How to Play Country Lead Guitar

By Ricky Sharples

In the late nineteen thirties a cowboy musician called Bob Willis introduced the electric guitar to his audiences. Nobody knows whether they noticed this historic innovation but ten years later a whole generation sat up and took notice when Arthur Smith released his recording of “Guitar Boogie”. This hit instrumental established the electric guitar as a musical force to be reckoned with. While the world of rock and roll moved to the music of Stratocasters it took a while for country musicians to move from the more restrained tones of the Gretsch archtop to the more “biting” Fender sound.

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Guitar Lesson: Play Country Licks In D – By Peter Edvinsson

By Peter Edvinsson

Have you ever wondered about how to get that ringing country sound from your guitar. In this you will learn some country licks based on a combination of fretted notes and open strings.

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