Trying to learn hybrid picking is learning guitar all over again.

Thanks for this amazing introduction in the world of country for beginners…I‘m almost fifty but….why not.

The playing the changes thing just unlocked the whole mystery. I've always been a rock/punk/art rock-whatever guy and so I just find the key I'm in and write leads with that, but I've been trying to get better at country guitar and just couldn't figure out what the hell I was missing.

Damn, that tele does sound good! And the player too, of course

Thank you! Great job!

Happy new year .Great lessons.

Excellent stuff 👍👍

Thanks Steve! Beautifully explained.

Great stuff as usual, awesome talent thank you sir

Great work Steve and thank you.

Nicely done. Good stuff. Subscribed

Dude, thanks a bunch for such an awesome video!!!

Great tutorial!

Very good lesson! Thank's man!

Great lesson. Thanks for this.

Awesome lessons, thank you!

This is an awesome video. Tops.

Totally dig it!

Gread video. Thanks for sharing 🙂

Very cool. I'll give it a go, thanks ❤

Love it 💥

Great job !! Love me some country rippin

Thanks for the pointers. Been playing for decades and never really delved into country playing all that much although I do love it and am wanting to learn some of the techniques. Happy Pickin ‘

Great video, thanks for this.

Country music is no joke man it dose get frustrating an im 68 and you should see my fingers lol ... i belive in buying what ever i kneed i got 5 or 6 amp's 6 guitars and i allways find more i want lol .. and you my friend hit it on the nail CAGED & Triads is Key .. you explaned the changes better than any one i have ever herd thank you so much for that iv gad a guitar dor 45 yr.. i still know nothing... but man im digging its guys like you my friend that help alot thank you

Thanks mate, this is nice.

Very cool video! I really need to incorporate this into my Steve Miller songs

Great lesson - very straight forward and right on point, all amateur's like myself really benefit from this - thx

Great lesson, thank-you 😊

Indeed, Great lesson. Learned a lot in the first 5 minuten! Thank You sir

great stuff

Thanks for the explanation about playing the changes - that's one of the things I've been wondering about for a long time in my patchwork guitar education

Thankyou. Exactly what ave been wanting to learn and your teaching style is great.

Looking forward to the upcoming lessons. Thanks for taking the time to share your skills👍

I loved this lesson - so clear and covered the basics beautifully. Sharing with my nephew who is just learning guitar. This will pull together several concepts I’ve been teaching him. You are a great teacher ! 😎❤️

A bad ass lesson. I already knew some of these licks but still learned a few details and that walk down from the 5 back to the 1 was HUGE ! Loved it.

Thanks for the lesson looking forward to see what comes next. 😊

Really enjoyed the video, thanks a lot for the cool licks at the end too! Rock on Steve!

Nice! Well done

Great Lesson!

Great vid, great instructing!

Very good lesson again thank you so much

Man, what a great lesson. Exactly what I’ve been needing at this stage of my journey. Thanks so much for posting this. . . Gold.

What a great lesson, you are a natural, thank you so much

Good lesson, thank you

Nice lesson, hopefully more to come!

Thanks Steve. A great introduction to country guitar. You're a hell of guitar player. Good job.

Thanks for the video series! I've been doing rock and fusion for a long time and wanted to venture into Country guitar, and your videos have been an excellent introduction. Cheers!

Superb lesson, been playing 60 years, I got to master country.

You're a solid teacher bro. Thanks a lot.

Good lesson

Very good lesson - clear and easy to understand. I think you’re a gifted teacher … looking forward to more content from you!!

Thank You.

Hell yeah, bro.

Good information, I have been a guitar instructor for over 30 years and you explain things well. Thanks for touching on some basic music theory must knows. 1 4 5 in major keys and the like. Simple is good, even for more advanced players.

Fabulous lesson. I just subscribed and look forward to spending more time with your teaching.

Thank you great video, and would love more lessons on starting techniques and things to practice

Great video!

Great lesson. Loved the snippet of Hot Rod Lincoln 😎

Good stuff, I’ve got my foot into the country territory. Looking forward to more videos in the future!

Very good !!!👍🏻

Great tutorial Steve! It’s not an easy task teaching to both beginners and accomplished guitar players. I reckon you’ve made a damn fine job of it. Congratulations!

So good. Been playing as long as the dinosaurs, never tried country. Helpful!

I like the three pick-up black guard Telecaster and the PRS shirt.

I just discovered your channel, really good content, you have a new subscriber, I love country music. Hello from Spain

Dude, this is killer. Been playing 22 years and the last few, I’ve wanted to learn more of the Brad Paisley type playing. Just scrolling through and this caught my eye. Grabbed my gold top P90 LP and learned your licks in no time. Absolutely killer. I want more!

You have serious teaching skills, my friend.

