Music lesson website PlayThisRiff.com has uploaded a new video guitar lesson from The Sword. Guitarist Kyle Shutt shows players the trill riff, last chorus, and outro in the track “High Country”.

Notice how the last chorus opens up, he's not killing the strings anymore. Also, the very last riff in the outro doesn't occur anywhere else in the song. Pretty cool.

PlayThisRiff.com is owned and operated by Bob Balch from Fu Manchu.

Following the success of their fall tour in support of High Country, The Sword recently announced their spring 2016 High Country tour. Similar to their fall tour, the spring tour will be divided into two legs. The first leg will begin in Tucson, AZ on March 20th and end in Washington, D.C. on April 16th.

Support on the first leg will be provided by Royal Thunder. The second leg begins May 7th and runs to May 29th with appearances at multiple festivals, including Carolina Rebellion, Shaky Knees, Rock Of The Range, and Rocklahoma   Support on the second leg will be provided by UK buzz band Purson, who will be promoting their debut US album. Additional dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

High Country 2016 tour dates:

March
20 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto
22 - Las Vegas, NV - Vinyl
23 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
24 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s
25 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
26 - Reno, NV - Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor
28 - Spokane, WA - The Pin
29 - Calgary, AB - Dickens Pub
30 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room

April
1 - Saskatoon, SK - O’Brians Event Center
2 - Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret
3 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
4 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly’s
5 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
7 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Hall
8 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
10 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall
11 - Ottawa, ON - Ritual
12 - London, ON - London Music Hall
14 - Quebec City, QC - Le Cercle
15 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Night Club
16 - Washington, D.C. - DC BRAU
 
May
7 - Charlotte, NC - Carolina Rebellion*
8 - Tallahassee, FL - Sidebar Theater
10 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
11 - Orlando, FL - The Social
12 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl
13 - Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees*
16 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
17 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
18 - Syracuse, NY - Lost Horizon
20 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
22 - Columbus, OH - Rock On The Range*
24 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note
25 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theater
26 - Lawrence, KS - Granada
27 - Pryor, OK - Rocklahoma*
28 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Live

* - festival dates