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Honky Tonk Guitar: Lead
Classic and Modern Country Lead Guitar Soloing Techniques
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If you’re holding down the lead guitar role in a country-western band, you’ll need command of a wide variety of classic and modern country soloing techniques, across the full spectrum of country and honky tonk grooves and feels. Matthew Lee’s Lead Edition of Honky Tonk Guitar will deliver all of the fretboard goods you’ll need to perform at the highest level.
Matthew has been one of the hottest guitarists on the Nashville scene for a decade now, and has been able to make a living from his unique style, as well as move up the ranks of guitar players in one of the most popular music cities in the world.
Not only a phenom guitarist, Matthew is also a passionate and very talented educator. His TrueFire artist channel is very popular and we’re thrilled to now officially welcome Matthew to the family with his first TrueFire course, Honky Tonk Guitar: Lead Edition!
"I play a minimum of 200 gigs a year supporting recording artists and established bands performing everywhere from Nashville honky-tonks to venues and concert halls in virtually every state. In this course, we’ll focus on soloing techniques for the most commonly encountered country-western feels including country shuffles, train beats, outlaw grooves, country rock, straight minor feels, and Americana.”
You’ll start your honky-tonk learning journey start by working on single-note lines and chromatic approaches over a train beat. Next, a focus on double-stops over a Country Shuffle feel. Matthew presents more soloing performance studies diving deep into open string lines, straight minor grooves, chicken pickin' chops for an Outlaw Country feel, modern country rock approaches with repetitive licks, and finally, pedal steel licks over an Americana groove. Matthew has also included a segment on Gear & FX to help you dial in a killer honky-tonk sound. It’s all here in Matthew Lee’s Lead Edition of Honky Tonk Guitar!
Matthew 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 hit the honky-tonks with Matthew Lee!
Matthew has been one of the hottest guitarists on the Nashville scene for a decade now, and has been able to make a living from his unique style, as well as move up the ranks of guitar players in one of the most popular music cities in the world.
Not only a phenom guitarist, Matthew is also a passionate and very talented educator. His TrueFire artist channel is very popular and we’re thrilled to now officially welcome Matthew to the family with his first TrueFire course, Honky Tonk Guitar: Lead Edition!
"I play a minimum of 200 gigs a year supporting recording artists and established bands performing everywhere from Nashville honky-tonks to venues and concert halls in virtually every state. In this course, we’ll focus on soloing techniques for the most commonly encountered country-western feels including country shuffles, train beats, outlaw grooves, country rock, straight minor feels, and Americana.”
You’ll start your honky-tonk learning journey start by working on single-note lines and chromatic approaches over a train beat. Next, a focus on double-stops over a Country Shuffle feel. Matthew presents more soloing performance studies diving deep into open string lines, straight minor grooves, chicken pickin' chops for an Outlaw Country feel, modern country rock approaches with repetitive licks, and finally, pedal steel licks over an Americana groove. Matthew has also included a segment on Gear & FX to help you dial in a killer honky-tonk sound. It’s all here in Matthew Lee’s Lead Edition of Honky Tonk Guitar!
Matthew 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 hit the honky-tonks with Matthew Lee!
What you'll learn
- Navigate chord changes with appropriate scale choices and chromatic approaches
- Master open string technique with intentional note bleeding for tension/release
- Execute complex solo over straight minor progression at 130 BPM
- Create melodic lines by borrowing notes from multiple scales
- Master soloing techniques for the most commonly encountered country-western feels
Release date: 12/13/2020 • 3h 09m runtime
Sample lessons
Outlaw Country & Chicken Pickin'
Demonstration
Outlaw Groove in E
Overview
Outlaw Groove in E
Performance
Outlaw Groove in E
Breakdown
What's included
28 lessons • 10 charts • 6 Jam Tracks
Hey, I'm Matthew Lee. Welcome to Lead Edition of Honky Tonk Guitar!
If you're holding down the lead guitar role in a country-western band, you'll need command of a wide variety of classic and modern country soloing techniques across the full spectrum of honky tonk grooves and feels.
