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Anyone here have any country-fied licks they'd like to share? My only country lick is this one:

 

I-----------------------------10----------

I----10----------10--10--------10-------

I----9b11r9--7--9---9b11--------11r9--

I-----------------------------------------

I-----------------------------------------

I-----------------------------------------

 

b = bend

r = release

 

9b11r9 = bend up a full step and release

 

I'd like to learn a few more country sounding licks and runs and I figured we could learn a lot if we all shared just one lick. ;)

BlueStrat

a.k.a. "El Guapo" ;)

 

...Better fuzz through science...

 

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I drive a lot, tape player doesn't work so I flip that dial! Licks from players like Brent Mason ( Alan Jackson and 10,000 others) will start to jump out at ya if you listen even a few minutes a day! :D
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I'm not a country player but I still dig country guitar licks. This one I stole from a Jerry Donahue soundpage in GP way back in the 80's:

 

let ring------>

I-------------------

I------0--h1--s2--(2)

I----2------------(2)

I-0-------h1--s2--(2)

I------------------0

I-------------------

 

Make sure the A on the G string rings out the whole time.

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Thanks Funk. I like to pick up tips here and there and work on em. Problem with learning the guitar is that there are soooo many directions to go and I love almost all of em.

 

aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggg, there's too many things to learn at once!

bbach

 

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Originally posted by cwfno:

Problem with learning the guitar is that there are soooo many directions to go and I love almost all of em.

 

aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggg, there's too many things to learn at once!

Yeah, I know what you mean. I haven't learned the basic scales and such because I'm always trying to figure out songs.

BlueStrat

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...Better fuzz through science...

 

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This one is the "Must Play" country lick:

 

------8----5------------------------------

-----------------8---------8--8--8--------

-7b(9)--(9)---(9)---(9)b7--5--7--7b(9)----

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The note on the "G" string is bent up to sound like the note on the 9th fret and held there to ring throughout untill it is bent back down.

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I don't know how to express a given lick that I do using TAB or whathaveyou. But I do know that its important to play your licks around the chord and play off the melody. Bending is just part of the whole "country" lick, most of it is double and triple string runs, breaks, and turnarounds. Knowing when to play and when NOT to play is just as important. Don't know if I expressed that right or not, just listen to all the old cats play, both bluegrass and traditional country and you'll hear the stuff you WANT to play. And then just make it your own.
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In the 70's my mom played alot of country albums. I guess you would call it western music; Willie, Hank jr , Walyon. I love those guys to this day. In 96 I was lucky enough to sit down with Albert Lee! Holy shit!! I will never forget it as long as I live. That Nashville chicken picken is something to behold, when it's done right. He and a guy named RAY FLACKE are just too sweet for words. :):cool:
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