How Does Country Guitar Work? ▶︎ The 7 Essential Country Techniques

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @jimyoung9262
    @jimyoung9262 Год назад +41

    The irony of having a Brit teaching country guitar. And really well. Cheers man. This is great!

    • @dermotgillespie5138
      @dermotgillespie5138 Год назад +1

      Surprised at a British teaching country guitar 😅 really!! where do you think Abert lee was born 😊

    • @tomcoryell
      @tomcoryell Год назад

      Ray Flacke

    • @bigrig4385
      @bigrig4385 Год назад +1

      ​@@dermotgillespie5138What percentage of professional Country pickers are not American?

    • @TS-so2xi
      @TS-so2xi 11 месяцев назад +1

      Uh Albert Lee?! He was a legend

    • @wighatsuperreggie
      @wighatsuperreggie 11 месяцев назад +1

      All the best guitar teachers on RUclips seem to be brits

  • @nedrow5915
    @nedrow5915 Год назад +21

    Hi, I’m an old guy who has been in rock/blues bands. I love country and appreciate you taking time to make these techniques more easily understood. You play flawlessly, too. Wonderful, sir. Thanks again.

  • @kubel83
    @kubel83 3 года назад +89

    I’m a guitarist. Always played rock and pop. But I never played country. But after watching this video I have realized there is soooo much for me to learn. Thank you for this wonderful video. I’m literally a beginner again 😅

    • @4stevio
      @4stevio 2 года назад +4

      Man if you own a Tele you’ve got let it go country now and again.

    • @knutnskar6796
      @knutnskar6796 2 года назад +3

      Never liked country music, but country guitar is really cool 👍

    • @jackieandthesheetmetals
      @jackieandthesheetmetals 2 года назад +2

      @@4stevio are teles good for country?

    • @drifterman319
      @drifterman319 Год назад +1

      Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan? gee whiz! Incredible stuff!.

    • @jshphysicistatyahoo
      @jshphysicistatyahoo Год назад

      @@jackieandthesheetmetals I believe SS (no humbucker) Telecasters are an excellent choice for country, especially if the pickups are not high output impedence.

  • @caseylee12
    @caseylee12 2 года назад +10

    I've been playing since I was 5 years old. I've worked on everything from rock, blues rock, jazz, R&B, to disco. The hardest thing I've ever worked on is " chicken pickin' ". All of lives we teach ourselves to let every note ring clear and to hit it cleanly. In Chicken Pickin', every 2 or 3 notes is muted. It really takes a while to get a handle on it. Great lesson!

  • @fivefingerfullprice3403
    @fivefingerfullprice3403 Год назад +5

    Great playing and great instruction, also I love the look of that tele. Omg it's a work of art.

  • @lencline
    @lencline Год назад

    Sincere thanks for keeping our music alive.

  • @yieldspreadEXP_Music
    @yieldspreadEXP_Music 10 месяцев назад

    Incredible video as always! I've learned more watching your surf guitar and country guitar videos in the last 20 minutes than I have in the last 2 years with rhythm and technique!

  • @ronaldburo7354
    @ronaldburo7354 3 года назад +2

    Great practical examples for more advanced players who want to add more country to their playing.

  • @frankortega4280
    @frankortega4280 Год назад +2

    Very thorough lesson on the essential country guitar techniques. Nice work.
    Thank you.

  • @julianwilsonsongwritermusi9413
    @julianwilsonsongwritermusi9413 2 года назад +1

    Great to see you out there helping players Stuart. Jules

  • @WarrenAndrews-w5x
    @WarrenAndrews-w5x 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great lessons 😎

  • @leechild4655
    @leechild4655 Год назад +1

    Play the D cowboy chord up an octave. add the pinky to make it the sus4. hit that and bend that first finger up a tone. Hit that again but play just the major chord. now slide down to the 9th fret and play the same shape, hit that once, then last hit you play the sus4 while bending the first finger on the G string up to finish the lick. Its a total of five chord strikes w/bends and or w/added 4th.

