{"id":148445,"date":"2025-08-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=148445"},"modified":"2025-08-17T08:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:43:40","slug":"learn-a-hill-country-blues-lick-with-mamie-minch-acoustic-guitar-teaching-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/learn-a-hill-country-blues-lick-with-mamie-minch-acoustic-guitar-teaching-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn a Hill Country Blues Lick with Mamie Minch | Acoustic Guitar Teaching Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Mamie Minch | How I Play | Hill Country Blues Lick\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7TYqmiFw6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you listen to old blues recordings, you\u2019ll notice throughlines\u2014players riffing off each other, constantly reinterpreting familiar passages in new ways. This Mississippi Hill Country lick turns up again and again, in countless variations by players like R.L. Burnside and Robert Belfour. So let\u2019s learn it! First, tune to open G (lowest string to highest: D G D G B D). Start with the bass line, then layer in whacks, brushes, and slides\u2014and just like that, we\u2019ve got the blues. Once it\u2019s in your muscle memory, join the greats by putting your own spin on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"1098\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/005_Mamie_AG-Lesson-Hill-Country-Lick.jpg?resize=1290%2C1098&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/005_Mamie_AG-Lesson-Hill-Country-Lick.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/005_Mamie_AG-Lesson-Hill-Country-Lick.jpg?resize=500%2C426&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/005_Mamie_AG-Lesson-Hill-Country-Lick.jpg?resize=1024%2C872&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/005_Mamie_AG-Lesson-Hill-Country-Lick.jpg?resize=768%2C654&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/005_Mamie_AG-Lesson-Hill-Country-Lick.jpg?resize=300%2C255&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This lesson is brought to you by the Acoustic Guitar Teaching Artists! 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