These Country Phrases WILL Level Up Your Playing!!!

[@codforlife]

Dude, I love your videos! I watch a lot of youtube guitar lessons. Yours are my new favourite! Easy to understand and TASTY licks!

[@timosullivan292]

Brilliant Steve great licks they really sound authentic and creative many thanks 👍

[@AidanBakerHockey]

Really enjoy this channel! Easy to understand and to the point! I like channels where I feel we are just sitting down for a hang/ jam! Great Job Steve! Keep it going!

[@stevetharms]

Awesome feedback, thanks for the comment!

[@Tremolo100]

Your playing has gone up a notch - sounds great - love these vids!

[@stevetharms]

Thanks Mark, appreciate that!

[@simoncat06]

Keep these coming. Def useful.

[@stevetharms]

Will do!

[@Edward-MTBKR]

Seriously, your teaching is as good as your playing! What an incredible lesson for Hybrid Picking Triads & Double Stops, all while learning an awesome Lick. You deserve 1M subscribers.

[@jaykuchera5058]

Totally agree!

[@MezzMcGillicuddy1]

This is amazeballs with awesome sauce 👍

[@stevetharms]

Hey thanks! 🙏🤘

[@smoothpicker]

I really like how you break it down and show how the solo relates to the chords which makes it so much easier for me to understand and put into practice and the changing keys with it. Great lesson.

[@stevetharms]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DadRockAndGuitars]

This was really good! That example of walking up alternating between the root and flat 7 was super helpful. Definitely going to get this down and incorporate it in my playing. Thank you!

[@stevetharms]

Glad you're able to make use of it!

[@haramismusicalhardware]

Such great content. Keep it coming.

[@stevetharms]

thank you!

[@nuthinbutlove]

No need to apologize man, it's good to see you and catch those great licks. Sweet Tele!

[@stevetharms]

Hey, thanks!

[@n.hathorne6170]

It is a sweet guitar. Maybe a video idea on just the Telecaster specs?

[@jameslawson5772]

By far one of the best tutorials I’ve seen on Ytube. Instantly subscribed, awesome stuff

[@uberjam-sam8512]

This really hits that sweet spot between fun, musical and challenging. I got the gist of the first part right off but the decent is a bit of finger twister though still doable. Thank you!

[@stevetharms]

I agree it’s easy in theory but to actually get the fingers to cooperate is another thing entirely!

[@wreckoningday]

Good lick. A lot of concepts within it. Appreciate you showing the chord shapes/inversions it's coming from, that is a big help.

[@stevetharms]

Thanks for the feedback! Glad it was useful.

[@komelome3736]

Thank' Steve follow your work !

[@HughJengine]

Great ideas here. This is a great way to offer loads of licks which can be chopped up and used over different chords. Thanks for posting 👍🙂

[@joshhigh5538]

This quite the lesson bud. Im rewatching spots and gyat damn son

[@stevetharms]

Hey thanks!! 🙏🤘

[@lincolnflood6101]

Great video and great to have ya back! Glad to hear your summers been good! Please keep up the the videos they are super helpful and you’re a super teacher as well!

[@stevetharms]

Appreciate that! Got more coming soon!

[@robbiegarnz7732]

This is an amazing run! However I’m having a tough time replicating it, especially the descending part. I wish I was at a level where I could quickly identify the inversions to the chords that you are using, but without being told the fret numbers and strings it’s tough for anyone other than advanced players to follow. I’m sure if I saw a tab I’d pick it up right away, but that’s kind of big ask for a busy man such as yourself. Anyway, I love the sound and I’ll keep replaying the various sections until something clicks. Thanks for opening up my eyes to possibilities of chord inversions in solos!

[@stevetharms]

Adding tabs definitely adds a few more hours on my end...sorry I couldn't include em on this one! If it helps try slowing down the video in settings to really hear what I'm playing, I do this all the time when I'm trying to learn solos!

[@mastertimb]

This is awesome, Steve! Thank you so much

[@stevetharms]

You bet, thanks for checking out the channel!

[@steve660917]

Great lessons bro thank you. Steve from the UK.

[@joshisaacks1526]

Thanks for breaking that lick down. Great lesson here

[@stevetharms]

you got it!

[@blueeyephil]

Loved it. Great explanation! I'll have to work on it.

[@stevetharms]

It's a killer lick, good luck!

[@johnm1644]

Wish I had KZbin when I was a kid. I was in a band in 1966 when I was 11 years old. Great lesson

[@stevetharms]

Thank you! It's definitely a great instructional tool!

[@jordangordan8980]

i went from 18yo zero knowlege to 28yo playing music for a living because of youtube.

[@cornstar1253]

I was a kid in the seventies when I started. Used to put a penny on the arm of the needle to slow the record down in order to figure things out. Resulted in a great ear but im not a good technical player like the young guys around today that have YT.

