Country Guitar Lick #1

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This is Country Lick Number One.

One of the main things that I wanted to talk about is going from the usual bar chords [Demonstration] C chords with the F. The open chords, you know the bar chords, it can get kind of boring. And so, you want to start using smaller triads, like C triads on the fifth fret, second, third and fourth string. And then after would be basically the seventh fret of the fourth string, fifth fret on the third string, sixth fret on the second string [Demonstration]. So that’s would be going from C to F instead of—[Demonstration]

Then what you can do is when you have the C chord, you can just play these two notes, it’s like using the C and the G of the C chord. And down in the F chord, you have on the fifth and fourth string on the third fret. You have the F and C which is really on the fifth as well. So you can take the C, hammer on to the C chord and hammer and on to the seventh fret on the fourth string which is the A note and then down to the F chord.

So what I’m doing is with the C, a little pentatonic idea [Demonstration]. So I’m amending on the F chord which is these two notes. So that’s a very typical hand lick style and what they do in country a lot of times. This is actually the sixth of the chords. You’re going from a major chord to the number six [Demonstration].

So yeah, give that a try. And what I would do is take other chord progressions and locate the root in the fifth with all of those bar chords. And if you want to take it further, I’ve got caution for where I get you to understand the whole fret board and all the notes on the fret board. But it’ll get you out of those typical chords and bar chords and get you pretty higher on the neck. You can go [Demonstration] same idea just up higher on the neck. So give that a shot.


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