Corncolonel
Verified buyer
12/29/25
Hot licks
Nice chronological overview of licks and styles. Tyler is a great instructor and many licks can be transposed to different keys.
30 Classic Country Guitar Licks You Must Know
Expand Your Vocabulary of Classic Country Guitar Licks
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About this course
Tyler Grant’s 30 Classic Country Licks You Must Know covers a wide range of styles ranging from early 50's rockabilly up to the modern era of country music.
Tyler will guide you through the styling, techniques, tricks and licks of 29 seminal country guitarists who played in each of these eras including: Luther Perkins, Carl Perkins , Doc Watson, Jimmy Bryant, Willie Nelson, Grady Martin, James Burton, Roy Nichols, Chet Atkins , Don Rich, Buck Owens, Roy Nichols, James Burton, Clarence White, Roy Buchanan, Albert Lee, Glen Campbell, Bernie Leadon, Ricky Skaggs, Ray Flacke, Stuart Smith, Vince Gill, Jimmy Olander, Pete Anderson, Brent Mason, Keith Urban, and Brad Paisley.
”I'm a huge fan of country music and all the guitar players who have lent their styles to this genre. We’ll also be focusing on the role of the Telecaster solid body guitar in country music. This style is full of unique tricks that you can apply to any genre, not just playing country. I'll break down each of the licks for you in detail, with backing tracks across a range of keys, tempos and rhythmic feels.”
Tyler 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 performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You 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 dig in with Tyler Grant!
Tyler will guide you through the styling, techniques, tricks and licks of 29 seminal country guitarists who played in each of these eras including: Luther Perkins, Carl Perkins , Doc Watson, Jimmy Bryant, Willie Nelson, Grady Martin, James Burton, Roy Nichols, Chet Atkins , Don Rich, Buck Owens, Roy Nichols, James Burton, Clarence White, Roy Buchanan, Albert Lee, Glen Campbell, Bernie Leadon, Ricky Skaggs, Ray Flacke, Stuart Smith, Vince Gill, Jimmy Olander, Pete Anderson, Brent Mason, Keith Urban, and Brad Paisley.
”I'm a huge fan of country music and all the guitar players who have lent their styles to this genre. We’ll also be focusing on the role of the Telecaster solid body guitar in country music. This style is full of unique tricks that you can apply to any genre, not just playing country. I'll break down each of the licks for you in detail, with backing tracks across a range of keys, tempos and rhythmic feels.”
Tyler 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 performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You 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 dig in with Tyler Grant!
What you'll learn
- Perform chicken picking with percussive, slightly deadened notes
- Apply hybrid picking technique to country licks
- Execute chromatic triplet approaches to sixths intervals
- Integrate hybrid and fingerstyle techniques in Telecaster context
- Apply syncopated phrasing with upbeat entrances
Release date: 11/11/2020 • 3h 02m runtime
Sample lessons
50's Doc Watson Rockabilly Ragtime in C
Lick 4
60's Chet Atkins Cross-String in G
Lick 10
70's Albert Lee Style in G
Lick 17
80's Ray Flacke Style
Lick 21
What's included
31 lessons • 30 charts • 12 Jam Tracks
30 Classic Country Licks You Must Know
Hi, I'm Tyler Grant! Welcome to 30 Classic Country Licks You MUST Know. I'm a huge fan of country music and all the guitar players who have lent their styles to this genre. We're going to be covering styles ranging from early 50's rockabilly up until the 2000's and the modern era of country music. We'll look at 29 different players who played in these eras, contributing their own set of tricks and licks.
We'll also be focusing on the role of the Telecaster solid body guitar in country music. This style is full of unique tricks that you can apply to any genre, not just playing country.
I'll break down each of the licks for you in detail, with backing tracks across a range of keys, tempos and rhythmic feels. All the licks are transcribed, and you'll be able to sync the tab to the video using TrueFire's Learning Tools. You can also loop and slow down the videos so you can work with the examples at your own pace. Ready to get started? Grab your guitar, and let's go!
We'll also be focusing on the role of the Telecaster solid body guitar in country music. This style is full of unique tricks that you can apply to any genre, not just playing country.
I'll break down each of the licks for you in detail, with backing tracks across a range of keys, tempos and rhythmic feels. All the licks are transcribed, and you'll be able to sync the tab to the video using TrueFire's Learning Tools. You can also loop and slow down the videos so you can work with the examples at your own pace. Ready to get started? Grab your guitar, and let's go!
50's Luther Perkins Style
Here's a 1950's Sun Records rockabilly style lick, in the style of Luther Perkins who played with Johnny Cash in the Tennessee Three.
50's Carl Perkins Rockabilly in C
Now we've got a 1950's era Carl Perkins style Sun Records rockabilly lick in the key of C in open position.
50's Carl Perkins Up the Neck
Now we've got another Sun Records Carl Perkins style lick, this time playing up the neck in the 8th position, still in the key of C.
50's Doc Watson Rockabilly Ragtime in C
Here's a lick inspired by Doc Watson from the 50's rockabilly era, played in open position.
50's Jimmy Bryant Bebop in C
Here's a 1950's era country bebop lick, this one being inspired by the great Jimmy Bryant.
60's Willie Nelson Southwest Style
Now we're moving into the 60's, first looking at a Southwestern-style lick inspired by Willie Nelson.
+ 24 more lessons
Reviews
7 results
sweetdaddy3500
Verified buyer
01/07/25
Easy learning
Wish I had it 20 yrs ago
jeff
11/12/22
Nice set of tips and trick
Tyler did a good job of providing licks with different flavor but a diverse set of artists. Not ever lick is hard but some of this is about learning the style of each player in the genre. I enjoyed working through the examples and have a few new tricks in my bag,
packcat
Verified buyer
11/10/22
New ideas to add to my bag of licks and tricks.
Richietee
11/06/22
Tyler Grant
Excellent Course Very good instructor Happy to have it in my collection will come in handy. Nice jam tracks as well
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