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Authentic Country Soloing (Patreon)

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2025-11-28 16:57:08
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2025-11

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Hi All!

I'm in country mode this week, and I have a short but action-packed style study, which contains some of my favourite country licks and devices.

As well as breaking down the solo itself I also discuss some of the ideas behind it: scales, chord tones, bending.

Hope you find the video interesting. Everything's tabbed out below, and I've also included some of the extra licks that I mention in the video. The backing is down there too, which I've looped and extended to 3 minutes.

Have a great weekend. Speak Soon!

Adrian

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Authentic Country Soloing: must-know licks, tricks & concepts

In this video I've got a country-style soloing study, and I discuss my favourite strategies for getting authentic sounding licks and ideas into your lead playing. Tab and backing track can be found on Patreon (pay what you like): https://www.patreon.com/anyonecanplayguitar My NEW triads course: https://courses.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk My latest album: https://zodiactoys.bandcamp.com/releases SUBSCRIBE for more: https://bit.ly/3Efy0W3 Check out my website: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Social blah: Instagram (occasionally I post here): https://www.instagram.com/acpgtr/ Hi 00:00 Solo study play-through 00:50 The chord progression 01:38 Key country soloing concepts 03:26 Mixing pentatonics 04:55 Lick 1 08:44 Lick 2 10:51 Thinking chord tones 12:26 Lick 3 15:15 Lick 4 16:33 Slow play-through 17:34 How to steal licks 18:29 Gear 23:26 Bye 24:25

Comments

Phil Atkin

Nice country shirt! Also, interesting to hear the C as both a major and as a 7 in the backing, it adds a massively different feel and ties the D7 together. I like that a lot.

Carl Bouthillette

Woohoo, yes Adrian getting his country twang in! Next you'll be doing a "chicken pickin'" video!

le gall didier

Great country piece... As usual Thanks

Peter Healy

Thanks Adrian, these ideas will fit in nicely as I try and explore the next song I 'm planning to write. I want it to have a Country vibe.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Peter, sounds good hope some of these ideas make it into your song!

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Carl! There is actually an old chicken pickin video on here somewhere!

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Phil, trying to match my clothes to the genre this week! Yes, it just felt right to have the C7 towards the end of the progression. Subtle, but it improves the feel I think.

Mark

Hi Adrian, just what I have been looking for. I am struggling to get the country sound although I have a beautiful Telecaster and a vintage amp. Are you using a compressor pedal? As when I play my notes are ringing out… if you get what I mean. Thanks again for amazing lessons.

Martin

Hey Adrian, finally something for someone who isn't really a guitarist! I'm a big fan of country, rockabilly, 50s rock and roll, surf, etc., and I've been playing guitar half-heartedly for many years. Then I discovered your Patreon page with the promise...everyone can play guitar! So I got myself a Fender Telecaster A little Supro Blues Amp .....and now I can play songs I never would have expected to be able to play two years ago, including Frenny Beecher's "Goofing Around," Cliff Gallop's "Race With The Devil," and stuff by Scotty Moore, for example—those brilliant rockabilly flatt pickings, and so on. THANK YOU FOR THAT! Now there's finally something for me again...please more stuff like this...for non-guitarists. stuff like blues, country, and rockabilly. These basics are my thing. I'm still waiting for "Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie" by Eddie Cochran! ;-) Thank you so much for your amazing videos that made playing guitar possible for a drummer, Martin!

Chris Bristow

Thanks again Adrian, looking forward to digging into it. Not too simple but yet not so crushingly hard as to leave tears on my partscaster lol…and as usual there is more to it, I appreciate your efforts to explain what is going on inside the notes. Have a great day.

albergo

So, major penatonic add the minor third, or minor pentatonic add the major third, play either of those whenever you like, hit a lot of chord tones. Is that about right? Also on this progression we can hang in G minor pentatonic for all the chords and it will sound ok i think, so that gives some variety as we go through the progression a few times. Last thought, this is quite fast.

C#ris

Awesome. Giddyup!

JGOTTWALS

Hey Adrian, this is a GREAT complement to your SOLO 2 Course!! Showing us a practical way to look at beginning to focus on chord tones as you play through a simple progression. Thanks for breaking it down in this way. . .very useful!!!

Jim Moore

Got my boots on. Great lesson.

Jordan Zimmerman

Just learned of Steve Croppers passing… we lost a legend

anyonecanplayguitar

Literally just heard. Very sad news indeed. One of the all time greats. RIP Steve.

Epi

Thanks Adrian your country lessons have given me a new appreciation for the genre. Would love a lesson on La Lom's cover of the Dolly Parton classic I Will Always Love You.

Bertrand Dugas

As you say, it may be polarizing but it's definitely something you can include in your arsenal when playing any kind of rock..

Michael McDonald

I don't see this piece is polarizing at all. Same instrument, same tuning, same notes, same scales, only structered to produce a different sound or feel. I think the Allman's got great mileage from this type of phrasing. JMHO.