How Does Americana Guitar Work? ► Learn these Beautiful Chords, Country Licks and More!

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LESSON CHAPTERS
0:00 - Performance
1:41 - What will you learn in this video?
2:06 - Turning open position chords into Americana chords
4:26 - Americana style chord embellishments
5:06 - Americana voicing for the IV chord in C Major
6:02 - Slow performance part 1
6:46 - Slow performance part 2
7:17 - Using secondary dominants in Americana chord progressions
8:07 - Slow performance part 3
8:26 - Make chord progressions more interesting
9:08 - How to solo in Americana & solo breakdown part 1
10:52 - Solo breakdown part 2
11:53 - Outro



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● Gear Used
Fender Custom Shop '62 Relic Jazzmaster, Vox AC15 handwired, Hamstead Signature Tremelo
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ABOUT STUART
Stuart Ryan began his career as a professional guitarist in 2003 when he won Guitarist Magazine's 'Acoustic Guitarist of The Year'. He has recorded 4 albums for BMG International and has recorded guitar sessions for Amazon Prime Movie Studios soundtracks, Fashion House Ballenciaga and many more. He has written 10 bestselling guitar method books (all available on Amazon) and spent 15 years as Head of Guitar at The British Institute of Modern Music (BIMM). Stuart has been the acoustic guitar columnist for Guitar Techniques magazine since 2004. Get in touch to discuss recording sessions or one to one lessons via Skype/Zoom.