[Noodler]

I've just discovered I like country guitar

One of the common techniques I relly like is double-stops. I am guessing that some work, whiole others don't as much. So taking an example like "Six Days on the Road" (Dave Dudley), which is in the key of G, can country players tell me where to look for double stops that work? Especially some used in versions of this rockin trucker tune? Maybe keep it in G to make things simpler?

Also any tricks like this: (sliding D chord)

--2--2---1--slide to 2........E
--3--3---2--slide to 3........B
--2--2---1--slide to 2........G

[jdpaz]

Kirk sells a book and DVD that'll teach you where they all are: Planetalk

The thing to remember is that a double stop is just a little chunk of a chord. If you're soloing along and want to throw in a double stop, just think about where you are in the chord progression. A suitable harmony note will very likely be a note from that chord.

[Stratrat]

I've just started learning double-stops, but I've already found that thirds and fourths both work well. When you start playing with double-stops you should also start experimenting with hybrid picking - it helps get that "snap and pop" that give double-stops the country sound.

[Noodler]

Originally Posted by Stratrat

I've just started learning double-stops, but I've already found that thirds and fourths both work well. When you start playing with double-stops you should also start experimenting with hybrid picking - it helps get that "snap and pop" that give double-stops the country sound.

Ah that makes sense why people talk of "county thirds", and ties in with what jd is saying (since chords are 3rds stacked on top of each other). I am also into hybrid picking, in that I want to learn it but don't know where to start, so thanks heaps guys!