Horrendous mullets aside - take a look at this (first 1.13 and 1.48)...
It's a pretty standard D G A (I IV V) country backing - but it's the way Marty Stuart and his wingman play the changes and fill the space - a constant flurry of notes.
This is where most of the online / mag stuff falls short - it shows you how to "play this lick...then learn this other lick" but in terms of putting it all together into a half minute solo - you are on your own?
Anyone on here able to do this sort of stuff and any advice.? I'm guessing it's mostly hammering onto thirds or roots to do the changes and CAGED stuff? Chromatics or enclosures? And what about filling the space?
...she's got Dickie Davies eyes...
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It’s a mixture of chromatic runs based off arpeggios and pentatonic stuff mainly.
You’re dead right with the thirds being important though and it’s a must to hammer or slide from the minor to major third for each chord played.
The first two solos are really the same kind of approach but they sound different to each other just because they’re different players.
The third one is a hammer on chromatic run starting from the open root, jumps to the third and chromatically goes up to the 5th. This is then played in harmony.
https://youtu.be/_82jM6HCMRU
https://youtu.be/CnLKcb9p7gA
Hope that kind of helps!
that is very impressive.
I bet you're first call for country bands in your neck of the woods?
I actually don’t do many country gigs at the moment and tend to play mainly soul, pop, funk etc like everyone else making a living at it.
I’ve loved it for 20 odd years though and realised what an important style it was even from Beatles to Zeppelin records heavily influenced by it.
If you can, learn these solos. You’ll get a lot more mileage out of them and an idea of how to approach this style of playing.
https://youtu.be/_oxlQsZtCDE
I realize that this thread was started by someone who wants to know how the guitar parts are played. But it is important to point out the fact that Country music is about heartache, unrequited love, loss, hobos etc. etc. If you want to know what real Country sounds like, Google The Outlaws or Johnny Cash or Merle Haggard or Charlie Pride or others of that ilk.
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Whether that was in bluegrass, Western Swing or Country and Western.
Musicians were even featured on television programs playing instrumental songs showing off their impressive speed and technique.
I can’t stand the Pet Shop boys but they sell loads of albums so can’t be shite.
It’s not the same stuff as Haggard, Jennings and Nelson, it’s a different style completely.
If you watch a lot of the old country bands that comprise acoustic guitar, (double) bass, fiddle, pedal steel, etc, you can easily hear where the distinct sound of Telecaster country string bending and double-stopping came from. All it took was the electric guitar and suitable amplification to adapt the pedal steel sound and "modernise" it. I've watched plenty old black and white videos of country pedal steel players taking a lengthy solo and being applauded for it.