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Country Soloing Blueprints
Learn How To Solo Over Chord Changes
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About this course
Learning how to solo over chord changes is a critical milestone for country guitarists and the key to crafting more melodic, interesting solos and improvisations. There are many approaches for learning how to “play the changes” but selecting which approach is best for a player can be a confusing and challenging undertaking for most players.
Matthew Lee’s Country Soloing Blueprints reveals an approach that many professional players embrace because of its simplicity and how quickly players are able to analyze any song or chord progression and start soloing over all of the chord changes.
”I’ve found that the easiest and quickest way to learn how to “play the changes” is to follow a simple, step-by-step “blueprint”, which I’ll share with you in this course.
We’ll work with four commonly encountered progressions and start by developing a vocabulary of phrases for each individual chord. We then connect our phrases, over the entire progression, to craft a seamless solo across all of the chord changes.”
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 licks. 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 also included to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar, and let's dig in with Matthew Lee!
Matthew Lee’s Country Soloing Blueprints reveals an approach that many professional players embrace because of its simplicity and how quickly players are able to analyze any song or chord progression and start soloing over all of the chord changes.
”I’ve found that the easiest and quickest way to learn how to “play the changes” is to follow a simple, step-by-step “blueprint”, which I’ll share with you in this course.
We’ll work with four commonly encountered progressions and start by developing a vocabulary of phrases for each individual chord. We then connect our phrases, over the entire progression, to craft a seamless solo across all of the chord changes.”
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 licks. 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 also included to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar, and let's dig in with Matthew Lee!
What you'll learn
- Combine rock and roll playing with country chicken picking techniques
- Apply different licks over individual chords in a progression
- Construct two-bar phrases over a four on the floor groove
- Build a complete solo incorporating multiple stylistic elements
- Develop phrasing skills by incorporating two-bar breaks between licks
Release date: 06/16/2022 • 2h 45m runtime
Sample lessons
SECTION 3: Rockin' Country
Overview
Licks for the 1 Chord
Demonstration
1 Chord Workout
Practice Session
Rockin' Country Solo
Performance
What's included
44 lessons • 30 charts • 17 Jam Tracks
Country Soloing Blueprints
Hey, Matthew Lee here!
Learning how to solo over chord changes is an important milestone for country guitarists and the key to crafting more melodic, interesting solos and improvisations.
I’ve found that the easiest and quickest way to learn how to “play the changes” is to follow a simple, step-by-step “blueprint”, which I’ll share with you in this course.
We’ll work with four commonly encountered progressions and start by developing a vocabulary of phrases for each individual chord. We’ll then connect our phrases, over the entire progression. Simple and very effective!
Everything is tabbed and synced to the video. You can slow down or loop any video to learn at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let’s go!
Learning how to solo over chord changes is an important milestone for country guitarists and the key to crafting more melodic, interesting solos and improvisations.
I’ve found that the easiest and quickest way to learn how to “play the changes” is to follow a simple, step-by-step “blueprint”, which I’ll share with you in this course.
We’ll work with four commonly encountered progressions and start by developing a vocabulary of phrases for each individual chord. We’ll then connect our phrases, over the entire progression. Simple and very effective!
Everything is tabbed and synced to the video. You can slow down or loop any video to learn at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let’s go!
SECTION 1: Straight Tropical
In this first progression over a tropical feel ( think Zach Brown, Kenny Chesney, Jimmy Buffet) I'll show you how to construct licks based on thinking about one chord at a time. We will work with thinking in portions of the neck in box patterns, ascending and descending lines.
Licks for the 1 Chord
We start with the first chord in this progression using box and ascending and descending lick ideas. Each lick will have different themes and techniques used. All examples in this first section are diatonic to the key of C.
1 Chord Workout
We start with the first chord in this progression using box and ascending and descending lick ideas. Each lick will have different themes and techniques used. All examples in this first section are diatonic to the key of C.
Licks for the 4 Chord
We now move to the second chord in this progression working through the same concept of box, ascending and descending lines. Still within the diatonic key of C . The ideas are borrowed from the Lydian Scale or fourth degree of C major.
4 Chord Workout
We now move to the second chord in this progression working through the same concept of box, ascending and descending lines. Still within the diatonic key of C . The ideas are borrowed from the Lydian Scale or fourth degree of C major.
Licks for the 5 Chord
The third and final chord will have a Mixolydian sound as its a C major scale starting on G. Note the use of the tritone in this example.
+ 37 more lessons
Reviews
8 results
jeanjackues
Verified buyer
08/26/26
Highly recommend!
An excellent set of country licks that you can learn to apply in context. I’m really enjoying the course and savoring every single lick.
arpeggio5
Verified buyer
02/03/26
very well explained and clear
fogerty
Verified buyer
01/09/23
Hi everybody! Excellent licks and perfect explanations. Although I can understand English, I would also be good in Spanish. Extraordinary teacher and incredible guitarist who encourages you to continue. Thanks for the good work.
dspoling
Verified buyer
11/04/22
Country Soling Blueprints Review
This is an excellent course. Mathew Lee is a clear and effective instructor. I very much enjoy his solo building approach - the Blueprint - of applying box shaped, ascending and descending licks to song chord progressions. Matthew reviews and evaluates each song's structure before diving into the licks. This is very helpful in applying licks to build solos for real world songs (rather than just learning stand-alone licks).
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