Introduction to Playing Rockabilly Guitar

Unlike say jazz – rockabilly guitar is less about musical knowledge – and more about feel and timing – something that can be just as difficult to master. People often look down on rockabilly guitar as simple because it sounds deceptively so – especially when you hear someone like Scotty Moore who concentrated on playing fewer more beautiful notes to fill the song with melody rather than filling it with a 1000 dull and predictable notes – like many shredders do day making us all yawn.

I too was an arrogant mocker – well perhaps I’m being too harsh on myself – rather I too thought it was too easy to bother with and messed around with it a bit when I started guitar – that was until I tried to play rockabilly guitar it properly one day and consistently and I realised I sounded rubbish! Now I’m a little more humble and a little better – but no rockabilly master!

Anyway – in this beginner guitar lesson video below I picked out from the web, rockabilly expert Jinx Jones will introduce you to signature licks, solos and chords of the musical style. As a rockabilly wanna-be – you should also perhaps start with watching one of the originals below – Scotty Moore who due to lack of musicians ahead to develop this style to fill out the sound – and did it with taste and style creating some of the best-known rock solos ever to grace planet earth!

From Guitar tricks: Stop waiting and finally learn how to play guitar today: http://bit.ly/2Ph0VeP Rockabilly comes from a time in which music had a big swing feel which was necessary for the dancers who wished to “dance to the bop”, and has a kind of hillbilly approach to playing swing that gives it its own special rhythm. Let’s try this in the key of E over standard 12-bar blues changes.

Scotty Moore interview…