Agree. They may be common and we use them all the time..they still sound good. I was giving a video a few years back, telling how to do the Lester Flatt G run. I and many others have done it thousands...and possibly hundreds of thousands of times. The only time I didn't play much, was in college. Anyways, the video is still up..where I discover that Lester Flatt was using part of the E blues scale..It is called bluegrass.
Nice video to help a guitar player get a solid start with country style guitar. I used to pay a lot of money to get this type of foundation, over months of lessons.
Over the years...way before youtube.. I would.just mindlessly noodle on my 🎸..playing open string licks. Often my electric was not plugged in.. sometimes I would recognize open string riffs ..picture 2 0'clock in the A.M. Wow that's a Chet Atkin's lick. I was doing it perfectly and still use it to spice up my playing.
My experience was the opposite of yours. I had two Teles and loved them. In fact, I bought a third, which I thought would be different because it was a semi hollow body thinline. It didn't sound much different, and I bought my first Strat, which I always thought were the most beautiful electric guitars. I've really enjoyed playing it, and the unique tonal differences between the two. That said, get yourself a Tele. They're great and way more versatile than just country.
You can get the best of both worlds with a Telly Nashville (which I have). It's like a regular Telly (bridge and neck single coil pickups) but it has a middle Strat pickup. I have read that a number of Nashville pickers went to Fender asked for a guitar which could produce both a Telly and Strat sound because so much of modern country music sounds like rock and roll. Written reviews are nearly universally glowing. I happened to be in Nashville last week and one of the sales people at Carter Vintage Guitars (a destination point for any guitar player) gave it a lot of praise. Check out the UA-cam videos on this ax.
This is all well and good, but the right hand country style finger pickin is the magic touch needed,,,, and the hugest challenge for most of us rock guitar players.... It's like starting from square one all over again...
Great video and I'm getting a lot out of it. But what I'd really like is for you to do a lesson on the complete intro for this lesson, note by note. That would be huge.
Hi Sparky, I just came across your site. I love the tutorials. I am a country fan, but just a minor yet. It is so good to have people like you to help out. I really appreciate this.
Hi sparky I came across your country licks on you tube, and took it all in. Like your clean crisp tutorials I was looking for country twang and I found it, good luck mate I am tuned in.
Thanks.. I was reviewing a 📖 of mine today. The Ultimate Keyboard Scale Chart..120 most commonly used scales. I also would forget what a minor pentatonic was on 🔑 s. Then I thought .. the guitar. A C D E G. 1 b3 4 5 b7. The book is 6or so pages. Covers the minors..sure there were some left out.. Also modes Dorian..Lydian..Mixolydian. Many different ways to remember them. Haven't picked up the 🎸 today..
Dig it. Some doesn't apply to those that use thicker strings that can't be bent that way as easily, so we have to use slides where some bends are for others, but great tutorial.
Great video! More country guitar lessons. I've been studying it for a while but my chops aren't as fluid as yours. Too much rock n roll. Any tips you have to help make my country chops a bit more fluid would be great. Thanks and keep it coming.
Its all about learning how to mix up the minor and the major together. And knowing how the "boxes" connect together. Thanks so much for watching. Fell free to hit up my website for private lessons too.
@@sparkysguitarlessons8589 I've been trying to mix major and minor and have my CAGED boxes and pentatonic patterns memorized. I'm on the right path. Just a bit more familiarity and fluidity between patterns so... More practice. Thanks. I'll check your website as well. You do a great job explaining it.
Bluegrass has a lot of this in it on the guitar breaks. btw I use it all the time in blues and jazz style piano. I am not a jazz player as such..but not terrible. Been doing blues guitar and piano since 72.
Sparky, you make it look so simple to bend your G string with both fingers. I'm finding quite difficult to reach the high bending note with both my fingers. I'm using a light .016 G string. Must it be a lighter gauge? Thanks for any information given.
nice salmon pink tele and blue princeton. Are these original colors or did you paint them? Very attractive. This lesson is very beneficial, thank you...
That is a Fender Custom Shop 55 reissue Relic Ready in Shell Pink. I bought it from Fuller's guitar in Houston. I think its the only guitar ive ever named. I call her Shelly the Tele.
Hey Sparky, great lesson. I've subscribed, but I think you got one thing wrong. I think lick number 7 is the most cliched country lick, but that's because it sounds so good on the Tele's bridge pickup. I enjoyed this a lot!
