By the end of this course you should be able to understand and play basic, beginner Country Style guitar. The lessons in this course are intended to be used immediately after Beginner Courses 1 and 2. The material in this course assumes you already know and understand the information in the beginner courses. It also assumes you have acquired all the skills taught in those beginner courses.

Country level 2 takes a you through the CAGED system, new types of chords and inversions, picking and strumming techniques, and rhythm playing from the Masters.

I will explain several uses for the Baritone Electric Guitar. Some are classic licks you've heard but didn't know what "that sound" was coming from. Many of the lessons here will show what other uses a Baritone like the one I built, and used for this video are good for, from tic tac bass, to tremelo licks heard on many new country and rock records.

This tutorial was inspired by a young man that asked how to get started hybrid picking. I showed him a couple of chords, and explained the concept of root/5 to him. Then I decided to post a lesson like this, and got some messages saying how helpful it was. They asked me to do some more chords this way, so I put the other lessons together. I'm not using any muting techniques in these, we'll get int...

How to achieve syncopation between the thumb and fingers as one plays this style, some of the trickier parts explained in detail, some of the chords that were typical Chet Atkins chords explained.

Many years of playing styles from Bluegrass to Heavy Metal have shaped this style of guitar. I utilize this stuff everyday on sessions, and rip this stuff up on live gigs. It will enable you to fly by the seat of your pants in any genre, Blues, Country, Rock etc... but with a flair and flow, that many flat pickers will marvel at. The most important aspect of this tutorial, is learning to use you...

By the end of this tutorial you should be able to play 12 Bar Blues in Country Style using Open chords.

By the end of this tutorial you should be able to play more Ghost Strumming technique ideas in the key of G major using open chords.

This tutorial is part of the Country Style Course Level 1.

In this tutorial series we will learn to play a very specific type of Ghost Strum. The Ghost Strum is a very important technique in playing country rhythm guitar parts.

In this tutorial we will learn the I-IV-V chords of the keys of E major and G major. We will use these open chords key groups to learn the technique of strumming 8th and 16th notes. There are backing tracks provided to practice along with to measure your progress.

This tutorial was inspired by messages from subscribers that wanted to know how I get ideas for solos and fills. These are the positions I use for both, and also when I'm playing rhythm. These positions can be used in many styles of music, so don't be afraid to experiment with them.

This would be a good ending for a solo in the key of G, or it would be a good intro if you're doing a turn around. There are a lot of classic country songs that have a 1, 5, 1 turn around for an intro. This can also be used in today's country, but probably not as an intro. The bends in this are prebent, this means the string is actually bent before you play it. After playing the string, then yo...

Nashville pickers have played triplets in solos for a long time now, they sound great when you're picking something fast. It's not just a country thing either, but the way I did it here fits today's country sound. You can start a solo with this, or finish one with it. It can be used as a fill lick, and will also make a great ending. All of the notes on the 6th string are played with the pick...

This lick is the main riff for the Ramblin song. It's been used in other songs as well but this set of lessons is all about the 1/2 time groove. Heavy syncopated backbeat guitar over a 2/4 bass line, and 4 to the floor half time drums make this main riff stand out. This example is intermediate. I will also post the way I usually play it live and on the Bendegos CD as an alternative to this les...

This is an opening riff to a song I recorded for the Bendegos album. Its a classic 4 to the floor country song vibe, with a bit of syncopation. You can use the basic idea for several other things, in solos, as an outtro. It's a cool lick you can split up, and make a rhythm part out of the first half. It starts with a pull off in the key of C on the G string, I often use this style in rhythm ...

This is the introduction video for the Country Primer 2 Course.