From James Burton to Albert Lee, Brent Mason and beyond, the real sound of country guitar is one of the most sought after among today's players. Whether you're a pro eager to add to you stylistic and technical abilities, or a newcomer who's drawn to that clean, twangy guitar sound, Hot Country has something for everyone. As well as more than 150 licks, solos and backing tracks, all written out and demonstrated on the accompanying CD, Lee Hodgson offers practical advice on playing lead and rhythm guitar and enlarging your chord vocabulary. You don't need a hat, just your guitar and a passion to play some Hot Country!
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Lee Hodgson is the resident country-rock and fingerstyle guru at the Guitar Institute in London. Although a renowned Country player, he is a superb all-round guitarist, having turned professional at the age of 18. He writes monthly columns in Guitarist and Guitar Techniques magazines as well as gigging regularly with top country band Memphis Roots.
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Good job Lee,
By Rick Anderson (Brighton, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hot Country Guitar (Music Sales America) (Paperback)
This book is more geared toward the intermediate to advanced player. It really helps if you know how to count rythmes and triplets to break down the written tab. Although it's always helpfull to hear the music being played, I did not think the CD was all the much benefit. As usual, it's much easier to learn this stuff slow and work it up to speed. The author is a very fast picker and I found it hard to us the CD because he plays so fast. If you do not want to play with pick and hybrid fingers or finger picks, forget this book, most of the examples require this technique to get it to sound correct. I generally like the book, it's a good resource for stealing licks. The section on using 3rd's and 6th intervals is great for country twang. The book that has been most benefit towards my country prowess has been Albert Lee's Adavance Country Guitar. I believe this book will come in number two. If only Brent Mason would decide to write a book and focus on his country style, wow.
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Hot Country by Lee Hodgson,
By davidkelly@softhome.net (Manchester,UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hot Country Guitar (Music Sales America) (Paperback)
Hot Country by Lee HodgsonGiven the lack of material on this subject as compered to rock and blues, this book is a must. Each chapter is dedicated to a technique or style like the CAGED scale system or Chicken Picking and Pick Harmonics. The book contains an incredible amount of material most of which is demonstrated on the CD, although the book does follow the standard easy stuff at the front hard stuff at the back format, this is strictly not the case and it seems to jump from easy techniques to incredibly advanced techniques at the turn of a page which can be a bit off putting. But it's all here if you are prepared to work at it especially if your idea of a Hot Country Guitarist is Albert Lee or Bert Mason. Beginners may find the book a bit advanced and out of their depth but I'd advise getting it anyway.
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Finding material on instruction for playing country guitar is very difficult because there is just not much out there. This book is like finding a needle in a hay stack. This book runs the gamut on almost every aspect of playing country guitar. It starts you out on some simple little licks that get you sounding like a country picker right off the bat. For someone new to playing country music, you must learn how to pick [base] strings in an alternating fashion with your thumb or flat pick and pick with your middle and ring finger (also called hybrid picking). It takes some practice but that's just country. Take your time and you'll get it. Once you learn hybrid picking you'll never go back to just flat picking only - it's like a hole new world, even if you're not playing country music. Have a finger-lickn'-chickn'-pickn' great time! Keep it country!
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Country music in the nineties has become less specific sounding compared to, say, twenty years previous -some might bemoan the homogenisation of it all but I personally like the extra interest and freedom created by some degree of fusing of styles or genres. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
third chord tone, scale whose root, speed demo, hybrid picking, steel gtr, slave amp, sixth scale step, backing chord, gliss gliss, strict alternate picking, main amp, plucking hand, major pentatonic scale, country guitarists, country pickers, minor pentatonic scale, chord shapes, mixolydian mode, most guitarists, key centre, many guitarists, country player, chord tones, power amp, scale steps Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Albert Lee, Chet Atkins, Jerry Donahue, James Burton, Danny Gatton, Arlen Roth, Brent Mason, Ray Flacke, Dann Huff, Django Reinhardt, Larry Carlton, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Western Swing, John Jorgenson, Mark Knopfler, Steuart Smith, Jerry Reed, Les Paul, Ricky Skaggs, Scotty Moore, Seymour Duncan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson, Dennis Cornell New!
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Country music in the nineties has become less specific sounding compared to, say, twenty years previous -some might bemoan the homogenisation of it all but I personally like the extra interest and freedom created by some degree of fusing of styles or genres. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
third chord tone, scale whose root, speed demo, hybrid picking, steel gtr, slave amp, sixth scale step, backing chord, gliss gliss, strict alternate picking, main amp, plucking hand, major pentatonic scale, country guitarists, country pickers, minor pentatonic scale, chord shapes, mixolydian mode, most guitarists, key centre, many guitarists, country player, chord tones, power amp, scale steps Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Albert Lee, Chet Atkins, Jerry Donahue, James Burton, Danny Gatton, Arlen Roth, Brent Mason, Ray Flacke, Dann Huff, Django Reinhardt, Larry Carlton, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Western Swing, John Jorgenson, Mark Knopfler, Steuart Smith, Jerry Reed, Les Paul, Ricky Skaggs, Scotty Moore, Seymour Duncan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson, Dennis Cornell New!
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