learning uncommon styles

[deadlynumber7]

hey this is a strange question how would you go about learning styles that are not that common i'm really into psychobilly rockababilly. and i'm trying to pick apart things to learn to figure out how to play things of this style. i'm guessing a mix of rock techniques, country techniques and plain 50's rockabilly techniques. but its hard to put it all together. theres verry few lessons of this online.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou6zi_9sxJ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-f1J8bCJp8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwVaWB43CDU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_nOvxGQH8E&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3g6O6iUN4

i'm just curious about breaking this down into the base styles that would be best to learn and work on, flame trick subs are probably the one i would like most to be able to play like, and i think its heavier on country than the other vids

[Jarsew]

Well, it may seem obvious, but whenever I was interested in a certain style I would simply learn songs within that style. Such as looking up tablature on the net or if you have the patience, learning the song by ear.

There isnt necessarily a "rockabilly formula", but once you learn a handful of songs that exactly pinpoint the sound you like, you'll start seeing the patterns they use to create the unique sound and you just follow the same patterns. Once you learn enough songs, I think you would get very comfortable and the style would start to come naturally to you.

For instance, lets say I loved a certain riff that Megadeth performed. Well, I learned how to play the riff, and from then on I understood how to produce that sound if I ever wanted a song of mine to have that particular sound.

[shredhead_x]

Listening to full albums in a particular style rather than just individual songs is also a good way to try and break a style down. Trying to mix various styles together to resemble one particular genre may bring some dividends, but a more direct way of trying it out would be to just play along with some favourite albums in that particular style. You could even try to come up with something original of your own based on the rhythms of favourite songs in that genre. Often it is a case of the rhythm section's influence that gives a style of guitar playing its own particular bite, so see what you can come up with based on their patterns :)