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50 Southern Rock Licks You MUST Know
A collection of southern rock licks inspired by the genre's greats.
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One part rock, one part blues, a dash of country, two or three guitarists and a bottle of whiskey. Southern Rock exploded on the scene in the 70’s and is still going strong today. Will Sophie’s 50 Southern Rock Licks You MUST Know captures the very essence of this Americana phenomena. You’ll also have a blast in the shed with Will’s curriculum — especially working out all of the two-guitar harmonized parts that he’s very appropriately included.
Will organized his cherry-picked collection of Southern Rock licks around what he refers to as “four main pillars” of Southern Rock; The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws and The Atlanta Rhythm Section. Accordingly, you’ll work through the signature techniques, phrases, styling and fretboard creativity of Duane Allman, Dickie Betts, Huey Thomason, Billy Jones, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines as well as other giants of the Southern Rock scene.
Harmonized lines are very characteristic of Southern Rock. Throughout the collection of 50 licks, you’ll encounter a variety of harmonized licks. One lick lesson teaches the first guitar part and then the next lesson presents the second harmonized part. You’ll find this highly addictive but you’ll also learn a lot about how to go about harmonizing your own lines. For maximum fun, grab a guitar-playing bud and work these harmonized lines out together!
All of the key demonstrations, performances and examples are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can loop and/or slow any section down as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll get all of the rhythm tracks to work with on your own.
We’re thrilled to welcome Will Sophie to TrueFire and we’re pretty sure you’ll put the welcome mat out yourself after digging in to his 50 Southern Rock Licks You MUST Know.
Got a Les Paul? Grab it and rush this one into the shed….
Will organized his cherry-picked collection of Southern Rock licks around what he refers to as “four main pillars” of Southern Rock; The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws and The Atlanta Rhythm Section. Accordingly, you’ll work through the signature techniques, phrases, styling and fretboard creativity of Duane Allman, Dickie Betts, Huey Thomason, Billy Jones, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines as well as other giants of the Southern Rock scene.
Harmonized lines are very characteristic of Southern Rock. Throughout the collection of 50 licks, you’ll encounter a variety of harmonized licks. One lick lesson teaches the first guitar part and then the next lesson presents the second harmonized part. You’ll find this highly addictive but you’ll also learn a lot about how to go about harmonizing your own lines. For maximum fun, grab a guitar-playing bud and work these harmonized lines out together!
All of the key demonstrations, performances and examples are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can loop and/or slow any section down as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll get all of the rhythm tracks to work with on your own.
We’re thrilled to welcome Will Sophie to TrueFire and we’re pretty sure you’ll put the welcome mat out yourself after digging in to his 50 Southern Rock Licks You MUST Know.
Got a Les Paul? Grab it and rush this one into the shed….
What you'll learn
- Play the lower harmony part of a harmonized melodic line
- Identify and play chord tones within melodic lines
- Hear chord changes through melodic note choices
- Work fluently in positions 10-11 on the fretboard
- Coordinate melodic phrasing with harmony parts
Release date: 10/22/2014 • 1h 57m runtime
Sample lessons
Allman's Fillmore - 1
Lick 3
Allman's Fillmore - 2
Lick 4
Skynyrd Steel Style - 2
Lick 16
Outlaws Country Style - 1
Lick 27
What's included
52 lessons • 50 charts • 50 Jam Tracks
50 Southern Rock Licks
In this edition of '50 licks you MUST know' we're going to focus on Southern Rock music. This R&B based Country Rock style was founded in the Southern states of the USA in the late 1960's. In order to understand that we're dealing with all kinds of different approaches within the 1970's era of Southern Rock, we will have a closer look into what I call the 4 main pillars. Pillar 1 can be described as the foundation created by the Allman Brothers Band from Macon, Georgia in 1969. Their music was originaly based on Blues. Later on they mixed it up with other styles, such as Country music. With lots of space for improvisation on stage, this band created a lot of excitement. For pillar 2 we're gonna move to the state of Alabama, where Lynyrd Skynyrd was founded in the early 1970's. With 3 guitar players this band sounded more like a Rock band, but with typical Southern features. These included Country music influences and of course their traditional 'home' based lyrics performed by lead singer Ronnie van Zant. Their most famous and characteristic song is of course their anthem 'Sweet Home Alabama' (1974). The 3rd pillar of Southern Rock music is Florida based band The Outlaws, featuring two amazing guitar players; Huey Thomason & Billy Jones. Their music is strongly connected to America's traditional Country music and sets a very high standard in soloing; on record and live on stage! Finally, the 4th pillar is the 'Pop' element in Southern Rock music, with on the forefront a more sophisticated sounding band: The Atlanta Rhythm Section. This 6 piece band from Dorraville, Georgia brought a unique sound to Southern Rock. Their song based compositions were well arranged, had a nice build up and featured all sorts of musical layers. Aside from these 4 pillars we'll take a look at other influences that contributed to the developement of Southern Rock. Let's dig in!
