Kevin Belz

Kevin Belz is an assistant professor in the Guitar department at Berklee College of Music, where he has taught for more than 18 years. A versatile guitarist, he has toured and recorded with artists including Henry Butler, Susan Tedeschi, Duke Robillard, Ellis Hall, and Toni Lynn Washington, and shared the stage with legends such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Ray Charles. With Berklee Online, he teaches several levels of private guitar lessons for the Guitar Performance degree, as well as the courses Classic Rock Guitar; Guitar Scales 101; Rhythm and Groove Guitar; and Country Guitar, which he authored.




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Country Music Guitar Essentials: Chicken Pickin’, String Bending, and More

Mastering country music on guitar includes learning some of the same licks, tricks, and scales as other styles of guitar playing, but you also need to learn other phrases in the language of country music. Here is a quick primer.

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