Chords and Rhythm

Welcome back! My goal for this article is to help you understand the question you and many other beginners guitar players have been asking “ what is a rhythm guitar ?”. To define a rhythm guitar we first have to define rhythm. Rhythm is a repeated pattern over a period of time. For example, we …

Welcome back! Today I wanna give you some tips on learning rhythm guitar. We usually tend to learn some boring rhythm patterns when we are just starting out. I don’t blame you! I had to learn them as well; it’s all part of the growing experience. But enough of it; let’s check out some amazing …

Welcome back! Today I wanna help you learn rhythm guitar. When you are just starting out you usually learn open chords and not really any rhythm at all. If you do learn a rhythm, it’s probably just following the beat and nothing fancy. Well in this lesson I’m gonna start exploring the whole concept of …

Welcome back! In this article I wanna share with you some great insight to rhythm guitars. I really like Rage Against the Machine because the guitar player, Tom Morello, was very unique (he still is but they are not really playing together anymore). Anyway, he would often combine chords with very melodic riff lines. Most …

Welcome back! In this article I wanna help you expand your rhythm guitar library; keep reading, you are gonna like what is coming. I think Funk is one of the most rich genres out there; the grooves we learn from funk, the whole vibe and structure is just full of rhythms and patterns. If you …

Welcome back! Today I wanna give you a very important rhythm guitar lesson. Rhythm guitar is a very wide concept, and If you are just starting out it can easily confuse you. I mean there’s an endless amount of possibilities; there are so many ways in which you can play a chord. To make it …

Welcome back! today I wanna give you some tips on playing rhythm guitar. You wouldn’t think about it, but Funk is actually a very popular style today. It might not be exactly like the 70’s, but the style is definitely active in today’s music and Pop music is a great example. Listen to a very …

Welcome back! In this article I’m going to dive into Rhythm Guitar Techniques and more specifically, Funk. Who doesn’t enjoy funk? Seriously. This genre plays a huge role in today’s music, whether it is Pop, EDM, R&B, Progressive, to name a few. Let’s take Daft Punk as an example and their massive hit “Get Lucky”. …

Most people who pick up the guitar want to play lead guitar. That’s the flashiest, most important spot in the band, right? Not necessarily true. The importance of the rhythm guitar player or the rhythm parts in a song can’t be overstated. Without good rhythm playing, the rest of it falls apart. There are a …

Being a rhythm guitar player is sometimes overlooked as the spotlight often falls on lead guitarists who like to take center stage and shred like their lives depend on it. But rhythm is one of the most important aspects of music, and can be just as important as the lead. Today, we’re going to be …