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Country-Rock Guitar Licks

Instructor: Steve Hubbard
Topic: Technique
Style: Country
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    Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Intro Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country

    Excerpt: Hi folks! Thanks for checking out this tutorial. In this lesson, I’m providing a number of example licks, in the style of ‘country-rock’. Though these runs may have a distinct ‘twang’ to them, they can be used in a number of different styles! Let’s face it- today’s ‘country’ music, sounds more like class...

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    Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Example 1 Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country

    Excerpt: This example is based around the E Minor Blues Pentatonic box, which works over both G Major, and its relative minor, E minor! In this case, we will of course be thinking of G as the pitch of reference in our head. For me, this lick works well when I use pull offs. Feel free to experiment with different techniques, and also try modifying the triplet pattern ...

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    Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Example 2 Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country

    Excerpt: This example should sound fairly familiar to any of you that have ever heard 'chicken pickin'.  We start with a bend and then a very common chromatic walk down, and then end the lick with a very common jazz run. This lick can sound very 'country' if you use hybrid picking, and dial in a nice n' spanky nashville tone! Let's move on to the final example!

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    Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Example 3 Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country

    Excerpt: This example is the most challenging of the three in this tutorial, in terms of technical ability. I'd describe this as a mix between a cliche country lick (the first half), and a Greg Howe style of lick (the second half.) The second have may be easier for you if you are fluent in licks from Greg Howe, Ritchie Kotzen, or Paul Gilbert. Hybrid picking is a gre...

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    Country-Rock Guitar Licks - Outro Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Country

    Excerpt: Thanks for tunin' in to this tutorial! Practice hard, be creative, and we'll see you next time.

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