Any ideas on an a good progressive course that helps to improve rhythm playing?

[MorganPeline]

Hi,

I am learning songs using TAB and Youtube etc.
But I'd really like to find something that concentrates specifically on rhythm.
I wondered if anyone knew a good course, book or website that concentrates on rhythm and progressions?

Thanks fo the advice!

 

[raj]

I've been using these Jody Worrell Blues 101 Rhythm and Minor Rhythm videos. They break it down nicely.

Blues 101 Discount Package

I bought the whole 101 package, to learn some licks as well. I have been able to piece together the intro licks, rhythm, and licks, using all of the lessons.

-R

 

[Sloppy Joe]

Progessive Rhythm Guitar by Gary Turner.

It starts at a beginning level and progresses to advanced. It contains a CD and DVD. It's layed out very well, easy to follow and covers most of the basics. It's a great place to start.

 

[68_Mustang]

If you are learning Rock Guitar Troy Stetina has a good series of books and videos.

Also look at Justin Sandercoe's website www.justinguitar.com, loads of free lessons.

 

[slapshot]

play along to ramones records

 

[68_Mustang]

play along to ramones records

Also AC/DC records (or mp3's, I guess I am showing my age) especially the older ones

 

[lespaul01]

Look up justinguitar either on youtube or google it and check out his website.. He has great lessons on virtually anything and everything you need to know.

 

[lespaul01]

If you are learning Rock Guitar Troy Stetina has a good series of books and videos.

Also look at Justin Sandercoe's website www.justinguitar.com, loads of free lessons.

Did not see that, Justin is great

 

[68_Mustang]

Did not see that, Justin is great

Another good site is Andrew Wasson - Official Website

If you can find his youtube channel, he has a ton of free lessons on it

 

[GammyBird]

Early Beatles tunes.....

 

[slapshot]

the beatles??thats something Monoaition street would say

 

[GitFiddle]

Best course I ever took was jamming with other players. Nothing better.

 

[slapshot]

i like how you qualify it with "early" like insinuating that it's better than the rest of their craptacular catalogue

 

[GammyBird]

i like how you qualify it with "early" like insinuating that it's better than the rest of their craptacular catalogue

The early material was more rhythmic and structured than the later banging on pots and pans stuff. IMHO...

 

[Big_dawg]

If you are learning Rock Guitar Troy Stetina has a good series of books and videos.

Also look at Justin Sandercoe's website Free guitar lessons : Complete Beginners Method and loads of Blues, Jazz and rock : Learn how to play Guitar free here!, loads of free lessons.

and specifically a whole course on rhythm playing...

 

[toneguy86]

These are great resources (the two web sites with lessons). Things are so much easier now with the net...but I think something gets missed. Not that I want to always be saying, "well back in my day..." but kind of.

When started out I listened to all kinds of music ALOT. I just sat with my LPs wearing holes in certain parts trying to cop chord voicings, etc. I also sat with my guitar all the time (unplugged usually because otherwise it drove everyone nuts) and tried to play along with every show theme, commercial jingle or song (of any genre). It helped to open up and attune my ears and I think it helped me be a better player and, maybe more importantly, a better band member. I have my ears open all the time searching for the right voicing and fit in songs and, as a result of how I learned, I think I have a bigger, broader catalogue to draw from.

I think that always learning from videos and tabs (while helpful at times) can set up a certain kind of narrow dependancy. What happens when you can't find the video or the right tabs (some are just wrong or just so simple they are not helpful)? What happens when something is called for in a certain song you are playing in that one band (I play in a lot of em so I can tell you that band to band the same song will be played differently) or in the studio and there is no tab or video to copy and there is no simple lesson in how to do what needs to be done?

Here's the deal....electric guitar in particular is a band instrument. What you learn by listening and learning in context (as I described) is how the guitar sits in a mix...or more to the point, how your guitar sits in THE mix you are in at the time. Actually it's hard and there is no real forumula. When people work with me I will show them all of the different voicings, inversions, double stops, etc. that might work in certain situations. I learned that all by listening to lots of guitars and other instruments being played in lots of different contexts. A straight stacked triad C chord can be played in a ton of ways (as an example). I rarely play either of the full bar chords actually. In most band situations, it's just too ponderous. I also cheat a lot by adding in just one note to a partial chord to give you the impression of chord change. Most times it just works better. For blues a lot of my chord voicings actually came from listening to jazz/blues organ players like Jimmy Smith or Jack McDuff. Lots of chords without roots on the bottom and really cool voicings to 9ths and 13th chords and odd moving chord substitutions that just sound cool with some jump blues type things. It's all about what works.

So...listen a lot. Really train yourself to hear the changes the pros use. The studio cats in particular are masters at this and the guys that play a lot of ad jingle sessions are just so good and so fast because they have to be.

For what it's worth...