Guitar Inspiration

Country Solo in A major

Maarten 30/04/2022 Video Tab No Comments

Lighthearted Country Solo & Instrumental in A major. A bit of Rockabilly twang and Country Western Swing influence too! The guitar is my lake placid Fender Vintera Telecaster. Enjoy!

At the end of the B-section, I play this ‘bouncy’, country guitar lick on the turnaround (from the E chord back to the A). In pink, you can see how the melody of this country solo moves from the E (12th fret on the e-string) to the A (5th fret on the e-string). Listen to the example below:

Country Rockabilly Jam Track in A major

Maarten 03/04/2022 Backing Track No Comments

Here is a fun, new jam track I wrote and recorded in A major.

Update: the video is taken down atm, as the copyright algorithm on Youtube claims its actually a Russian rock song from the 80s (?). Altough there is no similarity, the publisher of the song rejected (!) my polite ask to remove the copyright claim. I’m on it. Hoping to see this matter resolved quickly.

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This track is your perfect companion to learn how to improvise over a country rockabilly rhythm. Part A is a classic train rhythm, whereas part B adds a bit more bounce in a typical rockabilly swing or jump blues style. Part C features classic ‘blues stops’. Stick around for the end (full boppin’ jump blues mode, with a walking bass!) Enjoy these and many more of my jam tracks!

Producing realistic parts

Like most of my jam tracks, this country rockabilly track uses a bass part that is made with Spectrasonics Trilian, one of my favorite virtual instruments. Below is an overview of the acoustic bass part, meticulously designed to be as real as possible. Especially in a genre like country or rockabilly, it’s important to jam over a natural groove, without quantization. Adding the extra noises that the neck of the double bass makes adds to the vintage feel and realism. I hope you enjoy this country rockabilly guitar track!

And this is how it sounds:

Buy The Track

If you want to use the track on your own social media channels, you can buy a HQ-WAV version (and MP3) of this vintage country & rockabilly backing track in A major here:

Blues Lesson #10 – Groove & Lick Lesson in E

Maarten 04/02/2022 Video Tab 1 Comment

Blues guitar lesson #10, where I show you how to play an easy blues groove in E, with different E minor blues licks on top! Recommended playing level: intermediate. Download the free lesson guide (PDF) here (includes all tabs & diagrams):

Blues Lick Lesson #10

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About this blues lesson

’m proud to present to you my 10th blues lick guitar lesson. In this video, I’ll teach you how to play an easy blues groove in E, with different E minor blues licks on top! We’ll start from a basic (open E chord) groove and add different types of licks with hammer-ons, pull-offs, blues bends and hybrid picking.