Rhythm
A complete and thorough knowledge of rhythm in music is essential for any guitarist. Whether you aspire to become an incredible rhythm guitarist or a mind-blowing soloist, rhythm is always a vital element to any music style.
The standard rock band will commonly have a rhythm guitarist and a lead guitarist. The rhythm guitarist would play the backing riffs and chords, will the lead guitarist would solo over them or experiment within those riffs. A good knowledge of musical rhythms would be extremely helpful for the rhythm guitarist to create interesting and fresh riffs, it would also help the lead guitarist in improvising over the riffs and understanding what direction the music is going.
Here, you will learn some essential skills in topics like time signatures and how this alters the rhythm of a melody, and alternate picking.
To get started, follow one of these lessons:
Learn the essential art of alternate or up/down guitar picking. Here, I show you exactly how to alternate your picking strokes to drastically improve your guitar playing and speed. It contains some very helpful tips and examples.
Time signatures, widely used in musical notation, are a measure to show the note structure in songs. You may not be aware of time signatures in music, but this lesson will tech you exactly what they are, how they effect music, and how to determine the time signature in a song.