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Mike will show you the 3 electric guitar layers in this song. Guitar 1 is a rhythm guitar that alternates between crunchy overdriven power chords and cleaner barre chord strumming. Guitar 2 is a clean electric guitar that plays melodic single note lines throughout the tune. Guitar 3 is a lead guitar that uses a harmonizer effect to mimic bagpipes.

The first sub-genre we're going to explore is one of my personal favorites: the still very popular country-flavored rock known as "southern rock". This sound was characterized by bands and artists like The Allman Brothers Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many others. So in this tutorial we're going to break down and play through an extensive practice tune that uses all the signature elements of this sound.

In this series of country lessons, Henrik Linde will teach "San Quentin", as made famous by Johnny Cash. Henrik will introduce the song and go over the gear and tones, then show you the acoustic and electric intro parts. The verse parts are next, followed by the interlude and the outro, all on both guitars. We'll do full and single guitar performances, then you'll take over in the jam along.

In these lessons Mike Olekshy will teach "Guitars, Cadillacs", by Dwight Yoakam. After setting up the song and discussing gear and tone, Mike will break down the intro electric lick. Then it's time to learn the acoustic guitar part that occurs throughout the song; we'll follow that with the fill licks in the verse and chorus. Next up are the solos, then we'll do full and single guitar performances. To conclude, you'll take over in the jam along.

In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach "Let Your Love Flow", as made famous by the Bellamy Brothers. We'll start with a song introduction and a peek at the gear and tones, then learn the acoustic strumming in the verse. We'll look at the verse fills and the electric verse rhythm before we head to the chorus for the acoustic strumming and electric fills and rhythms. We'll end with full and single guitar performances, then a jam along.

In this tutorial, Henrik Linde will teach "Flesh and Blood", by Johnny Cash. After a song introduction and the gear and tone, we'll learn the acoustic and electric rhythm parts for the intro. We'll head to the verse section next, followed by the chorus; then detail the rhythms under the solo. We'll learn the short but sweet acoustic solo, then the final "rubato" verse before doing full and single guitar play alongs, then a jam along.

In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach you "All My Ex's Live in Texas", by George Strait. After a song introduction and a look at the gear and tones, Mike will break down the acoustic parts for the intro and re-intro, the chorus, the verse, and the outro. Then we'll learn the electric parts for the same sections before we do a play along performance, single guitar performance, and a jam along.

in this song tutorial, Henrik Linde will teach "The Man Comes Around", by Johnny Cash. A song introduction and the gear and tone will start things off, then Henrik will dissect the two acoustic parts in the intro and verses. That leads into the "hook" guitar parts, then we're on to the chorus. Henrik will break down the C section parts before he does the song ending, then we'll do full and single guitar play alongs and a jam along.

In this tutorial, Mike Olekshy will teach "Always On My Mind", as made famous by Willie Nelson. Mike will introduce the song then dig right into the intro; then into the verse chords and strumming. We'll examine the chorus chords next, then learn bridge before we take on the guitar solo. We'll do a full performance, then a single guitar performance; we'll cap it all off with a "guitar karaoke" jam along.

In this tutorial Mike Olekshy will teach "Good Year for the Roses", as made famous by Elvis Costello. After introducing the song, Mike will take a look at the verse chords and strumming. You'll learn the song's chorus chords and strumming next, then there's a bonus lesson if you want to learn the pedal steel licks on electric guitar. We'll do a play along performance, then you take over in the jam along.

In this tutorial, Caren Armstrong will teach a campfire version of "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", as made famous by Crystal Gayle. Caren will introduce the song then look at the acoustic tones before talking about the rhythm and strumming. The breakdowns of the intro and 1st two verses are next, then we'll learn the bridge before we go to verse 3. We'll learn the song ending, then the theme melody; we'll end with a play along.

In this set of lessons, Hunter Perrin will teach "Get Rhythm", by Johnny Cash. We'll start with a song overview and the gear and tone, then get into the chorus acoustic and electric parts. Next is the verse rhythms, then the acoustic part under the solo; we'll take on the second chorus before we learn the solo. The verse and chorus parts for both guitars towards the end of the song all come next, then we'll do full and single guitar performances and a jam along to conclude.

In this set of lessons, Mike Olekshy will teach "How Forever Feels", recorded and performed by Kenny Chesney. Mike will introduce the song and talk briefly about the acoustic tone, then break down the intro and outro parts. The verse chords and strumming come next, then the chorus. There's a bridge in the song that we'll learn before we do a play along performance, then you'll take over in the jam along.

