Kristofer Dahl1st December 2015Very cool, we don't have a lot of these at GMC!
Monica Gheorghevici2nd December 2015Awesome lesson!!
sieg6663rd December 2015Really pleasant. Thanks.
- LackingAN6th December 2015
Sounds great - really looking forward to working on this!
Chris Shofner8th December 2015Thanks! It was a lot of fun to work on an older sound. Enjoy!
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Easy Country Solo
Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jonny Hiland, easy, bends, steel guitar bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, chicken pickingby Chris Shofner - Difficulty4
Rockabilly Country...
Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jonny Hiland, claw, open string pull-offs, double-stops, neck bends, steel guitar bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, banjo rolls, chicken pickingby Chris Shofner - Difficulty6
Hot Bluegrass...
Bluegrass, tuning key, dips, Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, jim Campilongo, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jonny Hiland, claw, hybrid picking, double-stops, chicken picking, hammer-on, pull-off, behind the nut, bendsby Chris Shofner - Difficulty5
Slow Country Waltz Solo
country waltz, Brent Mason, Brad Paisley, Albert Lee, jim Campilongo, James Burton, Jerry Donahue, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jonny Hiland, claw, hybrid picking, double-stops, chicken picking, hammer-on, pull-off, behind the nut, bendsby Chris Shofner - Difficulty6
Country Fusion Solo
Brent Mason, James Burton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Benson, Don Rich, Danny Gatton, Jim Campilongo, John Scofield, steel guitar bends, chicken picking, banjo rolls, tone control swells, double-stops, fusionby Chris Shofner - Difficulty3
Sad Country Solo
sad, whine, bends, willie nelson, George jones, porter wagner, james burton, hammer-ons, double-stopsby Chris Shofner - Difficulty4
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The "Country and Western Solo" lesson cover a vintage 1940s/1950s style country solo. This early era of country music has some of the hallmark sounds of today but it has a closer connection to Jazz and Blues, and as "country guitar" players as we often think of them were just developing. Studio musicians typically had a foundation in Jazz and Blues styles of the time.
Also the solid body electric guitar was not successfully marketed until 1948 by Leo Fender (The Broadcaster - later to become the Telecaster). Therefore, the tone is more akin to hollow body style electric guitars. Also, string bends were not very common at this time as most players were using heavier gauge strings - and even a wound 3rd string (G).
Techniques used in the lesson:
Chromatic Runs
Mixolydian Mode
Pentatonic Scales
Hammer-ons
Pull-offs
Double-stops
Synchopated rhythms
Key: E
Chords: E A B
BPM: 160
Gear: Ibanez AF75T>Vox AC15C1>Sennheiser e906>Presonus>Ableton Live
Scales and Modes:
E Major
E Mixolydian
E Pentatonic
A Major
B Major
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