I Got Rhythm Guitar


Instructor: Joe Kataldo

Difficulty: 2-4 (of 10)

Focus: Unlock the secrets of rhythm guitar with this 14 part series. Covers the styles rock, metal, pop, blues, funk & bossa


Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 1 - Drop D

By Joe Kataldo


This first part will address the following topics: Drop D, Riffing, Palm Muting, Alternate Picking Dexterity, Drop D Power Chord Knowledge.

Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 2 - Palm Muting

By Joe Kataldo


This part takes a step back to the basics of Rock/Metal Rhythm Guitar, a technique that every whythm guitar player should know: Palm Muting.

Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 3 - Ford Blues Style

By Joe Kataldo


This part is in the style of Robben Ford, and will prepare you for a virtual band situation. Playing with an hammond player, you have to create a complementary guitar parts that will melt with the other instruments, with out interfering with the piano/key part.

Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 4 - Bossa Study

By Joe Kataldo


In terms of harmonic structure, Bossa Nova has a great deal in common with jazz, in its sophisticated use of seventh and extended chords. Bossa Nova is most commonly performed on the nylon-string classical guitar, played with the fingers rather than with a pick.

Difficulty 4 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 5 - Muted Arpeggios

By Joe Kataldo


This part is a modern rock/progressive arrangement that uses muted arpeggios and substitutions, to create background harmony and rhythmic value.

Difficulty 2 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 6 - Funk Basics I

By Joe Kataldo


Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music.

Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 7 - Funk Basics II

By Joe Kataldo


This part will improve your left hand muting, right/left hand coordination and strumming.

Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 8 - Funk Basics III

By Joe Kataldo


Like much of African inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms.

Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 9 - Funk Basics IV

By Joe Kataldo


We will start scratching (ghost note) all sixteenth-notes (four per beat) with a constant down/up strumming, muting the strings laying lightly an E9 chord (the James Brown Chord), and adding pressure to play different accents.

Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 10 - Arpeggiated Chords I

By Joe Kataldo


This is the easiest lesson on Arpeggiated Chords, where all the notes were played in sequences, from the lowest one to the highest. The picking motion is not the constant alternate one you are accustomed to, but follows the same rules of economy picking.

Difficulty 2 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 11 - Arpeggiated Chords II

By Joe Kataldo


The second lesson on Arpeggiated chords, we will keep to analyze and practice in a musical way the most common patterns from simple to complex.

Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 12 - Arpeggiated Chords III

By Joe Kataldo


Practicing the right hand movement, alone, even stopping all six strings with left hand, will make you learn this pattern faster.

Difficulty 3 of 10

I Got Rhythm Guitar 13 - Arpeggiated Chords IV

By Joe Kataldo


The final lesson in this series covering arpeggiated Chords.

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