  • @bassboy8910
    @bassboy8910 Год назад

    Thank you for these great ideas! It’s like going to school again @ 73 years old! 🎸

  • @watercolordreamrubix8449
    @watercolordreamrubix8449 Год назад +1

    love the lesson genius I am take it little by little

  • @ronaldburo7354
    @ronaldburo7354 3 года назад +15

    Thanks Stuart, I'm a fairly advanced intermediate and this video really filled in some gaps in my country playing which I started later in my guitar life. Keep it coming. Ron

  • @behnamzadeh1936
    @behnamzadeh1936 2 года назад +1

    Very good perfect teaching.thanks

  • @stavrosk.2868
    @stavrosk.2868 Год назад

    Country stuff explained in beautiful RP English. The wonders of the internet. And very well explained as well.

  • @narta11
    @narta11 Год назад

    This is an amazing video. Straight forward and easy to follow.

  • @richardprutz6458
    @richardprutz6458 2 года назад +1

    Very Good- I forget some of these----- Thank You Train Wreck II

  • @johnpandolfino8663
    @johnpandolfino8663 Год назад +2

    Well done mate......

  • @cygnus4232
    @cygnus4232 2 года назад +3

    Fantastic, more of a prog and hard rock guy but always admired Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed and Brad Paisley. This helped tremendously in breaking down some of those techniques and they're incredibly fun to try and master.

  • @sectionbooe
    @sectionbooe 6 месяцев назад

    Ace stuff. I am looking at ways to improve my rockabilly playing. These are just the job. Thanks

  • @stevenkettle7395
    @stevenkettle7395 2 года назад +2

    Great Video. I always thought the chicken picking was with the right hand ( a sort of hybrid) which was why I couldn't do it.
    Now, thanks to you, I can.
    Thank-you.

  • @humanbeing2420
    @humanbeing2420 Год назад +2

    You mentioned Albert Lee a few times - I've always loved his playing on Clapton's "Just One Night" live album, recorded in '78 or so, and spent some time learning his tasty solo in "If I Don't Be There By Morning"....

    • @StuartRyanMusic
      @StuartRyanMusic  Год назад

      Albert is such a great player! Thanks for watching!

  • @sseltrek1a2b
    @sseltrek1a2b Год назад +1

    great breakdown of basic country playing...

  • @Rusty92024
    @Rusty92024 Год назад

    Excellent. Very clearly presented and extremely useful techniques.

  • @icarusi
    @icarusi Год назад +1

    I recently started doing steel style bends also on the D string. Slightly different fingering, and more push needed on the thicker string. You also need to use the little and 3rd finger on the upper 2 strings, rather than the little finger on both. I've always used little+3rd finger on all the upper 2 strings, 'cos I'm often holding that bend (+ the lower of the upper 2 strings), and playing another line over it on just the top string, using the little + 1st finger.

  • @flowerfarmerscott
    @flowerfarmerscott Год назад

    Great lesson. Thanks, Stuart!

  • @Ronno4691
    @Ronno4691 2 года назад +3

    Didn't know Stuart Ryan had his own YT channel!? He's a stonkin' guitar player and I've got a lot of his articles in magazines like Guitar Techniques and the DVDs they put out several years ago.

  • @pridgenwatkins2867
    @pridgenwatkins2867 Год назад +1

    This is so valuable! I have been at this style for decades, but this adds a lot to my creative options. Thank you!

  • @codyhaviland9650
    @codyhaviland9650 Год назад

    Excellent tutorial! Short and direct. Well done!

  • @robertnewell5057
    @robertnewell5057 2 года назад +5

    A really great lesson, Stuart. You are a great talent in so many aspects of guitar. It would be interesting to see something on adapting the bends for acoustic guitar. As a banjo player, I would just mention, in addition, that the classic banjo forward roll is not TIM, TIM, TI, but is TIM repeated against the bar lines so your thumb is on beat 1 of every 4th bar - Earl's major contribution, and what gives bluegrass its drive. Works the same way for TMI (the backward roll). The other classic banjo licks are not grouped in 3s, but are more like regular guitar fingerpicking. The open string lick also comes in part from banjo, so called 'melodic' banjo as introduced by Bobby Thompson and Bill Keith. I would really recommend anyone serious about banjo rolls to get a beginner bluegrass banjo tutorial, even if you never play the banjo. Earl's book is great, and Pete Wernick has loads of stuff out there, a lot of which is free. Cheers and thanks again.

