Rhythm

A category of blogs discussing rhythm guitar. This ranges from blues, funk, or country rhythm styles to rhythmic reading, poly-rhythms, rhythmic displacement, odd meters and so much more.

How To Strum Songs in 12/8 Time Signature

How To Strum Songs in 12/8 Time Signature This is a time signature you have heard before: 50’s ballads. 12/8 really feels like 4/4, but it has a tertial subdivision of every beat. A 12/8 measure feels more like: ONE two three four five six SEVEN eight nine ten eleven twelve … than it feels How To Strum Songs in 12/8 Time Signature

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Cool Guitars, Innovative Guitar Ideas, And Some Silly Memes

Sidekick Pickups This is a really cool, smart design idea that famed luthier Dean Zelinski came up with. He found a way to design humbuckers so they can be truly coil-tapped and really sound like true single-coils Read more about it here. Sidekick Pickups The Huge Mistake of Omitting Guitars in Pop Music The following Cool Guitars, Innovative Guitar Ideas, And Some Silly Memes

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10 More Iconic Rock Riffs Every Guitarist Should Know

Message In A Bottle (The Police) The Message In A Bottle riff is a great technique challenge. Be prepared to hit lots of wrong strings or have your pinky accidentally landing on the wrong fret. Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) Play the lowest notes only (not the full chords), repeating the first 2 bars 10 More Iconic Rock Riffs Every Guitarist Should Know

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How To Play Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”

How To Play Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” Apart from the solo section, there are really only 2 parts in this song: The main riff: this is the guitar part played in the intro and chorus The verse: power chords. Steve Lukather played all the rhythm guitar parts on “Beat it”. He’s one of my top-10 How To Play Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”

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Let’s Get Funky: Improve Your Rhythm, Become A FunkMeister

Led Zeppelin’s “Bring It On Home” Not known to be a funk band haha, Led Zeppelin has some really darn funky parts. A great example showcasing how funky the Zep guys could get is the 2nd riff in “Bring It On Home” song Here’s a video where I’m having a ton of fun rocking out Let’s Get Funky: Improve Your Rhythm, Become A FunkMeister

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