Beginner Country Solo Lesson

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- Kristofer Dahl16th March 2011
  Very nice Ivan - this inspired me to pick up my country playing, we need more easier country lessons! ( and I need a guitar with a fixed bridge)
- Ben Higgins16th March 2011
  Very cool Ivan.. I like your playing and tone ! :-)
- Piotr Kaczor16th March 2011
  Excellent lesson and cool lines, Ivan!
- Adrian Figallo16th March 2011
  very nice, i LOVE that tele.
- Daniel Realpe16th March 2011
  such a nice tone! And tasty soloing as always!
- Cosmin Lupu16th March 2011
  Yeee Haaww anything country, played well is nice for me - so you, deserve the congrats!
- Ivan Milenkovic17th March 2011
  Thanks a lot guys, very nice of you
- Bogdan Radovic18th March 2011
  Very smooth sounding! Love how the bends emulate slide sound.
- Kristian Hyvarinen20th March 2011
  This is so beautiful, so smooth... just awesome playing and phrasing! I love the bluesy vibes over the easy going mood. Super great, gotta learn it all.
- Ivan Milenkovic20th March 2011
  Thanks a lot
- Zsolt Galambos23rd March 2011
  Love it Great feature of the style and completely learnable by all levels of guitarists
- Ivan Milenkovic31st March 2011
  Thanks a lot Zsolt!
- mr piddu5th June 2011
  really nice lesson... very nice timing and bending part!
- Ivan Milenkovic5th June 2011
  Thanks a lot!

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- Tags: Country, Solo, Beginner, Telecaster, Bending
Hi GMC'ers! In this lesson we will work on your country lead techniques on a beginner-friendly level. This lesson contains some classic country and blues licks that are not that hard to play, but sound very cool and effective. Some of the licks emulate pedal steel or slide guitar using bends.

The song is in E major key, using occasional parallel minor chord (C#m). Towards the end, solo translates to E blues, and the goal is to mix the E major to E minor blues seamlessly. This cross is evident in the bar 9.

Although the solo itself is low paced, it can be tricky on those bends, vibratos and timing. Try to focus more on these areas and you will quickly master it.

Techniques:
* Hammer-ons
* Pull-offs
* Slides
* Bending
* Vibrato
* Hybrid picking

Backing track chords:

| E (I) | E (I) | A (IV) | E (I) |

|C#m (vi) | A (IV) | B (V) | B7 (V) |

| E (I) | E (I) | A (IV) | E (I) |

| B (V) | A (IV) | E (I) | E (I) |

| B (V) | A (IV) | E (I) | E (I) |

Scales:
* E major
* E minor blues

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Scales:
E major (Ionian mode):

E blues:

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