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Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches
Ignite Your Blues Guitar Rhythm Chops with this Blues Learning Path Core Course
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Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar.
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 9 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Andy Timmons, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Kelly Richey and Brad Carlton.
The Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musician’s solos, which is why it’s the most important aspect of your playing. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings and rhythm approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it’s also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the skills that you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level.
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on learning new concepts and gaining insight for blues rhythm. Section 2 will have you playing your way through some very cool rhythms and grooves. Finally in Section 3 you will dial in your rhythm chops by playing a series of Essential Performance Studies.
When you’ve completed the lessons here in Rhythm Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on blues rhythm guitar in Rhythm Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 4 core course.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 9 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Andy Timmons, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Kelly Richey and Brad Carlton.
The Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musician’s solos, which is why it’s the most important aspect of your playing. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings and rhythm approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it’s also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the skills that you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level.
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on learning new concepts and gaining insight for blues rhythm. Section 2 will have you playing your way through some very cool rhythms and grooves. Finally in Section 3 you will dial in your rhythm chops by playing a series of Essential Performance Studies.
When you’ve completed the lessons here in Rhythm Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on blues rhythm guitar in Rhythm Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 4 core course.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
What you'll learn
- Minimize unwanted string noise during chord changes
- Power trio interaction techniques
- Develop ensemble listening skills
- Develop comprehensive blues rhythm guitar skills
- Learn to play with backing tracks
Release date: 09/14/2016 • 3h 28m runtime
Sample lessons
Blues Feels
Concept #3
Blues Comping Approaches
Concept 1
Piece By Piece
Rhythm 24
A Shuffle
Rhythm
What's included
51 lessons • 32 charts • 28 Jam Tracks
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches for intermediate to late Intermediate students of blues guitar.
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 9 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Andy Timmons, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Kelly Richey, Andy Aledort and Brad Carlton.
The Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators' existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musician's solos, which is why it's the most important aspect of your playing. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings and rhythm approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it's also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the skills that you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level.
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you'll work on learning new concepts and gaining insight for blues rhythm. Section 2 will have you playing your way through some very cool rhythms and grooves. Finally in Section 3 you will dial in your rhythm chops by playing a series of Essential Performance Studies.
When you've completed the lessons here in Rhythm Approaches, you'll find more lessons focused on blues rhythm guitar in Rhythm Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 4 core course.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You'll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you'll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you'll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your guitar and let's get started!
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 9 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Andy Timmons, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Kelly Richey, Andy Aledort and Brad Carlton.
The Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators' existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musician's solos, which is why it's the most important aspect of your playing. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings and rhythm approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it's also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the skills that you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level.
Play Blues Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, you'll work on learning new concepts and gaining insight for blues rhythm. Section 2 will have you playing your way through some very cool rhythms and grooves. Finally in Section 3 you will dial in your rhythm chops by playing a series of Essential Performance Studies.
When you've completed the lessons here in Rhythm Approaches, you'll find more lessons focused on blues rhythm guitar in Rhythm Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 4 core course.
The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes.
You'll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you'll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own.
Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you'll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators.
Grab your guitar and let's get started!
Concepts & Insight
In this section you'll explore various concepts like using different chord voicings, adding rhythmic accents, and working with single note riffs. These concepts will help spice up your playing.
TIP! There is nothing like playing with other musicians! But the next best thing is playing with a recording of a band!
Always work with the jam tracks provided with your lessons. They are not only there because it is more fun to play with jam tracks, but most of the time provide you with important information like rhythmic feel and harmonic content that help you make sense out of what you are working on. Number one thing - always listen to what everyone else in your band is doing! It is so important to play WITH the band and not just OVER the band - and in order to do that you have to get used to listening. Playing with Jam Tracks is a great way to practice this!
TIP! There is nothing like playing with other musicians! But the next best thing is playing with a recording of a band!
Always work with the jam tracks provided with your lessons. They are not only there because it is more fun to play with jam tracks, but most of the time provide you with important information like rhythmic feel and harmonic content that help you make sense out of what you are working on. Number one thing - always listen to what everyone else in your band is doing! It is so important to play WITH the band and not just OVER the band - and in order to do that you have to get used to listening. Playing with Jam Tracks is a great way to practice this!
Blues Chord Voicings
Blues Chord Voicings - Concept #5 is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm Edition.
We can never have enough chord voicings in our bag. Here I will show you the basic dom7 voicings to altered chords. Does A7b9 b13 make your head spin when you see it? Have no fear, it's easy! A Dominant 7 chord is made up of a root, 3rd, 5th and b7 of a scale the tensions are just the notes in between those pitches. For example G7 is G,B,D,F, and comes from a C major scale. Therefore the notes in between our chord tones are A,C, and E or 2nd, 4th, and 6th degrees of the scale. If we want to add them into out chord we bring them up an octave and they become 9,11, and 13. We call these NATURAL tensions because they occur naturally in the key. An altered tension is when those same notes are changed (altered) to become b9,#9, b5, and b13. It is essential that we keep the 3rd and b7 of the dominant 7 chord, this is the tritone that I will explain in detail in the next segment!
We can never have enough chord voicings in our bag. Here I will show you the basic dom7 voicings to altered chords. Does A7b9 b13 make your head spin when you see it? Have no fear, it's easy! A Dominant 7 chord is made up of a root, 3rd, 5th and b7 of a scale the tensions are just the notes in between those pitches. For example G7 is G,B,D,F, and comes from a C major scale. Therefore the notes in between our chord tones are A,C, and E or 2nd, 4th, and 6th degrees of the scale. If we want to add them into out chord we bring them up an octave and they become 9,11, and 13. We call these NATURAL tensions because they occur naturally in the key. An altered tension is when those same notes are changed (altered) to become b9,#9, b5, and b13. It is essential that we keep the 3rd and b7 of the dominant 7 chord, this is the tritone that I will explain in detail in the next segment!
