luisotavio85
11/21/23
A gem
I have some of Corey's courses on truefire. All very instructive. This one, in particular, is very rich. Especially for those who are not familiar with country, like me.
Essentials: Modern Country Soloing
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About this course
Today, many consider modern country music, with its heavier rock-influenced sound, to be the last bastion of guitar heroes -- it’s one of the few popular genres that still consistently features blazing guitar solos. Country music has certainly evolved and the envelope has been pushed by some of the most seasoned players on the planet. It’s home to modern sounds and techniques, and yet still true to the great Nashville guitar tradition.
Corey Congilio’s Modern Country Soloing edition of Essentials features a collection of ten essential soloing performance studies designed to help you master the modern country sound. Corey guides you through an essential variety of concepts and approaches including open string licks, arpeggios, pedal steel bends, chickin’ pickin’, smooth double stop lines, drop-d riffs and much more.
”I've been a fan of country music for years and I've watched how it's changed not only from a songwriting perspective but from a guitar playing perspective as well. Artists like Brad Paisley and Keith Urban have helped to keep more traditional playing alive but, the infusion of rock playing has definitely changed the landscaped in this genre. Nowadays, anything goes!
As a Nashville resident and session guitarist, I'm often called on to play on songs that require me to play traditional chickin' pickin licks, melodic atmospheric lines or straight up rock riffs. I'll cover lots of different ideas in this course, and I'll explain the techniques that I'm using so that you can accurately execute the solos. I'll even talk about gear and guitars a bit too. Jump in and let’s get pickin’!”
For each of the 10 soloing performance studies, Corey will first perform the solo over a backing track, and then break it down slowly for you, measure by measure. Each set of these 10 soloing performances features multi-angle videos for both performance and breakdown videos.
Corey 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, Corey includes all of the rhythm tracks for you to work with on your own. In addition, you’ll be able to loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let’s get pickin’ with Corey Congilio!
Corey Congilio’s Modern Country Soloing edition of Essentials features a collection of ten essential soloing performance studies designed to help you master the modern country sound. Corey guides you through an essential variety of concepts and approaches including open string licks, arpeggios, pedal steel bends, chickin’ pickin’, smooth double stop lines, drop-d riffs and much more.
”I've been a fan of country music for years and I've watched how it's changed not only from a songwriting perspective but from a guitar playing perspective as well. Artists like Brad Paisley and Keith Urban have helped to keep more traditional playing alive but, the infusion of rock playing has definitely changed the landscaped in this genre. Nowadays, anything goes!
As a Nashville resident and session guitarist, I'm often called on to play on songs that require me to play traditional chickin' pickin licks, melodic atmospheric lines or straight up rock riffs. I'll cover lots of different ideas in this course, and I'll explain the techniques that I'm using so that you can accurately execute the solos. I'll even talk about gear and guitars a bit too. Jump in and let’s get pickin’!”
For each of the 10 soloing performance studies, Corey will first perform the solo over a backing track, and then break it down slowly for you, measure by measure. Each set of these 10 soloing performances features multi-angle videos for both performance and breakdown videos.
Corey 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, Corey includes all of the rhythm tracks for you to work with on your own. In addition, you’ll be able to loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let’s get pickin’ with Corey Congilio!
Corey Congilio's Preferred Gear
Below is a list of Corey Congilio's preferred gear including guitars, amps, pedals, accessories, and more. What you see in Corey's lessons may or may not be this actual gear, but if you are trying to capture Corey's sound and tone, the gear listed below is recommended by Corey and it's a great place to start!
Guitars
Amps
Pedals
- J. Rockett Tim Pierce Signature Overdrive Pedal
- DOD Carcosa Analog Fuzz Pedal
- Dunlop DVP4 Volume (X) Mini Pedal
- Universal Audio UAFX Golden Reverberator Pedal
- Universal Audio UAFX Starlight Echo Station Delay Pedal
- Universal Audio UAFX Astra Modulation Machine Pedal
- Korg Pitchblack Custom Pedal Tuner
Accessories & More
What you'll learn
- Apply major arpeggios over minor chord progressions
- Apply Nashville number system to understand chord progressions
- Use three-note clusters within pentatonic patterns
- Create melodic phrases that sound like 'a song within a song'
- Incorporate blue notes (flat five) into country solos
Release date: 10/08/2018 • 1h 40m runtime
Sample lessons
Somebody Like Him
Overview
Somebody Like Him
Performance
Somebody Like Him
Breakdown
Paisley Printed Tribute
Overview
What's included
33 lessons • 10 charts • 10 Jam Tracks
Essentials: Modern Country Soloing
Hey aspiring country pickers! Welcome to Essentials: Modern Country Soloing. I've been a fan of country music for years and I've watched how it's changed from not only from a songwriting perspective, but from a guitar playing perspective as well. Artists like Brad Paisley and Keith Urban have helped to keep more traditional playing alive but, the infusion of rock playing has definitely changed the landscaped in this genre.
