EXAMPLE BRAD PAISLEY STYLE

[Bar 31] Another cross-picking phrase, this time with a descending bass note on the fourth string. This style makes your accompaniments sound way more interesting. Of course you can amend licks like this in many ways; and it’s worth experimenting to see how they transfer to other keys, like E, A and C.

[Bar 40] This is a classic outro lick used many times by countless players so it’s well worth committing to memory for those times when you are thinking of how to end a song. And while in this instance we are using it in an acoustic country setting, think how cool it would sound at the end of an electric blues.