Here is a practice track for practicing a basic country strumming pattern and basic country lead scale. It is just one chord, G major. The first track has a basic melody, running up and down the G major pentatonic scale, which is widely used in many forms of country music. See if you can play along. Once you have mastered the scale, use the second track with rhythm only to make up your own melodic lines using the scale. Try using some hammer ons and pull-offs to get that country picking sound. The track is quite slow, at 80 bpm, but you need to play slow before you can play fast! Enjoy!
Practice Track: A natural minor on first two strings
This practice track goes with one of the tunes in my guitar method – see page 21. It is suitable for beginning guitar players who know the notes on the first two strings. Here is the tune at 70bpm:
Play along with the melody first, to make sure you have all the notes and timing right. Then try the second track with only the chords, playing the melody yourself.
Enjoy!
Rob