In this tutorial we'll explore a fun practice tune with a strong country vibe and see how that feels under your fingers.

Anders will show you a practice tune that features elements from a few different styles of music including country, rock and pop.

In this tutorial we'll explore an example of a more recent country sound. This variation of country is very rock-oriented, and we'll get to dig into some really fun riffs and soloing tricks throughout it. As always we'll start out going through the basic harmony for each section and then we'll use all of our knowledge as well as a few new tricks here and there to come up with a cool electric rhythm part for it all.

In this tutorial we'll explore some more classic country licks. Up until now we've mostly stayed with our left hand in one position at a time and moved up and down in a vertical scale pattern to improvise. At this point we're going to start venturing more and more into licks that move horizontally on the neck rather than just going up and down between the floor and the ceiling. I call this a "horizontal approach", and although it can be a little confusing at first, you'll also realize how this can open up the whole neck for you and unlock a whole new vault of super cool country licks.

Now it's time to take your country shuffle boogie riff to the next level by adding a handful of authentic sounding licks and tricks to the basic riff. The rhythm vocabulary that you'll end up with from this will get you incredibly far in almost any style of music that's based on Rock, Country and Blues. We'll look at some variations that work best for the open position version of the riff as well as some that work for any key, anywhere on the neck.

Even in the early days of the genre, there was a lot of overlap between Country Music and other styles like Blues and Rock'n Roll music. This particularly comes to light in many of the classic electric guitar parts used, and in this tutorial we'll explore a prime example of just that.

In this tutorial we'll explore some of the more advanced chords used in Country. This will include dominant 7 chords as well as what's called "slash chords" which is a chord with a different bass note than the root note. These chords can be thrown in to a regular chord progression in order to add a little extra tension and harmonic variation. The idea is not to change the harmony, but purely to use use these tools to further the movement that is already happening.

Country music ultimately comes down to an acoustic guitar. That's where almost every song starts, and being able to play a solid acoustic rhythm guitar part for a Country song is more valuable than any other skill you can acquire in this world. In this first tutorial we'll dig into some more advanced right hand work.

In this tutorial we'll turn our attention to an actual amp, and we'll break down all the different parts and controls that you find on a classic guitar amp. This will enable you to dial a great Country tone on almost any amp you encounter down the road. We'll use a Fender Super Reverb as the test subject, since it has many of the basic controls you'll find on most amps.

We've already explored some basic of examples of how rhythm and lead playing can sometimes overlap, and now it's time to take that concept one step further by looking at different ways to embellish your basic chords and rhythm parts in a Country context.

In this tutorial we're going to explore how to incorporate more rhythm guitar arpeggios into your country rhythm guitar playing in some fun and useful examples.

Anders starts exploring the concept of "licks" as a language of musical statements. He takes the ideas learned in previous course tutorials and show you how to use them as the building blocks as a starting point for your own country style improvisation.

Anders will show you show to add more flavor to you country lead guitar playing using chromatic notes to the basic pentatonic scales in order to add "tension" or "spice".

When you play a full barre chord there are actually many more notes than you really need. In this tutorial we'll look at how to strip down your full barre-chords to smaller versions of each chord known as "triads" and how you can use those in your electric country rhythm playing.

Now that you're familiar with the most basic application of barre-chords in a Country Context, let's take it one step further by adding the classic root/5 bass movement, just like we did on acoustic guitar earlier.

Now that you're familiar with the basic foundation that most country songs are built on, which is the acoustic guitar strumming chords, it's time start exploring how an electric guitar might compliment these basic parts. Although the electric and acoustic guitars are similar in many ways, the roles they play within the band are very different. The acoustic guitar covers the basic harmony, so the electric guitar is actually more of a rhythm instrument in this context.

Introducing some of the most common open chords used in country with the basic strumming from the previous tutorial.

Introducing common strumming patterns in Country, applied to a one chord groove. Start with all 4, then accent 2 and 4, then add the upstroke so it's "1, 2-and, 3, 4-and".

In this tutorial I will teach you "Bat Country", by Avenged Sevenfold. After the introduction, we will take a look at gear and tone before diving into the intro riffs. We will learn all the great riffs that make up the verses and the choruses, as well as the crazy guitar solo and the harmonized guitar duel. In between, a clean/acoustic interlude lets you breathe for a bit. The outro features even more harmonized riffs to keep things new and interesting all the way to the end.

Bass runs and other easy ornamentations give your strumming a very country-ish flavor. In this tutorial, you'll learn a variety of runs, and apply them in a variety of time signatures and rhythmic feels.