  • @pridgenwatkins2867
    @pridgenwatkins2867 Год назад

    Ok! I'm subbed. This is a gold mine. I'm shopping your book. Please keep up this channel forever!

  • @drsteviejasengnsangma8739
    @drsteviejasengnsangma8739 2 года назад +1

    Tips to become a considerable country player in a nutshell❤️
    Awesome video!!!

  • @DavidRees43
    @DavidRees43 2 года назад +2

    marvellous stuff. whilst here I was encouraged to buy your soul rhythm book so plenty of fun to be had whilst I create my own musical mayhem. thank you

  • @ajtblues
    @ajtblues Год назад +1

    Exxcellent, really. Thanks a LOT!!!

  • @tnvalleyyoga7122
    @tnvalleyyoga7122 2 года назад +6

    I'm from TN but have always preferred blues, however, there's no doubt that blues and country have crossed tracks many times, even rock/country. I can strum chords and keep up with most country songs and being exposed to country all my life the rhythms in country come pretty naturally but the lead parts are difficult for me.

  • @kmckinlay8070
    @kmckinlay8070 3 года назад +4

    8. Slap-back delay and room reverb hides my mistakes. Thanks for this. Good lesson.

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  • @davidivanjosephsalonia4566
    @davidivanjosephsalonia4566 Год назад

    Very helpful.
    Been playing a while and found 2 new techniques.
    Thanks you very much.
    Peace🙏

  • @jockster5525
    @jockster5525 6 месяцев назад

    Awesome thanks for your efforts and sharing your knowledge.. thoroughly enjoyed it ❤

  • @s119497
    @s119497 2 года назад +1

    This great stuff 🙂

  • @macpakinga1271
    @macpakinga1271 Год назад +1

    Yah ol gotta own a telecaster 🎸, 👍😂😅thank you for sharing 🎸👍

  • @brunosampaio2399
    @brunosampaio2399 Год назад +1

    Great tips and ready to expand to other levels. Thank you!

    • @StuartRyanMusic
      @StuartRyanMusic  Год назад

      Thank you Bruno, glad it helped! All the best, Stuart

  • @eduhlana
    @eduhlana Год назад

    This is the best class I’ve seen about country music ever!! Thank you so much

  • @jumpskirt
    @jumpskirt Год назад

    Cool stuff! You nailed the really signature country licks!

  • @teleuser
    @teleuser Год назад +1

    Liking the guitar !

  • @leonardobadilla3374
    @leonardobadilla3374 3 года назад +2

    Terrific lesson !

  • @peterfalahee
    @peterfalahee 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic video really help me in my search … well done great stuff love it ❤️

  • @chipcurry
    @chipcurry Год назад +2

    Wow, I'm a lifetime musician, and that was fantastic! You have Demystified a boatload of stuff for me!

  • @mrmr314
    @mrmr314 2 года назад +1

    Great lesson but even better is your old well-worn Tele. We note how the main used sections of your guitar are the top four strings from the 12th fret up to the 21st, and the top fours strings from the 1st fret up to the 7th. How many times have you had that thing serviced? The electrics, pots, pickups, machine heads (tuners), nut etc have all hung in over that time?

    • @humanbeing2420
      @humanbeing2420 Год назад +1

      His gear description includes the phrase "Heavy Relic" with the Telecaster, so I think it's not nearly as old as it looks. It is a great looking guitar though.

  • @tomcoryell
    @tomcoryell Год назад

    Hi Stuart, Thanks for this! I am in the midst of putting fills on a song I just recorded and this has been helpful. Most of it Ialready knew, but I also learned a lot. You make a great teacher and are obviously a very good picker as well!

  • @jonathanbazely8104
    @jonathanbazely8104 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for your very useful country guitar playing lessons, I'm looking forward to learning more through your videos.😊

  • @johncarlo7395
    @johncarlo7395 2 года назад +1

    Great video, I especially loved the open string section, very well explained.

  • @RedDirtRules
    @RedDirtRules 3 года назад +2

    Great lesson
    Thanks for sharing your skills 👍

  • @JakeSpeed1000
    @JakeSpeed1000 Год назад

    Awesome lesson. Thanks

  • @in2mu5ic
    @in2mu5ic Год назад

    Excellent! Just wanted to mention pre-bends too. Very country-sounding when used effectively!