Allman's Triplets - 1
A typical Allman Brothers trademark is the use of triplets in a song. They will use these triplet based guitar riffs in a shuffle rhythm, but also in a straight 4/4 song. These patterns can function as an introduction to a different musical part in the song, for instance another chord. Sometimes played as a single guitar line or played as a harmonized part. On their first album, the Allman Brothers opening song is an instrumental called: 'Don't want you no more'. This one features their typical guitar applied triplets, on which this little piece in A minor is based. Lick nr 1. focuses on the main guitar line triplets.
Allman's Triplets - 2
This second guitar part to lick nr. 1 is quite interesting. As for the harmony, the same notes are played, only later in the bar. Therefore this harmony line is not on top of the main guitar line, but underneath. This comes from a much older tradition, rooted in the Canon singing. Lick nr.2 starts on the 3rd beat, but we still finish at the end of two bars. So the harmony part is actually a little shorter.
Allman's Fillmore - 1
One of the classics of the Southern Rock era is of course 'Live at the Fillmore East' from 1971 by the Allman Brothers Band. Of all the songs on that particular live album, where themes and improvisations are flowing into each other, the 6/8 rhythms often have an extra edge. The drum patterns often use accents and counter rhythms, as the double lead parts unfold by Dickey Betts and Duane Allman. These kinda songs mostly have a natural sounding jazz influence within their structure. This next progression features this syncopated double lead approach as well as some jazz based arpeggios on a 6/8 blues form. Lick nr 3 is part 1.
Allman's Fillmore - 2
Lick nr 4. is part 2 of the progression we used in lick 3. It is - again - a harmony line. This time we're gonna play on TOP of the original melody line, with a minor 3rd up.
More Than One Way Out
This next up-tempo riff features an Allman Brothers like - single string approach and is played in the key of A. Like most Southern-rock riffs, this one is based on a blues lick. Lick 5 uses some pretty fast eighth notes and some open-string-pull-offs. Using these pull-offs makes the lick easier to play, rather than trying to hit every single note, one by one. You'll hear this typical Southern up tempo groove on many recordings, such as: 'One way out', 'You don't love me' and of course the well known instrumental 'Jessica' by The Allman Brothers Band. Another example is 'T for Texas' by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Allmelissa - 1
Lick number 6 is about Dickey Betts' trademark melodic leads. Based on the Allman Brothers song 'Melissa', I'm gonna introduce his typical way of playing in a traditional country feel. Soundwise we're gonna use a much cleaner tone than usual in the Southern Rock tradition. By adding a second voice to the original lead, we will have that sweet sounding melodic dual guitar approach, traditional in Country music. The actual timing is the key element, which makes this approach work in song parts like these. Lead and harmony guitar played in tight sync is what we're gonna do in this next example. Here's Part 1...
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Reviews
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rajkumar12
05/14/22
Awesome course!
Loving it :)
Fyfedog
02/27/22
50 Southern Rock Licks
Enjoyed the techniques shown in this. ABB and Outlaws riffs are great. Would recommend. 2 thumbs up.
arnsin
Verified buyer
01/03/22
fine små riff som er greit å kunne
Brenda
10/23/21
Southern Rock Licks
A very good lesson where you can learn guitar licks with a great feeling, rhythm and technique. This lesson is highly recommended for the content you can learn, Will is a great teacher who has a great ability to play the guitar and to teach because his concepts are clear and direct, making you can learn continuously. If the style you are looking to learn is Southern Rock, this lesson is highly recommended, to learn to dominate the concepts that characterize it.
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