Nowadays, anything goes! As a Nashville resident and session guitarist, I'm often called on to play on songs that require me to play traditional chickin' pickin licks, melodic atmospheric lines or straight up rock riffs. I'll cover lots of different ideas in this course, and I'll explain the techniques I'm using so that you can accurately execute the solos. I'll even talk about gear and guitars a bit too. Let's jump in and get pickin'!
Nowadays, anything goes! As a Nashville resident and session guitarist, I'm often called on to play on songs that require me to play traditional chickin' pickin licks, melodic atmospheric lines or straight up rock riffs. I'll cover lots of different ideas in this course, and I'll explain the techniques I'm using so that you can accurately execute the solos. I'll even talk about gear and guitars a bit too. Let's jump in and get pickin'!
Gear & Tone Tips
Getting a great modern country guitar sound starts with a Telecaster. In this course, I'm using a Mario Guitars T-Style loaded with Lindy Fralin Blues Specials. The pedals I'm using mostly are the Greer Lightspeed, Rockett Steampunk and Rockett Boing Reverb. For this course, I used the Rockett Squeegee Compressor, but I use XTS Fermata a lot on recording sessions.
The centerpiece is always the amplifier. I'm using TrueFire's Fender 65 Reissue Super Reverb here. Any "blackface" style Fender amp will really get you in the ballpark for this kinda tone. The major addition to the chain is the Universal Audio OX: The Amp Top Box. OX allows me to use a tube amp at any volume and any environment by utilizing the Dynamic Speaker Modeling that's a Universal Audio only invention. It's a great box and I use it daily. Feel free to email me through my website with any other gear questions. Good luck and have fun!
The centerpiece is always the amplifier. I'm using TrueFire's Fender 65 Reissue Super Reverb here. Any "blackface" style Fender amp will really get you in the ballpark for this kinda tone. The major addition to the chain is the Universal Audio OX: The Amp Top Box. OX allows me to use a tube amp at any volume and any environment by utilizing the Dynamic Speaker Modeling that's a Universal Audio only invention. It's a great box and I use it daily. Feel free to email me through my website with any other gear questions. Good luck and have fun!
Somebody Like Him
This is the first tribute to Keith Urban in this course. I remember hearing the song "Somebody Like You" and thinking wow, that is some killer playing there! This solo is focuses on arpeggios and truly crafting a melodic solo.
Somebody Like Him
I have the gain and compressor rocking for this one, as I really want those notes to sustain and sing! You'll notice how I really attack the guitar in all of these solos. You have to really dig in and play more aggresively than you think you might!
Somebody Like Him
We're in the key of E here, and some of the things we'll focus on here are arpeggios, open string ideas and of course the use of hybrid picking. "Playing through the changes" isn't something we think about in rock or country, but it's as important to do that just as it is in jazz. I'll explain that throughout the course and here as well.
Paisley Printed Tribute
I spent a good time with the music of Brad Paisley. I particularly focused on his records Who Needs Pictures, Mud on the Tires, and 5th Gear. The album Play is a really cool as it's a guitar record that features many of his favorite players and iconic Tele pickers!
Paisley Printed Tribute
Some of things I love about Brad Paisley's playing is how he plays with reckless abandon! Brad infuses country, blues and rock in a unique way that usually has a little bit of humor attached to it as well. I hope you dig this one!
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Reviews
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Felype
01/28/23
It doesn't get more essential.
I deeply enjoy the "essentials" format, a straightforward package of grab and go material. And then you go to the breakdown and get inside the thought process and how things came to be. Corey is careful with his choices of tone, gear, articulation, space, phrasing and obviously the notes themselves. All that to make sure it's as legit as possible within each "sub style" of whatever genre he's approaching. It goes to show how much research and respect Corey has for the style, being based out of Nashville where you can't fake with this kind of music.
Revman2015
12/31/20
Craft your playing
Corey Cogillio’s instruction is clear right from the get go! This course in particular is fantastic for learning the techniques of how to play and craft your playing on multiple layers, with the assistance modern country voicings and who doesn’t . Using bends hammer on and pull offs in different sections of the tune to fill out the sound is a must do. Genius..
Bailer52
10/26/20
I don't even listen to country and I ate this up!
Corey Congillio is one of if not the best teacher on TRUEFIRE. If he's teaching, I'm taking the course. I've never really played country style leads, but I want to be well rounded and generally enjoy all genres of music, so I thought win / win. This series has opened up a world of possibilities for me especially when applying some of the techniques to other styles. The lessons are thoughtfully laid out exploring different techniques a little along making the learning feel manageable. If you want to learn country lead or just love expanding your chops, this series and this teacher are a slam dunk.
sierramadre
04/25/20
Innovative & Inspirational
I was familiar with the guitar playing of country greats like Merle Travis, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, but until I bought this course, I didn’t know the modern guitar heroics of Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, and some of the other players that Corey covers. My favorite is the high drama of Corey’s “Reigning Queen” solo, based on a Carrie Underwood song. Corey’s obvious love of this music and his energy and enthusiasm are infectious and encouraging for any aspiring country guitar hero. His descriptions of his guitars and gear setup are worth the price of the course alone.
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