Country
In his Country edition of Trading Solos, Jason Loughlin helps you get your soloing skills up to speed. Then, you and Jason will take turns comping and soloing for one another so you can get that vital practice under your belt.
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Country Guitar Lesson – Track 4: Outlaw Country – Track Overview
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This jam is going to be over an outlaw style track in B with a halftime feel. The progression is B-B-A-E-B-B-B-B-A-E-B-B-B-B-A-E-B-B-B-B-A-E-F#-F#. This is a longer form than we’ve soloing over, and you can also hear that this isn’t a common I-IV-V progression: the second chord is a bVII. Listen to the bassline figure – this is something we can bring attention to in our comping. When soloing over these outlaw country tunes, we want to lean a little heavier into the blues.
Country Guitar Lesson – Track 4: Outlaw Country – Three Comping Ideas
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My first comping approach is to stay low and add some weight. I’m leaving the 3rds out of these chords to create a more open sound. I’m also going to double the bass riff to help establish it more as a hook.
Our second approach is to have a repetitive arpeggiation. I’ve chosen a voicing that puts the root and b7th next to each other. I’ve also added the phase effect. For the A and E chord, I’m chosing a two note voicing that incorporates the open B string.
Country Guitar Lesson – Track 4: Outlaw Country – Three Soloing Ideas
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Our first soloing idea is going to focus on the tritone that happens between the b3rd and 6th when you combine the major and minor pentatonic. Anywhere you can find those and embellish them will sound good.
Another approach is to consistently target a chord tone. For this example, I’m picking the 3rd but the root and 5th work great too. This also helps tie things together for the listener.
The last soloing idea is to bend double stops. I’m picking different double stops and starting a half step below and then bending up to pitch.
Country Guitar Lesson – Track 4: Outlaw Country – Playalong Preview
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In this preview, you can check out how these soloing concepts are being used and how they work with the different rhythmic approaches.
Country Guitar Lesson – Track 4: Outlaw Country – Playalong
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Let’s take all of our soloing and comping ideas and put them to use by trading solos. I’ll kick it off and solo two times through the progression while you play rhythm for me, and then I’ll just play rhythm while you solo.
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