I play a minimum of 200 gigs a year supporting recording artists and established bands performing everywhere from Nashville honky tonks to venues and concert halls in virtually every state.
In this course, we'll focus on soloing techniques for the most commonly encountered country-western feels including country shuffles, train beats, outlaw grooves, country rock, straight minor feels, and Americana.
All of the performances are transcribed and you'll be able to sync the tab and notation to the video using TrueFire's learning tools. You can also loop or slow down the videos so you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own.Ready to get started?
Grab your guitar, and let's go!
If you're holding down the lead guitar role in a country-western band, you'll need command of a wide variety of classic and modern country soloing techniques across the full spectrum of honky tonk grooves and feels.
I play a minimum of 200 gigs a year supporting recording artists and established bands performing everywhere from Nashville honky tonks to venues and concert halls in virtually every state.
In this course, we'll focus on soloing techniques for the most commonly encountered country-western feels including country shuffles, train beats, outlaw grooves, country rock, straight minor feels, and Americana.
All of the performances are transcribed and you'll be able to sync the tab and notation to the video using TrueFire's learning tools. You can also loop or slow down the videos so you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own.Ready to get started?
Grab your guitar, and let's go!
Before we get started, let's define what a "trainbeat" is. Typically, you'd have a "boom-chick-boom-chick" kind of feel. The drums are simple, and the bassist is basically playing a 1-5 pattern.
It's a fun feel to solo over, and it gives us lots of different options to use. A great approach is to keep things simple, using just single note lines.
It's a fun feel to solo over, and it gives us lots of different options to use. A great approach is to keep things simple, using just single note lines.
Here's a simple and effective way of using single note lines over a basic progression in the key of A. The main focus is to connect the lines with easy articulations like slides and hammer ons/pull offs. We'll repeat the solo twice, and I included an alternate ending lick.
Here's a simple and effective way of using single note lines over a basic progression in the key of A. The main focus is to connect the lines with easy articulations like slides and hammer ons/pull offs. We'll repeat the solo twice, and I included an alternate ending lick.
Here's a simple and effective way of using single note lines over a basic progression in the key of A. The main focus is to connect the lines with easy articulations like slides and hammer ons/pull offs. We'll repeat the solo twice, and I included an alternate ending lick.
In the next tune, we're covering a shuffle groove. This is a common feel across country and blues, so if you're just checking out country guitar for the first time, here's a great place to start.
In this solo over a shuffle we focus on more advanced concepts like double stops, chicken picking, and bending techniques. This is a very commonly used progression in classic country shuffles and your main focus on this solo is to connect the various techniques to create a melodic using a mixed bag of country techniques. Watch out for phrasing and fingerings to achieve best results.
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Reviews
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Osokin
Verified buyer
01/12/23
Great Stuff!
The role of lead guitarist in a country-western band challenges the player to gain mastery of a broad range of classic and modern country soloing techniques across the full range of honky tonk grooves and feels - but fortunately Mathew Lee, who is a phenomenal guitar player and an excellent teacher, is on hand to explain how it's done. Matthew demonstrates how to approach many different feels and then provides a breakdown as to what he is doing. Great stuff!
Starglazer
Verified buyer
01/03/23
Good Tittle
Mathew explains every thing very well great teacher and Player.Thanks.
S.E. N.
04/15/22
Country Lead Master Class
Matthew is the real deal: a country player who can lay down a groove or rip a solo with the best of the Nashville cats. This course is full of the beats, feels, and techniques that define country, especially modern stuff. Beware, this is not a licks course that you should pound through and think you've got it down. I recommend you take one or two phrases from Matthew's examples and work the over and over until it becomes part of your ear and fingers. Dense material? Challenging? You bet, and that's a good thing. I'll be working on this for a year or more, and that makes it a bargain at any price. More Matthew Lee, please!
hansjohn
Verified buyer
11/26/21
the teacher breakdowns of the country style is great.
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