  • @taketwo-e5u
    @taketwo-e5u Год назад +2

    You forgot to mention that you need a Telecaster with ash tray and brass saddles as well. 😁

  • @TheKevinKitchen
    @TheKevinKitchen Год назад +1

    master class ! Great

  • @rosicrucian8993
    @rosicrucian8993 Год назад +1

    Always eager to hear some good ole country music .........from a dude with a british accent.
    Go on: Show us what some authentic country guitarist taught you.

  • @robertomui333
    @robertomui333 2 года назад +1

    Very nice lesson...well explained and played ! Thx 😎

  • @johng.8625
    @johng.8625 Год назад

    I love the style here I go I'm going to learn it your student

  • @luckydog-287
    @luckydog-287 Год назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @lorenvguitar614
    @lorenvguitar614 3 года назад +1

    Thank you, great video and really appreciate the tabs

  • @IndusRush
    @IndusRush Год назад +1

    Hi Ryan, could you please give me a tip on some practise exercises on how to learn this style of fingerpicking. My fingers seem soft and ineffective for this at the moment and I never really got the hang of travis picking either…always been a plectrum player.

  • @streetlegal008
    @streetlegal008 Год назад

    This is good stuff. I'm trying to play 'fingerstyle' guitar, so I'm always interested in these specific technique videos.

  • @jimdriscoll5115
    @jimdriscoll5115 Год назад

    Really great video thanks

  • @robertrichter7702
    @robertrichter7702 3 года назад +1

    man alive !! your awesome !!

  • @michaelclark9082
    @michaelclark9082 3 года назад +4

    Great stuff Stuart, thanks!
    I can incorporate these licks into my traditional British folk band, goes quite well, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, that sort of thing.
    Best wishes from England!

  • @FretSuccess
    @FretSuccess Год назад

    This is great. Thanks for sharing this big group of techniques as a country hit list. Good luck with the book and channel!

  • @TS-so2xi
    @TS-so2xi 3 года назад +1

    Great stuff!

  • @dougsmith8430
    @dougsmith8430 Год назад

    Just subscribed and liked 👍
    Fender Tele , awesome for Country!

  • @paulboden7850
    @paulboden7850 4 года назад +3

    I could see you wearing a big Stetson living in Nashville...thx Stuart!

    • @StuartRyanMusic
      @StuartRyanMusic  4 года назад +1

      Ha ha! Nashville is FULL of monster players, it's the last place any professional guitar player should want to move to really!

  • @pedropadel141
    @pedropadel141 3 года назад +1

    Thanks a mil for this great video. I love your amazing playing too.

  • @behnamzadeh1936
    @behnamzadeh1936 2 года назад +1

    Best of best

  • @JacksonTaylorandTheSinners
    @JacksonTaylorandTheSinners 2 года назад +1

    Dude. You’re an absolute Hoss

  • @mikegeeguitarman8991
    @mikegeeguitarman8991 3 года назад +1

    Amazing video mate..you nailed it in one video for my money..brilliant teacher if ever there was one !

    • @StuartRyanMusic
      @StuartRyanMusic  3 года назад

      Thanks for watching Mike, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Best wishes, Stuart

  • @Jaymorganhair
    @Jaymorganhair 3 года назад +2

    Such great guitar tips and techniques. I’m going to be implementing this stuff into my practice.

  • @Timanator
    @Timanator 2 года назад +1

    Great lesson! subbed

  • @Rockin23
    @Rockin23 3 года назад +1

    Yeehaa! All good stuff mate. I love playing country guitar :)

  • @nicholascroukamp1463
    @nicholascroukamp1463 10 месяцев назад

    Great overview

  • @nitochi3
    @nitochi3 2 года назад +1

    Do you have any video showing how to step by step learn the open string lick and chicken picking lick? Also do you happen to have any video that teaches how to spice up country songs in D, G, E and A?

  • @jazzguitarneophyte-christo7988
    @jazzguitarneophyte-christo7988 2 года назад

    Greeting from the USA! Just ordered your book! Looking forward to it! Cheers!