[@DamonBates]

brilliant. need to work on this. thanks so much

[@stevetharms]

Put in the work, it's worth it!

[@josephkmonicek6636]

great lesson. thanks. Steve

[@Sammywhat]

This is great! Of course, being a Dad is more important, but that being said, your return is much appreciated!! Sounds wonderful! Thanks for the share. 🙏

[@hlyangel1]

I’m glad I came across this. I really appreciate that you teach applications over chord changes. I’ve been playing for fourty years and have struggled to find ways to incorporate riffs and inversions in a way that best synthesizes my knowledge into action

[@TheMaverickTaylorBand]

Awesome licks to add to the toolbox! Thanks!

[@stevetharms]

You're welcome!

[@toastoftowne1076]

That was very helpful thanks. This lesson was perfect for my skill level Chop it up slow it down, it’s a lesson good for a few days Thanks for your effort. Aloha

[@stevetharms]

Awesome, glad to hear it!

[@weps2097]

This is a great lesson that will definitely take a few weeks just to get the ideas under my fingers. The speed will take me months to get to 120. I appreciate the candid nature of your videos, complete with mistakes. It makes me want to stick with it all the more.

[@stevetharms]

Yeah I was playing it perfectly at 120, then went to hit record and couldn't get a clean take for the life of me so figured I'd add some of the "Rough" takes in at the end! Thanks for watching and good luck getting it up to speed!

[@normanddaviau8787]

I AM 75 YEARS OLD THANK YOU SO MUCH STEVE

[@stevetharms]

You bet! Thanks for checking out the channel!

[@jaykuchera5058]

I'm 66 and still playing live. You have greatly helped inspire and expand my repitoire. Thanks! ​@@stevetharms

[@SaschaLorch]

Unbelievable Powerlick for pros.

[@stevetharms]

something like that!

[@GravityFarm]

Very excellent walkthrough using chord tones, triads and shapes to string an awesome solo together! THANK YOU!

[@stevetharms]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jordangordan8980]

ugh man. i just need to stop being lazy and learn those triads/inversions lol very cool. thank you for going into the theory behind what youre doing.

[@stevetharms]

For sure, glad you checked out the video!

[@paddymaxwell]

Very helpful lesson. Thanks.

[@stevetharms]

glad to hear it!

[@jimdolinski8655]

Hi Steve, glad you mentioned your Instagram posts as well. Thanks for the lick. Just need to play it several hundred times.

[@stevetharms]

yep me too!

[@shalomshalom735]

Love your channel and I'm so glad you're back!! This was a great lesson, please make many (MANY) more like this one, all kinds of country licks and demonstrate them slowly and explain. I think it'll be fantastic if you can every 3-4 licks/lessons, do some sort of an "application" video where you take one or even two backing tracks, improvize and use these licks so we can see where and how you apply them and combine them with context. If you happen to read my comment, will apprecaite you thoughts on what I said. Thanks dude.

[@stevetharms]

Thanks for the comment, I'll have to give that idea some thought. I have a few more ideas on similar videos so maybe I'll just put a solo together with all the ideas incorporated.

[@shalomshalom735]

@@stevetharms THANKS so much !!

[@AlexMasonGuitar]

Would love more lessons like this!

[@stevetharms]

I'm working on it!

[@landonjaymz5566]

Great video!

[@stevetharms]

Thank You!

[@jamesbailey5721]

I love you stuff...and the way you teach and explain these...I myself follow you just find...I am playing in a band and we are incorporating more country...I am a rock player by nature...but it is kinda of a big learning curve from rock to country...very clean and articulate style. Very few sites on country...they either don't show you or just confuse you...Thanks ...I definitely owe you...and I will get even. Real soon..🎸🎼🎶

[@stevetharms]

Thanks for the kind words and glad you're finding this stuff helpful!

[@rollywells6404]

Very nice lesson, I really like the concepts that you’re showing, thank you very much!

[@stevetharms]

You're very welcome!

[@ianmartens5286]

Great video! Thanks for the lesson. That b7 concept opens up a whole new dimension and it’s not too hard to implement.

[@stevetharms]

just play a whole step down...nice and easy right!?

[@mthw315]

Great video - your lessons are easy to follow, informative and always tasty! Please keep 'em coming!

[@stevetharms]

appreciate it, thanks!

[@leighhauck8806]

I think this is awesome dude. I think a lot of us just need to build out our vocabulary in country and this is how to do it. I especially like that this is something that you can just naturally play as soon as you pick up your guitar.

[@stevetharms]

😂😂 yeah most players are doing this a couple weeks after starting guitar!

[@meljohnson5579]

Awesome lick! Keep um coming. Short & to the point. We are here set on go. Thank you!😊

[@stevetharms]

love it! Glad you like it!