Sparky, is the Tab for this full song on Patreon, or just the 10 lick lesson? Loved it. I'm a rock player but love the country stuff too, but just don't know it.
I use 11-52 strings on electric. They’re a little stiff but I’ve used them so long that I’m pretty much used to the tension. When I play 10 gauge I usually over bend. But, I recommend going 9 gauge or 10 gauge if you’re having a hard time with bending.
@@holdenharvey783 It can be done! Just use more than one finger to bend. i.e. Middle finger with index finger to back it up. Or more commonly I use the ring finger with the middle to back it up one fret below it.
hello congratulations for the lessons. they are really useful. only one question in this video you have a sound you don't mention. to be able to make country music. definitely an overdrive pedal?
Thanks a lot for the lesson, it’s so inspiring! Your suggestion is to use these licks according to the chords below (for example if i am in the key of G in a 12 bars progression G7 C7 D7, when the chord changes, could i move one of that licks in order to match the chords or do you think that are specific licks for intro and turnaround so i should use them just with the I chord?) Thank you in advance for you answer, have a nice weekend, greetings from Italy! :)
maybe you should give this tabs for free before launching your patreon.With 581 subscribers, you should give people a reason to watch you before charging. Still wish you success
I mean this is a very thorough and slow demo, it's not like you really need tabs. Also tabbing stuff takes work and time, time isn't free and tabbing all of this out certainly isn't worth giving out for "exposure"
Its the Black Country Customs Toni Iommi Boost/Overdrive Pedal. I absolutely love the sound of it. Perfect way to drive a clean amp to sound like its breaking up.
Please do more country guitar
Content. This is the strong point of your channel.
The best I've seen, no endless yaking, straight to the point with all the country essentials.
Ps great tele
yes!
Well done! Great instructor too. These are important licks every country player should have under their belt.
Great stuff! Thanks.
Agree..Iwas teaching some of this back in the 70s..Always trying to pick up something.
Agree. They may be common and we use them all the time..they still sound good. I was giving a video a few years back, telling how to do the Lester Flatt G run. I and many others have done it thousands...and possibly hundreds of thousands of times. The only time I didn't play much, was in college. Anyways, the video is still up..where I discover that Lester Flatt was using part of the E blues scale..It is called bluegrass.
I really really appreciate the Key context you provide on these licks. That is what people are usually missing.
Musician of 25+ years, and I thought this was a GREAT lesson, thank you! From "The Budget King"...
Your tone is spot on!
With a handle like Sparky Parker you know it's gonna be good stuff.
Awesome. Broadway here I come!
Go get em!
Very simple and direct Sparky....invaluable aid for newbie country players and older hands alike...
Thanks a lot!
Nice video to help a guitar player get a solid start with country style guitar. I used to pay a lot of money to get this type of foundation, over months of lessons.
Hi from France, thank you Sparky for your lessons. They are good for me to improve my playing !!!
Liked.the licks.. I have played similar licks. yours was genuine country. Thanks for highlighted comment.
Over the years...way before youtube.. I would.just mindlessly noodle on my 🎸..playing open string licks. Often my electric was not plugged in.. sometimes I would recognize open string riffs ..picture 2 0'clock in the A.M.
Wow that's a Chet Atkin's lick. I was doing it perfectly and still use it to spice up my playing.
Very good, thorough instruction thank you for your patience. Beautiful Tele.
Cool. I'm a strat man but I gotta get me one of those.
I started off on Strats for years because of Hendrix and SRV.
My experience was the opposite of yours. I had two Teles and loved them. In fact, I bought a third, which I thought would be different because it was a semi hollow body thinline. It didn't sound much different, and I bought my first Strat, which I always thought were the most beautiful electric guitars. I've really enjoyed playing it, and the unique tonal differences between the two. That said, get yourself a Tele. They're great and way more versatile than just country.
You can get the best of both worlds with a Telly Nashville (which I have). It's like a regular Telly (bridge and neck single coil pickups) but it has a middle Strat pickup. I have read that a number of Nashville pickers went to Fender asked for a guitar which could produce both a Telly and Strat sound because so much of modern country music sounds like rock and roll. Written reviews are nearly universally glowing. I happened to be in Nashville last week and one of the sales people at Carter Vintage Guitars (a destination point for any guitar player) gave it a lot of praise. Check out the UA-cam videos on this ax.
This is all well and good, but the right hand country style finger pickin is the magic touch needed,,,, and the hugest challenge for most of us rock guitar players.... It's like starting from square one all over again...