    • @StuartRyanMusic
      @StuartRyanMusic  2 года назад +2

      Thank you and sorry for late reply, just getting over the dreaded Covid!

    • @jazzguitarneophyte-christo7988
      @jazzguitarneophyte-christo7988 2 года назад +1

      @@StuartRyanMusic No woories at all! Glad you got over it!! Book should be here on the 11th. Looking forward to it!

  • @davidaraujo927
    @davidaraujo927 7 месяцев назад

    Stu, that tele though!

  • @krtkllr70
    @krtkllr70 Год назад

    Well thanks , back to the woodshed for me cause I ain't quite country yet ..

  • @scottcasey4665
    @scottcasey4665 Год назад

    This is gold

  • @davenewton4862
    @davenewton4862 4 года назад +1

    Excellent lesson, thanks!

  • @timpark8198
    @timpark8198 4 года назад +2

    Really enjoyed this Stuart - thank you. Made a lot of things come into focus and I'm a novice. First time using tab too which which helps a lot as a beginner.

    • @StuartRyanMusic
      @StuartRyanMusic  4 года назад

      Thanks for watching Tim, glad it helped! Best wishes, Stuart

  • @linkedup7346
    @linkedup7346 Год назад

    Beautiful old Tele. What year? You have a great method of spelling your techniques out.

  • @kruoffsorndontree
    @kruoffsorndontree 2 года назад +1

    I like your guitar.

  • @luismendo
    @luismendo 4 года назад +1

    Nice tips; and great playing, as always!

  • @brianhaines6714
    @brianhaines6714 Год назад

    Great video with some good info and very authentic tone. I don't know about calling it modern though. More like the 90's. Don't worry, I still think the 90's was just a couple years ago too!

  • @riverbard8287
    @riverbard8287 4 месяца назад

    Thanks!

  • @ednaplate
    @ednaplate 4 года назад +1

    Great vid. I’m not a fan of relic’d guitars but that Tele is a thing of beauty

    • @StuartRyanMusic
      @StuartRyanMusic  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching - this Tele really is a great one, nice big neck profile too! All the best, Stuart

  • @zanebanks116
    @zanebanks116 3 года назад +1

    Great lesson!

  • @thomas.merchel
    @thomas.merchel Год назад +1

    Nice! But I cannot find the tabs on the linked site.

  • @hotlov72
    @hotlov72 Год назад +1

    So in the pedal steel lick, your bending with the index finger, and the other two fingers, on the lower strings, are in place just fretting the notes?

    • @StuartRyanMusic
      @StuartRyanMusic  Год назад

      Hi Neville, that's correct - those fingers are just giving support to the bend. All the best, Stuart

    • @hotlov72
      @hotlov72 Год назад

      @@StuartRyanMusic thanks for the clarification

  • @swamilainen
    @swamilainen Год назад +1

    Is your Tele stock? Looks like the frets are jumbo and your tone is superb.
    What mods have you done (if any)?
    What can you tell me about it?

  • @mrskint55
    @mrskint55 Год назад

    I’m very interested in pedal steel bends . I haven’t quite managed the technique yet. I’ll keep on until I get it .

  • @SukalyanDas
    @SukalyanDas 4 года назад +1

    Love all your videos, Sir.

  • @ScottMillerGuitar
    @ScottMillerGuitar 3 года назад +5

    Amazing video! I love the tone as well. I actually laughed out loud when I saw that this video somehow has a few thumbs down? That says a lot about our current culture where your video is amazing but yet you can’t please everyone. Killer killer video thank you!

    • @stuartryan3584
      @stuartryan3584 3 года назад +4

      Thank you Scott, glad you enjoyed it! Ah, the thumb down culture, just be glad we aren't in the days of ancient Rome or those two thumb downers would have me finished off in the amphitheatre...

    • @ScottMillerGuitar
      @ScottMillerGuitar 3 года назад

      @@stuartryan3584 lol! Is your book sold everywhere?

    • @stuartryan3584
      @stuartryan3584 3 года назад +1

      @@ScottMillerGuitar Hi Scott, all on Amazon worldwide - The Modern Country Jam Session book is probably most suitable or The Americana Book. All the best! Stuart