Musixx X-press: MASTERING COUNTRY GUITAR IN 30 DAYS

Mastering country guitar in 30 days is a tall order—but with focused, structured daily practice, you can make significant progress and develop a solid foundation.

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Here's a 30-day plan to help you build key country techniques, vocabulary, and style fluency.

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🎯 Main Goals by Day 30:

Solid hybrid picking and fingerpicking technique

Know and use key country scales (major, pentatonic, Mixolydian)

MIXOLYDIAN SCALE

Play signature country licks and fills

Master "chicken pickin'," double stops, bends, and pedal steel licks

CHICKEN PICKING GUITAR STYLE

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Learn common chord progressions and song structures

Start improvising and writing your own country solos

📅 Daily Practice Structure (1.5–2 hours/day):

Warm-up (10 min): Finger exercises, alternate/hybrid picking

Technique focus (20–30 min)

Licks & vocabulary (20 min)

Songs & application (30 min)

Improvisation/writing (10–20 min)

🗓️ 30-Day Plan Overview

🔹 Week 1 – Foundations & Mechanics

Day 1–2:

Review open chords and basic country rhythms

Intro to hybrid picking (pick + fingers)

Practice major pentatonic in open position

Day 3–4:

Learn alternating bass lines & "boom-chick" rhythm

Basic Travis picking patterns

Country shuffle grooves

Day 5–7:

First country licks (based on G, C, D major pentatonic)

Learn 1-2 simple songs (e.g., “Folsom Prison Blues”)

Practice double stops (3rds and 6ths)

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🔹 Week 2 – Classic Country Licks & Techniques

GREAT COUNTRY SOLO

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Day 8–9:

Chicken pickin’ exercises (staccato hybrid-picking licks)

Add palm muting and string slap techniques

Learn CAGED system major pentatonic positions

Day 10–11:

Pedal steel-style bends (using 2 strings)

Learn 1 solo from a classic country song

Practice licks in different keys (G, A, D)

Day 12–14:

Integrate licks into rhythm playing (fills between chords)

Transcribe a short solo by ear

Learn the Nashville Number System basics

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🔹 Week 3 – Intermediate Soloing & Song Work

Day 15–16:

Mixolydian scale intro (use in dominant 7th chords)

Practice soloing over 12-bar country blues

Learn “Country Boy” (Albert Lee) or “Working Man Blues”

COUNTRY BOY-ALAN JACKSON

Day 17–18:

Learn solo from Brent Mason or Brad Paisley (simplified)

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Use backing tracks to jam over I–IV–V & ii–V–I progressions

Create your own 4-bar solo using country licks

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Day 19–21:

Focus on phrasing & dynamics (bends, slides, hammer-ons)

Record yourself over backing tracks

Learn a modern country song (e.g., “Wagon Wheel”)

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🔹 Week 4 – Improvisation, Composition & Polish

Day 22–23:

Practice improvising over jam tracks

Try modulating licks to different keys

Experiment with call-and-response phrasing

THE BEST COUNTRY SONG

Day 24–25:

Write your own 12-bar solo

Learn one full instrumental (e.g., “Jerry’s Breakdown”)

"Jerry's Breakdown" is an iconic instrumental guitar duet by Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins, two of the most influential fingerstyle and country guitarists of all time.

The piece was first released in 1979 on their Grammy-winning collaborative album "Me and Jerry."

"Jerry's Breakdown" is a fast-paced country guitar instrumental that showcases the distinctive "claw-style" hybrid picking technique pioneered by Jerry Reed and masterfully complemented by Chet Atkins.

Style: Country, Fingerstyle, with bluegrass and jazz influences

Tuning: Standard EADGBE

Tempo: Fast (around 160–180 BPM)

Key: Typically in A Major

Technique Highlights:

Chicken picking

String skipping

Hybrid picking (pick + fingers)

Syncopated rhythmic patterns

Harmonized licks between the two guitars

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