Great video and I'm getting a lot out of it. But what I'd really like is for you to do a lesson on the complete intro for this lesson, note by note. That would be huge.
You are the best! Thank You! From Italy....
Hi Sparky, I just came across your site. I love the tutorials. I am a country fan, but just a minor yet. It is so good to have people like you to help out. I really appreciate this.
So happy to help!
WoW!!! great lesson
Thanks for watching!
Very helpful thank you
Thanks for checking it out.
Yes That's It Stones Time!
Excellent!!!
Hi sparky I came across your country licks on you tube, and took it all in. Like your clean crisp tutorials I was looking for country twang and I found it, good luck mate I am tuned in.
Very good info brother .., I’ve been trying to break into country style lead guitar for my rock/blues band
Very cool just learning country style guitar
...great clip... many thanks.....more country licks pleeeeeaase...
I'm going to try and do another soon! Stay tuned. Be sure and check out my country theory video.
Solid 🎸 teaching.
Thanks.. I was reviewing a 📖 of mine today. The Ultimate Keyboard Scale Chart..120 most commonly used scales. I also would forget what a minor pentatonic was on 🔑 s. Then I thought .. the guitar. A C D E G.
1 b3 4 5 b7. The book is 6or so pages. Covers the minors..sure there were some left out.. Also modes Dorian..Lydian..Mixolydian.
Many different ways to remember them. Haven't picked up the 🎸 today..
Awesome plucking my friend!
Thanks so much Colt!
This is awesome! Excited to learn
Thanks alot!
nice licks nice explanation nice tone what could i want !
Much appreciated!
Очень толково и понятно!Браво!❤❤❤❤❤
That's pretty fun, thanks!
You bet!
thank u
Good stuff, nicely laid out. Reminds me of ( blues scale ) clusters with added bends for that extra sauce. Thx.
Blues was definitely my foundation and I figured out the country stuff from there. Thanks for watching!
Good to find you here on UA-cam. (Houston fan)
You’re a good player and a good instructor
Thanks for this
Nice video! Good short licks
Really good, Sparky. All good licks, well presented, very useful.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great Lesson, thanks man! 🙌
Damn I wish I had this as a kid! Great lesson. My son is 13 and just starting out and I'm definitely showing him this lesson.
Thats great! I started at 13 and couldn't put it down.
Dig it. Some doesn't apply to those that use thicker strings that can't be bent that way as easily, so we have to use slides where some bends are for others, but great tutorial.
sparky is the best ' 👍👍☝👍👍☝☝
With a name like “Sparky Parker” you BETTER play some country guitar
sounds good
Great lesson 👍
Glad you liked it!
Thanks a mil for sharing this lesson. Really helpful and interesting. Trying them now on my Tele
Very welcome!
Thanks for this great ideas!
that 1 finger bend on the 2nd fret is hard
This is useful.. It will be nice if you can alot of country lessons.
Excellent.
very nice tutorial to learn the first steps, thank you very much 😎🎸
Fantastic lesson Sparky. I have a bit of difficulty bending the string down near the nut in your 3rd lesson but I'll get there.
Melhor aula. Best lesson
Thanks Rafael!
Thank you so.. much..
Very cleare... ❤️❤️
You're welcome!
Thanks, I learned alot.
Great lesson, thanks!
Really love that cheers
Great❤
Nice tutorial thanks y bro
Very nice
Thanks!
Good stuff thanx
nice
nice, thanks
Thank you too
nice lesson
Muito bom... Assistindo aqui do Brazil.
Great video! More country guitar lessons. I've been studying it for a while but my chops aren't as fluid as yours. Too much rock n roll. Any tips you have to help make my country chops a bit more fluid would be great. Thanks and keep it coming.
Its all about learning how to mix up the minor and the major together. And knowing how the "boxes" connect together.
Thanks so much for watching.
Fell free to hit up my website for private lessons too.
@@sparkysguitarlessons8589 I've been trying to mix major and minor and have my CAGED boxes and pentatonic patterns memorized. I'm on the right path. Just a bit more familiarity and fluidity between patterns so... More practice. Thanks. I'll check your website as well. You do a great job explaining it.
Bluegrass has a lot of this in it on the guitar breaks. btw I use it all the time in blues and jazz style piano. I am not a jazz player as such..but not terrible. Been doing blues guitar and piano since 72.
nice shell pink tele
Excelente!!
