you should practice as often as possible and listen to as many different varieties of country music.

With our standard step-by-step instructions & video, ‘Country Guitar Mastery 2.0’ is what you need to successful learn to master this genre.

We give you our qualified tutor plus the need to know topics to help you learn quicker and with minimal stress doing so.