Great video and you are skilled as a teacher. Well done partner

Thanks for the great stuff man. I have always been a singer acoustic player and have been terrified by the electric guitar. I have always just hired the gun to do the cool stuff. I am finally giving it a go.

thanks for lesson

In all fairness to blues, just playing the minor pentatonic is what an amateur would do. The more professional players always acknowledge the changes and select notes that, when played without any accompaniment will still spell out the chord changes. Nice lesson with good clear explanations.

Nice arpeggios!

Thanks brother, I cut my teeth and have played blues/rock many years and have been (trying to) learn some country chops. The hybrid picking has been the most difficult, as for me it's using pick only. The actual line 16th and 32nd notes stringing together solo chops is not as difficult, the hybrid helps and has been the most challenging. Thanks you're appreciated.

It's also good to look at lick one as lying squarely within E Major Pentatonic scale position 1

Thanks, new sub.✌️👍🎸

way cool!

thanks much

I like to use the middle Strat pup and set my amp quite "bright" to get my Tele sound. It's not so brittle. But my favorite country tone comes from a PRS SE22 with buckers. I have an Elite Tele but it seldom comes out of its case these days. In all honesty, the country tone comes from the fingers and a great compressor. Add a little Fender reverb and slapback delay and you've got it. Back in the day, we didn't push the amp into OD. That's why the Twin was so highly sought after. Tons of headroom.

My grandfather worked as a guitar player for 7 or 8 years in the late '69s, early '70s. He was a guitar player for Sam and Kirk McGee on the "Grand Ol' Opry"... and he never picked up an electric guitar in his life as far as I know. The fact is, he would probably have laughed your hat right off of your head if he heard you say you have to have an electric guitar to play country music. Also, have a look at folks like Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson, Mac Davis, etc. They all were playing country music and "chicken pickin'" long before the 1980s. Oh, and country and western is descent from Blue Grass, which originated with the Irish, here in the US. It's been around in one form or the other for a very long time.

😎😎😎 looking forward to this series....im mostly a rhythm player & lead singer, but gotta learn licks & leads just so we don't add another member.... hoping i can add some licks to my library 🤞🤞

I come from southern rock which still feels Blues oriented mixing in a bit more major. My starting point for country was mixing in triplets on lead and hybrid picking for that percussive rhythm. Meanwhile always practicing the chord changes and some open note licks.

Is it possible to maybe do a video that outlines your tone how much gain delay reverb etc. I think everyone would find that interesting.

Thanks for the great beginner lesson and clear, simple explanation of chicken pickin and 1, 4, 5 progression. Will my PRS McCarty 594 work for this style?

Thats it i bought a blonde telecaster recently and wish to add country flavor to my playing thanks

I’m trying to broaden my horizons and learn me some chicken pickin partner. Just got a Bob paisley tele. I’m all the gear no idea but trying to make amends. Superb video. Enjoying the licks 🤞🏻 for my journey!

When I'm recording I use acoustic strings on my acoustic but when I'm playing with someone else I use electric strings. It allows me to kick the other instrument volume up a little but not get lost with the brightness you get from electric strings on acoustic. Gives you a better twang and string bending control also. Just my preference. I don't need it recording though bc I can mix and double track to get the brightness up more

Very cool teaching style. You should definitely get serious about online teaching. Of course I would sign up in a heartbeat and, I’ve been playing a long time. Just need some direction in Country cause it’s really gotten a lot bigger. Regards Dallas

Thanks Steve - great content! Do you happen to have relatives that came from Pullman Washington? My family on mom's side are the Harms of Washington State

Great explanations of the elements that make up Country guitar. Good job!!! I play Country, Rock and Blues. I don't use the number system, I understand it but, I don't see the purpose as we already have an easy way of explaining using letters, so why add numbers.

GREAT lesson, as a friend, remember that you are playing A Shaped E and D chords. This is nit picky but some will give you a tough time.

Omg Tele in bridge pickup ice pick to the ear . Make sure your treb and mids are cranked up 😂 .

Okay but I want more twang 😊 AL I like George Thorogood. He sounds like a crazy guy with a country boy up bringing. I want that. So I want country bending and country rhythm. ❤

J’ai une polytune. Bien entendu elle fait l’accordage « je gratte toutes les cordes » mais si je reprends après corde par corde, on peut l’accorder à aiguille ou stroboscopique. Personnellement ça me satisfait bien. Un grand coup des six cordes pour un accordage vite fait entre deux songs … Un grand coup des six pour accorder grossièrement et le strobo juste après quand j’ai plus de temps.

Do you have any videos on how to “play the changes” or improve on it?

The Bakersfield sound has been a good standard for a while.

I don’t like modern country music. But country guitar is the absolute best. If I could get good at only one style, it would be country.

Great stuff!

Nice lesson Steve! Are you using any reverb or delay? Do you hybrid pick with fingernails or fleshy tips of the fingers?

great content ...what string gauge would You recommend? Thnx

Let’s not forget Guthrie Trapp , Daniel Donato, Johnny Hiland, Andy Wood some of the greatest today up beside the King 👑 Brent Mason