Dominant Chords
Dominant Chords - Concept #6 is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm Edition.
I don't know about you but the first time I saw the symbol A7b9b13 I just about fainted. Actually I think I just played A7 instead. How about "The Hendrix Chord" otherwise known as E7#9? Dominant 7th chords can handle lots of harmonic information. Meaning, you can really have fun with them by adding in upper structure triads above the chord tones. For example G7 is spelled G, B, D, F . If we were to fill in the missing notes of the scale we would get A, C, and E. These notes are the 2nd, 4th, and 6th. If we were to bring them up an octave they become 9, 11, and 13. These are what are called natural tensions because they occur naturally in that key. Altered tensions are when we alter or change those natural notes. Such as b9, #9, b5, and b13. It is essential you become used to these voicings and the easiest way I believe is to study the attached pdf. This way you can see them as shapes at first to get rolling. This can take you a long way, and stop you from passing out on a gig when you see one of these mysterious "jazz" chords.
I don't know about you but the first time I saw the symbol A7b9b13 I just about fainted. Actually I think I just played A7 instead. How about "The Hendrix Chord" otherwise known as E7#9? Dominant 7th chords can handle lots of harmonic information. Meaning, you can really have fun with them by adding in upper structure triads above the chord tones. For example G7 is spelled G, B, D, F . If we were to fill in the missing notes of the scale we would get A, C, and E. These notes are the 2nd, 4th, and 6th. If we were to bring them up an octave they become 9, 11, and 13. These are what are called natural tensions because they occur naturally in that key. Altered tensions are when we alter or change those natural notes. Such as b9, #9, b5, and b13. It is essential you become used to these voicings and the easiest way I believe is to study the attached pdf. This way you can see them as shapes at first to get rolling. This can take you a long way, and stop you from passing out on a gig when you see one of these mysterious "jazz" chords.
Blues Feels
Blues Feels - Concept #3 is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm Edition.
Variation is what makes for a great night of blues, if everything becomes a mid tempo shuffle I start to loose my mind. A perfect example is on the classic recording BB King Live at The Regal. There are 10 tracks on the recording and they are all great and with different feels. BB knew how to switch it up. Key to the blues is what we call a swing eighth note as you can see in my demonstration it is very difficult to play the blues without them. Some basic feels are the slow 12/8 shuffle such as "Stormy Monday". What does 12/8 mean? It means we have 12 eighth notes per bar. That breaks up into 4 groups of triplets, 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12. Other feels is an up tempo shuffle like "You Upset Me Baby" from Live at the Regal, for us blues rockers Van Halen uses this feel in "Ice Cream Man". Other blues feels is New Orleans 2nd Line, Funk, Country, straight, swing, waltz, etc. I think you get the idea!
Variation is what makes for a great night of blues, if everything becomes a mid tempo shuffle I start to loose my mind. A perfect example is on the classic recording BB King Live at The Regal. There are 10 tracks on the recording and they are all great and with different feels. BB knew how to switch it up. Key to the blues is what we call a swing eighth note as you can see in my demonstration it is very difficult to play the blues without them. Some basic feels are the slow 12/8 shuffle such as "Stormy Monday". What does 12/8 mean? It means we have 12 eighth notes per bar. That breaks up into 4 groups of triplets, 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12. Other feels is an up tempo shuffle like "You Upset Me Baby" from Live at the Regal, for us blues rockers Van Halen uses this feel in "Ice Cream Man". Other blues feels is New Orleans 2nd Line, Funk, Country, straight, swing, waltz, etc. I think you get the idea!
Accenting Downbeats
Accenting Downbeats - Concept #18 is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm Edition.
Getting your right hand rhythm technique is shape is a huge factor of your blues playing. The right hand can be the propellant for the whole groove and act like a built in rhythm section. The quintessential guy for this was Stevie Ray Vaughan, watch just about any performance and you'll see that right hand keeping time, always in motion. This technique is certainly not specific to blues, it is the propellant in any funk rhythm as well. We are going to take a look at some cool eighth note exercises to help gain control over this essential technique. First concentrate on the steady eighths being played with the right hand and just mute with the left. Think about the swing eighth feel that is essential to the blues while playing along with a metronome or drum machine. Then start to add in the rhythm pattern with the left hand. In this example I will playing just the down beats, that refers to beats 1, 2, 3,and 4. That is also when out foot is on the ground when we tap our feet. The up beat is when our foot is in the air, these are eighth notes and we count them 1+2+3+4+. The up beats can also be called the "ands" as in 1 and, 2 and, 3 and, 4 and. You will notice the right hand is doing most of the work just chugging those eighth notes, this is key! This constant eighth note pulse really propels the music forward. This rhythm was common in Dixie Land jazz and earlier jazz, it is also often called the Freddie Green style of playing. Green played guitar with Count Basie and was on of the masters of comping. One of my favorite quotes from him is "You should never hear the guitar by itself. It should be part of the drums so it sounds like the drummer is playing chords." Words to live by for any guitar player.
Getting your right hand rhythm technique is shape is a huge factor of your blues playing. The right hand can be the propellant for the whole groove and act like a built in rhythm section. The quintessential guy for this was Stevie Ray Vaughan, watch just about any performance and you'll see that right hand keeping time, always in motion. This technique is certainly not specific to blues, it is the propellant in any funk rhythm as well. We are going to take a look at some cool eighth note exercises to help gain control over this essential technique. First concentrate on the steady eighths being played with the right hand and just mute with the left. Think about the swing eighth feel that is essential to the blues while playing along with a metronome or drum machine. