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Robin Henderson of Realistic Rock Academy presents the second instalment of how to incorporate country style licks into your rock playing.
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You never know when you might get the call for a country gig or session, so it’s always good to have a good collection of country style licks up your sleeve. These licks will help you get started and for more examples of
Ex3: Country lick incorporating 3rds in C Major and C mixolydian 7
Ex4: A minor is the relative minor to C Major. Adding the notes F & Bb to A minor pentatonic will give you the C Mixolydian mode. Use our good old A minor pentatonic position 1 as a framework, introduce the extra F & Bb notes. When soloing in this scale, it’s the Bb on the 6th fret E strings & 8th fret D string that you should target to bring out that country-flavoured twist.
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Ex5: Country lick in C using A minor pentatonic and C mixolydian 15
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Ex7: Using the above scale, this country lick in ‘G’ covers 12 frets and really epitomises the country rock twang over G Major. The 3rd bar incorporates a classic pentatonic lick using a slide between the 9th & 7th frets. On the 4th bar, bend the 7th fret ‘A’ string by a semitone targeting the important ‘F‘ note and slide your 1st finger from the 5th to 3rd fret. Pick a quarter bend on the 5th fret ‘E’ string to twist in a touch of blues and finish the lick by once more targeting the F note and completing with an open G root note.
Ex7: G Country lick across the neck with G mixolydian passing notes 25
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