[@rselp]

You’re a gifted player and teacher…thanks so much mate! Liked ✅ Saved✅ Subscribed✅

[@stevetharms]

Happy to help, thanks for the sub!

[@juanespinosa8064]

Great lesson, i need to work on my picking hand.My fingers don,t want to cooperate with what i want them to do,lol

[@stevetharms]

slow slow slow! I still have to start this stuff super slowly and build it up to speed from there👍

[@benbush1227]

Always Awesome Content! Appreciate You , thank you very much.

[@stevetharms]

I appreciate that 🙏Thanks for the kind words!

[@paulodacunha8781]

Killing video!

[@stevetharms]

Thank you!

[@haukurastvaldsson136]

Love it. Thanks!

[@stevetharms]

You bet!

[@Hoodrio]

That was great, thanks! One suggestion would be to tell what all the notes are. You did on the ascending part but not on the descent.

[@JasonB5232]

Like how you broke it down into sections and how you pointed out the shape/chords.

[@stevetharms]

Glad you were able to follow along!

[@OURSKIESTODAY]

Really awesome. Wish I could see the triad layouts. Still like.🎸👍

[@stevetharms]

thanks, I'll try to be more clear in future videos!

[@robpags]

What are you using for an amp?? Love the spank.

[@stevetharms]

this is from the line6 helix! I have a video on my channel where I break down how I set up this preset!

[@jaykuchera5058]

Steve, what gauge strings? Are those Riltron pups ? Sounds GREAT

[@RussC123]

Glad to see you show back up in my subscriptions! Whats that neck pickup and how do you like it as opposed to a neck humbucker on the tele?

[@stevetharms]

It’s a TV Jones “filtertron” and it kinda has its own unique sound, Rhett Shull did a whole video on them you should check out!

[@RussC123]

@@stevetharms Will do!

[@andrewwiersma6104]

Hi Steve, what tele is that that you're playing?

[@konjunto2477]

Great video! What key did you say you are playing in at 10:13?

[@stevetharms]

I’m playing in the key of C there. Starting with a D chord shape but playing it on the 12th fret

[@chazmichael7967]

you ever consider using some guitar tab software to add to your videos? Idk how difficult that is but it's a great resource.

[@stevetharms]

Some of my other videos have tabs, it all comes down to free time and I don't have much of it right now unfortunately!

[@bigpapi2658]

I have a question for you. Playing the A Triad, to the G triad, back to the A triad, in that lick you were demonstrating, is there a name for doing that? When you’re using the flat seven Triad, do they have a name for doing that? Would that be considered Voice leading or something?

[@MrSDFD18]

Excellent lesson. But could be so much better if you slowed down the fast licks, especially the one where you transition to start coming back down the neck. Also, it would help to explain why the G major scale fits and is played over A major. I really like how you were calling out which scale you were playing as the backing track was playing.

[@stevetharms]

I'll have to incorporate this into a future video, thanks for the feedback!

[@fistovuzi]

what's that Tron u got in the neck? i'm thinking of getting a Tele with Trons, but the one i got my eye on has Blacktops. ok Tron, but not great. prob need to swap em out for better ones.

[@stevetharms]

It’s a TV Jones model, not sure which exact one. Came with the guitar which was a partscaster of sorts when I bought it

[@fistovuzi]

@@stevetharms ah yes. TV Jones. good pickups, but somewhat overrated and overpriced. i'm Australian, no way i'll ever get my hands on one. i have my eye on the new Dimarzio trons. but i want the tele to be "Gretsch-y" so some Gretsch High Sensitivity Trons should fit the bill. either way, i'll also be needing one of those "pearloid" tele pickguards cut for a tron because because this particular tele has a Silver Sparkle finish on top. no way i'm leaving a regular whiteguard on it. besides, it's doing the Sparkle Jet thing, the guard *should* be black, thematically. but i think it would look way better with pearloid. i know what you're thinking, "what Fender division would be making that monstrosity?" Japan, of course. it's a one-off run, 3 sparkle colours. silver, blue, and black. apparently, you can get gold sparkle but you have to request it, IN PERSON, at the Fender offices in Tokyo. and Champagne Sparkle isn't being done, dammit Japan! anyway, the reason i'm so keen on this particular guitar is, my guitar "collection" consists of a small collection of Gretsch Electromatics (2 Jets and a Broadkaster Junior), and a small collection of "weird" telecasters (one is *basically* built like a LP, mahogany body and neck, maple top, set neck, SD Buckers. sounds eerily like a nice SG. one is a "Nashville" tele. and the last one is the "gold-foil" tele Fender released last year. mahogany body, ebony fretboard, really nice mini-buckers with gold-foil covers). so, as you can see, i NEED this guitar.

[@meldeer6253]

if you want to up your gaim includ TAB theres a lot of us older gen that need help we are over 60 buddy