Hello sir
Sparky, you make it look so simple to bend your G string with both fingers. I'm finding quite difficult to reach the high bending note with both my fingers. I'm using a light .016 G string. Must it be a lighter gauge? Thanks for any information given.
Make sure your thumb is on the low e string edge of the neck providing resistance. And not behind the fingerboard.
nice salmon pink tele and blue princeton. Are these original colors or did you paint them? Very attractive. This lesson is very beneficial, thank you...
I like the tone. Playing off the bridge pickup?.. Perfect amp for the Tele. I would like to know the amp settings.
Thanks, geat video.
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This is great, Sparky. Which model telecaster is that you are playing -- it has a great sound, and your playing does it justice.
That is a Fender Custom Shop 55 reissue Relic Ready in Shell Pink. I bought it from Fuller's guitar in Houston. I think its the only guitar ive ever named. I call her Shelly the Tele.
Omg forest gum 🤟😮💨
Hey Sparky, great lesson. I've subscribed, but I think you got one thing wrong. I think lick number 7 is the most cliched country lick, but that's because it sounds so good on the Tele's bridge pickup. I enjoyed this a lot!
Sparky, is the Tab for this full song on Patreon, or just the 10 lick lesson? Loved it. I'm a rock player but love the country stuff too, but just don't know it.
I improvised the intro song and did not tab it out. The 10 licks are on the pattern though.
Thanks
Excellent video! Some of these low bends are actually quite heard. What gauge string do you use on your tele?
I use 11-52 strings on electric. They’re a little stiff but I’ve used them so long that I’m pretty much used to the tension. When I play 10 gauge I usually over bend.
But, I recommend going 9 gauge or 10 gauge if you’re having a hard time with bending.
@@sparkysguitarlessons8589 you got fingers of steel if your bending the 2nd fret a whole step up using 11s
@@holdenharvey783 It can be done! Just use more than one finger to bend. i.e. Middle finger with index finger to back it up. Or more commonly I use the ring finger with the middle to back it up one fret below it.
I like to keep my nails just a bit long when chicken picken. Probably my favorite key is A.
My mother got me some chet Atkins learning records and tabs. I remember songs even 40 years later something becomes clear.
I love country licks.
i am unable to use paypal or creditcard can i still get the tabs somehow?
What gauge strings are you using
hello congratulations for the lessons. they are really useful. only one question in this video you have a sound you don't mention. to be able to make country music. definitely an overdrive pedal?
Hello may i know what are the guitar effects u r using to get that countrysounds
Thanks. Do you use 9’s?
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
What telecaster are you playing?
👍👍👍
Makes a change from the minor pentatonic
Where’s the tab
There's a link to the Tab in the description. Its on my Patreon page.
Awsome stuff. Does your guitar have jumbo frets?
Thanks a lot for the lesson, it’s so inspiring!
Your suggestion is to use these licks according to the chords below (for example if i am in the key of G in a 12 bars progression G7 C7 D7, when the chord changes, could i move one of that licks in order to match the chords or do you think that are specific licks for intro and turnaround so i should use them just with the I chord?)
Thank you in advance for you answer, have a nice weekend, greetings from Italy! :)
Of course you can.
maybe you should give this tabs for free before launching your patreon.With 581 subscribers, you should give people a reason to watch you before charging. Still wish you success
I mean this is a very thorough and slow demo, it's not like you really need tabs. Also tabbing stuff takes work and time, time isn't free and tabbing all of this out certainly isn't worth giving out for "exposure"
@baricello1984 I bet ya feel real dumb now buddy
Absolutely agree! The licks are easy enough to learn just by watching!@@drdre4397
What guage strings? Thanks!
11-49 gauge Daddario
Is this is standard tuning or in G?
E standard tuning
@@sparkysguitarlessons8589 Thank you!
Uauuuu!
Hi man I wana to jam country with you .I just was learn country not long time . I want get friend with you.
What pedal are you using with that Princeton?
Its the Black Country Customs Toni Iommi Boost/Overdrive Pedal. I absolutely love the sound of it. Perfect way to drive a clean amp to sound like its breaking up.
😁👍
So a little confused m, we have to subscribe to your patreon to see the tabs?
Btw a really good lesson I’m going to use all ttese
Correct, you just have to subscribe to my Patreon to get tabs/chord charts to all my youtube lessons.
@@mnett6610 Please do!
Must be using 8s cause it’s no joke bending a G that close to the nut??