Now and then I learn some new country licks and incorporate them into my playing. Country licks always sound so fresh and uplifting. It’s really nice to have a couple of these under your belt.

Video Lesson

2 Gorgeous Country Guitar Licks

Today I’ll show you two gorgeous country guitar licks in the video lesson above. You can find the tablature in the post below. You can play the licks slow or fast, they sound great either way.

Sometimes I use these kind of licks at the end of a song. And it doesn’t necessarily have to be a country song. It can be a folk song or anything that has the same vibe as long as it sounds good to your ears.

Country guitar players often use a technique called the hybrid picking technique that involves picking with a pick and one or more fingers alternately or simultaneously.

I won’t be using the hybrid picking technique today, but I will play the licks with just a pick.

If you want to dive deeper into this style of playing then check out some these country guitar virtuosos:
Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Ray Flacke and Jerry Reed. They are the masters of country guitar.

Have fun ya’ll!

Tablature

COUNTRY LICK #1 (G Major)
e--3--0-----------------------------------------------------|
B--------3--0-----------------------------------------------|
G--------------3--2--0--------------------------------------|
D------------------------3--2--0----------------------------|
A---------------------------------1h2-----------------------|
E--------------------------------------3--------------------|

COUNTRY LICK #2 (A Major)
e-------3---------------------------------------------------|
B--3bu-----3bd--1-------------------------------------------|
G------------------2--0-------0--------------2--------------|
D------------------------1h2-----2-1-0----------------------|
A---------------------------------------3h4------0--------0-|
E----------------------------------------------------2bd----|