Free Hick-Pickin’ Country Riff Lesson on the 'Guitar World Lessons' Store — Video
30 Hot Country Licks, Guitar World's exclusive new country-guitar lesson series, is now available through the Guitar World Lessons App and Webstore.
It joins the ranks of the hundreds of lessons already available through Guitar World Lessons.
To celebrate this new release, we're offering the first 30 Hot Country Licks lesson, "Hick-Pickin’ Country Riff in G," for free! Note that all 30 "Hot Country Licks" are available for only $9.99.
Below, you can check out a video trailer of today's free lesson, "Hick-Pickin’ Country Riff in G," which features guitarist Peter Stroud.
Selected from Guitar World's Lick of the Day vault, this collection of tasty country-style guitar licks and lessons is presented by an elite group of seasoned guitar pickers and teachers, including Jerry Donahue, Peter Stroud, Lyle Brewer, Guthrie Govan, Keith Wyatt, Dale Turner, Jimmy Brown, Andy Aledort and others.
Learn how to “chicken pick,” play Western-swing-style phrases, bend strings, make your guitar “weep” like a pedal steel guitar and more!
For more information about 30 Hot Country Licks, visit the Guitar World Lessons Webstore and download the App now.
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