Essential patterns for all country guitarists. Play lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard, in any key, and learn a variety of styles. Easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for players of all standards. In standard notation and guitar tablature, with an audio CD of full demo tracks for all the examples.

Contents

NOTES ON THE FRETBOARD
THE MAJOR SCALE
FIRST POSITION MAJOR SCALES
TWO MOVABLE MAJOR CHORDS
VARIATIONS OF THE TWO MOVABLE MAJOR CHORDS
THE I-IV-V CHORD FAMILIES
THE F-D-A ROADMAP
CHORD FRAGMENT/CHORD FAMILIES
THREE MOVEABLE BLUES BOXES
MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALES
A MOVEABLE DOUBLE-NOTE LICK
MOVEABLE MAJOR SCALES