Brian Acton

Fingerpicking in time.

Here is a solo for Grade 5 Rockschool piece ‘Rollin’

and here’s the TAB
Rollin’ Solo

This is a solo on an old Hank Williams track by guitarist Zeke Turner.
It’s approachable for a beginner and has lots of good stuff to practise in there.
Here’s the sheet music;

And here’s the video.
I’ve played it twice. Once at speed and once slow.

Get jammin’ on this great old theme tune!

The major pentatonic scale is a super simple and expressive scale.
It has a very different feel from the minor pentatonic scale and this tutorial aims to get you improvising on a short backing track in the key of G major.
The chord progression is
G /G /C /C
D /D /G /G x3

PDF
GuitarPro

Here is a video analysing a simple country guitar solo, utilising a bit of ‘Chicken Pickin’ and a classic pedal steel style guitar lick. Tabs can be downloaded here and the GuitarPro file can be downloaded here

Strumming the guitar is as easy as skippedy doo flip when you understand the basic principle.
Check out this video to begin playing smooth rhythm guitar.

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