Country Lead Guitar Licks
The previous examples ascended and descended all the notes within Country lead guitar pattern one with the notes following a definite structure. A lead guitarist however only employs part of the pattern at a time and does not play the notes in any particular order.
In fact a lead guitar solo is normally made up of short passages of notes commonly referred to as licks. The examples in this lesson are short, simple examples of a Country lead guitar lick. Each example is played within Country lead guitar pattern one.
The first Country lead guitar lick is played on the bass strings. Notice that the lick begins and finishes on a key note (C).
The next example is played on the treble strings. This time the lick is based around the key note (C), on the 1st string eighth fret.
Example 22 is also played on the treble strings. This time the key of D is used.
The next licks are also in the D position, based around the key note (D) on the 3rd string.
Examples 25 and 26 make use of the complete pattern. This time the key of Bb has been used. The Bb position is located between the 1st and 10th frets.
