Rhythm Guitar Lessons
Playing Rhythm Guitar is all about learning to accompany other musicians - singers, lead guitarists and other lead instrumentalists. It's a great skill to develop because it enables you to jam along with other people.
Playing rhythm guitar is all about learning to accompany other
musicians - singers, lead guitarists and other lead instrumentalists.
It's a great skill to develop because it enables you to jam
along with other people.
First Lessons for Electric Guitar will show you the basic Power Chords and open position chords you need to know and takes you through the essential picking and strumming skills. There's lots of material to jam along with and you can record yourself playing with other musicians and listen to you're performance. More...
Electric Guitar Improver takes your rhythm playing from
beginner to intermediate status.
You'll learn more exciting chords - 7ths, chord extensions and more - that enable you to add real colour to your playing. There is also some basic blues rhythm styles as well as some great-sounding strum and fret hand muting techniques.
There are some excellent tracks to practise your rhythm playing, and by the end you'll feel confident enough to sit down with other musicians and jam. More...
All guitarists should Master Rock Power Chords as soon
as possible. They let you really get to know where the notes
are on your fretboard, and you can play the vast majority of
rock tracks with these chords.
Also, they really help with jamming because if you come across a complicated chord that you don't know you can ALWAYS substitute a power chord and it will sound OK.
Master Rock Power Chords takes you smoothly from simple to advanced power chords, and with 15 great tracks to jam with you'll learn some great material along the way. More...
First Lessons for Guitar focuses on the acoustic side of rhythm
guitar playing.
You'll learn some basic open chords and some simple accompaniment patterns that will get you teach you how to accompany other musicians. You'll be able to see the basic technique of how to finger chords nicely so that they sound good and clear, and you'll learn how to strum in time as you accompany other people playing the tune.
First Lessons for Guitar is a great way to get started on rhythm guitar.More...
Guitar Improver focuses on acoustic guitar accompanying.
It gets you to the point where you'll know all the open position
chords, and be confident with a range of strum patterns.
Guitar Improver also introduces fingerstyle accompanying which is great for ballads and slower songs.
You'll pick up some good techniques along the way, and really enjoy playing along and recording yourself with the wide range of attractive tracks. More...
Guitar Songs and Styles focuses on some cool rhythm guitar playing in blues, country, bluegrass and folk styles. You'll need to have already got through the basics to get the most out of it.
Once you get started you'll learn all the tricks and tips that guitarists use to make them sound really professional.
When you listen to good guitar playing you always find yourself thinking, hang on, I play those chords, why do they sound different when I hear someone really good playing. Well, it's because they tweak them here and there, and use some cool techniques to really make them sing. Guitar Songs and Styles will show you how. More...
