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Bluegrass Style Lead Guitar Lesson – Designed to Help Coordination and Speed – EP234

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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll be learning a fun bluegrass lead that includes elements of country and blues as well. This lesson serves 2 purposes. 1) You’ll learn several new licks and how use them when improvising. 2) You’ll learn a couple of fast runs that are designed to help improve overall speed and coordination. Much more fun than practicing a boring a drill 🙂

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  2. sunburst says

    MAN OH MAN Brian! Simply an excellent lesson for any skill level player,, it is a great song and sounds so cool,,looking forward to start this tonight into the weekend!..I was practicing ep233 tonight but this is so cool.. will work on both this weekend! Thank you for sharing your talent for AM members!! You always make us better guitar players! CHEERS!

  3. JRG says

    Holy cow Brian! This one will be a real challenge but that’s good right? This will be a tune that I will add to my list so that when some says “play something” I will pull this one out and WOW the crowd! LOL

    Jim

  5. Nick P says

    This is a cracker! I can’t wait to get started on this one (decorating will have to wait!) but I know it will take a good few hours to master those runs.

    Thanks once again Brian. The range of styles that you serve up for tuition is awesome!

  6. Nigel E says

    Hi Brian, I just love the way you keep bringing out lessons that are so inspiring.I don’t have the ability that many of your students have to learn and play them within a week or two but that doesn’t matter as I feel myself improving all the time.
    I have a request though, is it possible for you to include the notes on the treble clef along with the tabs as that would remind me of the timing when I am, not near my computer.
    Sorry, we always want more, don’t we?
    Regardless of your answer, I will keep plucking on with enthusiasm 🙂

  8. Andreas D says

    Hi Brian, thanks for this amazing lesson. Sounds very cool, and is probably a real challenge to master. Can’t wait to give it a try. Thanks again for sharing this with us, it will be very helpful for players of all levels.
    Best Regards, Andreas

  12. sunburst says

    Brian, Like the break down in the chord progression, nice you pointed out the A majors relative minor.. which is the F minor.. In the Key of A off the open 1st position,, i play diatonic major minor bar chords up the fret board to the relative F minor barred off the 9th fret.. In Modal terms the Major 1st Ionian (in this song Key of A major 6th Aeolian which is minor,, so I gather playing any key starting off from a Major (Ionian,which is a major scale) count up to the sixth chord and it will always be the relative of that chord.. in this case F minor is the relative chord to A major

  13. Jeff W says

    I have yet to check out this weeks lesson, but I just wanted to say that if your thinking about signing-up for Active Melody guitar lessons, this is the real deal! I have taken several online lessons and bought just about every guitar book ever published and nothing has “clicked” with me more than Active Melody and Brian’s teaching style. Lessons are designed for specific purposes and very well communicated. There are easy/ beginner lessons, but the intermediate lessons can be a bit challenging, which is why they are so good. This is how you learn. They are taught slowly, but you need to know around the fretboard. Not overly do, but just a bit. I can’t say how happy I am to have found Brian and Active Melody! Give it a try! It’s legit, quality instruction and the cost of membership is a bargain! Thanks Brian!

  15. StratPlus66 says

    Brilliant lesson Brian!

    Have you ever thought of doing some complete performances just for us to listen to as opposed to actual lessons? Would be great to hear! And we could always try and learn them too!

    Very best wishes to you and yours for the festive season!

    Andrew and Jane

  19. Scott M says

    Thanks! This was a lot of fun to play. I’m not a speed demon either so I’m also at the edge of my comfort zone. It’s great you have the slower jam track available, but just speaking for myself, I enjoyed the challenge of playing along with your video… I REALLY enjoyed this. I’ve been listening to Grateful Dawg for last few days & trying to pick apart Jerry’s guitar so this one was absolutely perfect… Thank You

  24. Frank66 says

    Very nice, i’m eager to learn this. The overall melody sounds like that beautifull song “You are my sunshine”,, which i really love. Thanks.

    “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
    You make me happy when skies are grey” etc.

  26. Michael Q says

    Hello Brian. I just got through part 1, what fun, and I’m looking forward to get familiar with the rest of this. So many great lessons here all so well presented and informative. I highly suggest your site to other players I know and thank you for another great lesson!

  27. DerekBlue says

    Ok, full disclosure. I’m an engineer and maybe (haha) a little OCD, so I have a tendency to learn things note for note. Brian’s teaching has shown me the beauty of little variations that come naturally when play on instinct. He play’s measure 30 differently in three different places and of course, all three variation sound cool. I’m learning to appreciate these instead of thinking of them as mistakes. I think it’s true that a true blues should never be played the exact same way twice. Completely love this lesson, but my wife is begging me to play something different. She’s the crazy one…..I dont think 100 times in a row is obsessive 🙂

  28. Nick_66 says

    Just started this lesson and what fun to play!! Great lesson indeed for syncing your left and right hand. I always like the option to follow the online tab and slow it down. Thanks again Brain for this lesson I have never regret becoming a premium member.

  29. ZagerGuitarFan says

    OMG! Brian! I learned it all! Both parts: lead and rhythm! I need to tighten it up with practice to be good, but I actually got it! Thanks, man! I been home a lot fighting a bacterial infection in my colon (thanks to the Endocrinologist!!! GRRR!) so I have had time to work on this. At first I just thought, “Oh! Crap! Brian has lost his mind if he thinks we are going to follow this act!” But with patience, and patience, and patience, and practice and more practice? Well, Brian knew exactly what he was doing for us when he threw this little gem out there! Keep ’em comin’, Brian. You are earning your pay this time, brother! (But, please, buddy! Next time, don’t make it look so simple and easy, huh?)

  31. DP2608 says

    I have ben a premium member for quite a while now and I find this lesson one of the most challenging and possibly the most satisfying.
    I am almost reluctant t o ask for more like this! 🙂

  36. dave d says

    , my first lesson after joining, learning a ton of theory on this one, really great! love it! are the tabs wrong at measure 28? I thought it should be a 11 instead of a 9, half way through the measure, but its ok, I got it. thank you Brian, you make learning easier.

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