uribaranes
Verified buyer
06/13/26
Great course!
ב"ה Very useful course! Recommended!
Countrified Blues Guitar Guidebook
Essential Countrified Techniques & Approaches for the Blues Guitarist
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About this course
The lines between country music, blues, and even rock are more blurred today than ever before. Legendary guitarists like Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert, Johnny Hiland and Danny Gatton have all ‘countrified’ their fair share of blues progressions and rock grooves. Likewise, dozens of top contemporary rock and blues players have ‘countrified’ their solos with some tasty twang, hybrid picking, and pedal steel licks.
If you’re also itching to countrify your own blues or rock soloing vocabulary, Lars Schurse will get you there in a real hurry with his Countrified Blues Guitar Guidebook.
”We’ll cover key country techniques including hybrid picking, pedal steel licks, behind-the-nut bends, open string licks, and how to mix Mixolydian with blues scales. I’ll keep everything within the perspective of a blues or rock player. Each of these techniques will be explored in-depth and even if you only skim these chapters, you’ll be adding a bit of twang to your solos in no time flat.”
Awarded the Guitar Player Picks Award by Guitar Player Magazine for his extraordinary talents on the instrument, Lars Schurse is a sought-after live and studio guitarist. Spiegel Online calls him, ”One of the best country guitarists of today.” We call ourselves very lucky to welcome Lars to the family with this first TrueFire course, the Countrified Blues Guitar Guidebook!
In the first section of the course, Lars will demonstrate 6 key concepts and techniques: the CAGED System, Note Choice, Hybrid Picking, Pedal Steel Bending, Behind the Nut Bending, and Open String Licks.
With Lars as your guide, you’ll solo your way through 6 countrified blues performance studies putting all of the key concepts and technique to work in a real-world musical context.
Lars will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the key examples and performances. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tool to sync the tab and notation to the video and can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.
Grab your guitar and let's get countrified with Lars Schurse!
If you’re also itching to countrify your own blues or rock soloing vocabulary, Lars Schurse will get you there in a real hurry with his Countrified Blues Guitar Guidebook.
”We’ll cover key country techniques including hybrid picking, pedal steel licks, behind-the-nut bends, open string licks, and how to mix Mixolydian with blues scales. I’ll keep everything within the perspective of a blues or rock player. Each of these techniques will be explored in-depth and even if you only skim these chapters, you’ll be adding a bit of twang to your solos in no time flat.”
Awarded the Guitar Player Picks Award by Guitar Player Magazine for his extraordinary talents on the instrument, Lars Schurse is a sought-after live and studio guitarist. Spiegel Online calls him, ”One of the best country guitarists of today.” We call ourselves very lucky to welcome Lars to the family with this first TrueFire course, the Countrified Blues Guitar Guidebook!
In the first section of the course, Lars will demonstrate 6 key concepts and techniques: the CAGED System, Note Choice, Hybrid Picking, Pedal Steel Bending, Behind the Nut Bending, and Open String Licks.
With Lars as your guide, you’ll solo your way through 6 countrified blues performance studies putting all of the key concepts and technique to work in a real-world musical context.
Lars will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the key examples and performances. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tool to sync the tab and notation to the video and can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.
Grab your guitar and let's get countrified with Lars Schurse!
What you'll learn
- Execute pedal steel bending techniques across all CAGED positions
- Apply Mixolydian scale over blues progressions
- Play sophisticated double-stop licks over a blues shuffle progression
- Play a complete country-blues solo combining multiple artist styles
- Adjust scale choices when chord progressions change
Release date: 08/16/2019 • 1h 20m runtime
Sample lessons
Behind the Nut Bending
Concept 5
Elmira Street Blues
Introduction
Elmira Street Blues
Performance
Elmira Street Blues
Breakdown
What's included
25 lessons • 12 charts • 6 Jam Tracks
Countrified Blues Guitar Guidebook
Hi, I'm Lars Schurse and welcome to Countrified Blues Guitar Guidebook.
Country music is firmly rooted in the blues. A lot of blues players are attracted by country guitar playing and want to add some country phrases or techniques to their own blues and rock based style.
In this guidebook, I'll introduce you to all the techniques of country guitar in the style of the great country pickers, such as Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert, Johnny Hiland and Danny Gatton. You'll come across concepts like hybrid picking, pedal steel and behind the nut bendings, open string licks and mixing Mixolydian with blues scales. We'll always keep in mind the perspective of a blues and rock based player.
I'll show you country guitar solos over 6 different popular blues grooves and break them down for you in detail. By working through the course you will learn the techniques and vocabulary of country guitar all applied to the world of the blues. So, let's roll!
Country music is firmly rooted in the blues. A lot of blues players are attracted by country guitar playing and want to add some country phrases or techniques to their own blues and rock based style.
In this guidebook, I'll introduce you to all the techniques of country guitar in the style of the great country pickers, such as Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert, Johnny Hiland and Danny Gatton. You'll come across concepts like hybrid picking, pedal steel and behind the nut bendings, open string licks and mixing Mixolydian with blues scales. We'll always keep in mind the perspective of a blues and rock based player.
I'll show you country guitar solos over 6 different popular blues grooves and break them down for you in detail. By working through the course you will learn the techniques and vocabulary of country guitar all applied to the world of the blues. So, let's roll!
CAGED System
Organising your ideas in a practical way is one of the more important skills you need. The CAGED system can help you with that!
Note Choice
Country player vary the scales, solos and melodies they play according to the background chord that sounds out.
Hybrid Picking
Adding hybrid picking to your toolbox will get you more options to play "countrified blues".
Pedal Steel Bending
We'll dig into how to play a bend note and one or more stationary notes. This is called "pedal steel bending".
Behind the Nut Bending
A great trick to add to your blues playing is to bend the string behind the nut.
Open String Licks
The use of open strings we'll get you a harp-like cascading sound.
+ 18 more lessons
Reviews
11 results
Danson2000
Verified buyer
05/06/26
Great
Most complete method to learn virtuos Country soloing and im improvisation on guitar!
anbes
Verified buyer
12/30/22
It is a course which is well worth
Just what I was looking for. Country style techniques (Hybrid Picking, double stops….. ) with nice licks to practice and very clear explanations.
lfmn16
Verified buyer
07/29/20
Great Course
Lars is a great teacher. Very clear and thorough. I've taken private lessons with him also. I highly recommend him!
jeanmarctomi
Verified buyer
04/18/20
A very efficient instructor
A wealth of information and advice, as always with Lars Shurse.
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