country common chord progressions , rhythm and scales

[rafapak]

hi guys

I would like to ask you for a favour. Do you know any good books that teach about common chords progressions used in country guitar and scales commonly used on such progressions. I also would like to learn about rhythm of country music.

any comments will be highly appreciated

[JimBobWay]

You might want to visit your local library and browse around. Good ol' Mel Bay, for example, has a dozen books on the general subject, including a recent one with a CD. One of the reasons it's hard for me to recommend a single book is that "Country" is even harder to pigeonhole than "Jazz".

For me, Clarence White & Tony Rice sort of define my ideal country guitar sound. But both were mostly influenced by bluegrass, and of course Clancy was a rock star . Anything by those two will serve you well imo.

[brad4d8]

Originally Posted by JimBobWay

You might want to visit your local library and browse around.

In most public libraries in the US, you'll probably be able to find a lot of song collections. One that comes to mind is from the NY Times "100 Great Country Songs." It's from 1973, but really has a wealth of classic country material. I think Reader's Digest put something like it together as well. Probably a lot of newer anthologies as well, but I only picked up stuff when I was playing in a country band in the mid-70s. A good anthology should give you a good idea of the more common progressions.
Brad

[rafapak]

thanks

[jmstritt]

If you go to the telecaster forums youmight pose the same question and get more responses.

When I play country I approach it simillar to how I would approach playing a blues, I just simplify some of the vocabulary. The thing that will get you sounding like a country player the fastest is working out all your diatonic double stops with 3rds and 6ths. That will give you a sort of steel guitar sound.

For instance... (Key of F, notes on D and G strings)

A BbB C
F G G# A

or (Notes on G and High E)

F G AbA
A Bb B C

Those are just some quick thoughts to help you out a bit. Also, in traditional country you can treat all major chords as dominant.

To get really into some country playing I would reccomend Steve Trovato's books, he is a great all around player (Jazz, Country, Rock, you name it).

Just like anything, listening will help. These are some guys that I would check out...

Western Swing/ Jazz Country
Eldon Shamblin
Jimmy Wyble
Scotty Anderson

Honky Tonk/ Hard Country
Redd Volkaert
Pete Anderson
Roy Nichols

Nashville/ Modern Pop Country
Brent Mason
Dan Huff

Fingerpicking
Chet Atkins
Merle Travis
Jerry Reed

I always reccomend folks going from Jazz Country to start off with Western Swing stuff, because it is relateable. You still swingin' just a different way. If you listen to stuff like Asleep at the Wheel you'll probably dig that more than listening to Keith Urban or any of that stuff.

[samrsmiley]

I think jmstritt had a lot of good suggestions. As one who came to country guitar after being pretty established as a jazzer, I think going to the recordings is your best bet. The great thing about country is there is a very small number of different progressions compared to jazz.

Get a Merle Haggard recording from the 60s-like I'm a Lonesome Fugitive, or Okie From Muskogee. Anything from that era will have tons of great songs to transcribe and get to know.

I also was thinking of making a resource on my website with common country song progressions. Let me know if you'd be into that. Good luck man!

[MarCoch]

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