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Rythm guitarist |
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Jan 23 2007, 12:45 PM
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I really like metallica but i would really like playing things like RHCP, STP and other stuff on similar lines..so what should i start with/do now?
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Jan 24 2007, 11:59 PM |
I don't know what RHCP and STP is so I will answer in my own way just disregarding what you really want to play.
A good rhythm section starts with the bass and drums working together, so so very important that they are tight and playing the same things. I belive us guitarists tend to think it's just to drum away and the guy on the bass could be any random guy just poking around as he wishes. Wrong! When the base player is away 50% of the energy is gone. When the base player and the drummer don't cope, same thing. An example of playing the same things, listen to Ozzy - Mr Crowley. The part right after the lyrics going "Mr Crowley...." where ther guitar, bass and drums all do the same think for maximum effect. Guitar: A F Dm Bass: A F D Drums: Crash Crash Crash BdrumBdrumBdrum Imagine how empty it would sound if either was missing. Or if the bass was galloping instead of following the same markings as the drums. Now so fantastic I think... Then, when it comes ro rhythm guitar it could be about just strumming power chords, or adding some color like in Cream - Crossroads... these are the things I find difficult to come up with. Cream btw made some songs that are simple but genious if you listen to all the details. Sunshine of your love, White Room, Crowwroahs (it's amazing what one can do with just three chords), Strange brew (listen to the simple rhythm guitar and the solo gtr making fills) So working a bit on coloring the rhythm with some runs instead of just playing pure chords gives life to a song. The difficult part (i think) is to come up with new ideas... sometimes it seems all good songs are already written. This kind of rhythm is done in all genres, Jazz, Blues, Metal. So listen to different kinds (use a good pair of headphones to grasp ALL the details) One more thing would be to add fills. There's nothing nicer than a good 80's heavy metal fill Really makes playing the rhythm guitar more fun and good to know... don't let the solo guitarist have all the fun Something I have neglected before but what's really useful is to master the volume knob of the guitar, learn how to adjust the volume with your pinkey, it's a good way to go from clean to distortion for different sections in a song. Obviously not for people with Les Pauls if they don't have really really long pinkeys -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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