TT-Zop Revisited - Bridging the Gap to Country

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country

Excerpt: Greetings guitar slingers! Welcome to this look back at the previous tutorial. We will use the TT-Zop tutorial as a starting point to head on into some Country guitar playing, so if you haven't checked out the previous tutorial, please do so here. Once you have refreshed your memory of this shuffle/bluesrock tutorial, it's time to head on into Yihaa-heaven...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country

Excerpt: In this example, I expand upon the main rhythm idea, adding arppegiated ideas with hammer-ons and pull-offs that are so typical for Country guitar playing. You will also find the G-arpeggio from the TT-Zop riff here, but played in straight sixteen notes instead of triplets, to get a straight feel instead of the shuffle rock feel I was going for in the previo...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country

Excerpt: Example 3a is yet another variation of the main rhythm idea. I included a short lick as a turn-around in the end. Try grooving along on the main rhythm, and throw in any of these variations at the end, to be able to always get back on the first downbeat strongly. This is a great way to practise getting in and out of filling in. You will also see that I have ...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country

Excerpt: In this example you will find some double stop bending, typical in country guitar playing. Even though this tutorial is not aimed towards this technique (The bending part of Country needs a tutorial all by itself!) I choose to include as an example of how I have altered the very first part of the TT-zop-solo. You will recognize the last part of this example ...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country

Excerpt: In this example, I use the A major (F#min) pentatonic, and incorporate open strings as well (thus expanding the scale a bit). You recognize the beginning "roll" from example 2. Pay attention to the right hand fingerings, and try it your own way as well. Try using more hybrid picking, or maybe flat pick everything. The important thing is to  be able to g...

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Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Country

Excerpt: And here' s the final example for you! Here I have once again taken inspiration from the TT-zop solo, part 1. Check it out here, in case you missed that one! This one has a slightly more "blues-country" feel to it, since I'm staying in the A minor pentatonic alot of the time. But this will still work just fine over any A-major country groove. Try it out, a...

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