Members Ides of March Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 I know there are tons of lessons for lead guitar work, but for a primarily rhythm guitarist what do you guys do to practice. Learn challenging covers? Learn new chords daily. I mean I know you should always work on technique but if your not planning on playing lead that much with a band, why focus on things you are not going to use, like tapping, or scales, or hammer ons and pull off's, trills and what not. I guess some of that applies to rhythm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeremy_green Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Mostly rhythm is about timing... Seems obvious to say but you really need to learn to stick it right in the spot. Play rhythmic patterns with a drum loop or metronome, record yourself and listen back. A great way to do it is if you have cubase or some other recording software. Put the drum part on one track and record the guitar on its own track. Then you can SEE if your accents are lining up with the drum wave. Good rhythm has a lot to do with accents. Place your strong beats with a little more oomph. Obviously learn a lot of rhythm patterns and practice with them. Do funk stuff like James Brown, do some country, blues all of it really. Learn all the different ways to express a beat. Flamenco is also killer for rhythm and educates your playing. Focus and attention to detail is key. So is learning different grips on all your chords all over the neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Play with others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members c+t in b Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 by playing and singing rhythms. learn how to read. it's pretty clear by your question that you can't read. so learn how to do that first. then learn how to subdivide rhythms properly and start sight reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arrowhen Posted February 18, 2012 Members Share Posted February 18, 2012 Put the drum part on one track and record the guitar on its own track. Then you can SEE if your accents are lining up with the drum wave. Yeah, definitely do that. And then record that same rhythm part a second time an a separate track, pan one hard left and one hard right and listen to them on headphones. Any variations in your accents will be glaringly apparent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DCurtis Posted February 18, 2012 Members Share Posted February 18, 2012 Over the years, practicing *everything* with a metronomehas helped me immensely. And not just using the metronometo count on the beats of the measure, but putting the metronomeon beats one and three, or on beats two and four. And then there is the clapping along with the metronome,and putting the clapping squarely in the middle of the beatso the click of the metronome disappears. It's *MUCH* harderthan it sounds, and takes a long time before you can keep itgoing for more than a beat or two at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gaetano Paul Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Over the years, practicing *everything* with a metronomehas helped me immensely. And not just using the metronometo count on the beats of the measure, but putting the metronomeon beats one and three, or on beats two and four.And then there is the clapping along with the metronome,and putting the clapping squarely in the middle of the beatso the click of the metronome disappears. It's *MUCH* harderthan it sounds, and takes a long time before you can keep itgoing for more than a beat or two at a time. Yup, metronome is the key! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dvuksanovich Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Put down the guitar and learn the rhythms vocally or by tapping them out first. Slow your metronome waaaaaaaaaaaay down if you have to. Then pick the guitar back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chevybusa Posted February 22, 2012 Members Share Posted February 22, 2012 As others have already said, ALWAYS play with a metronome and definitely play along with pre-recorded drum tracks/loops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff Williams Posted February 22, 2012 Members Share Posted February 22, 2012 Definitely play with a drum machine. Try easy patterns with one chord, then adds chords to the progression, then add more complex rhythms. Record yourself and listen back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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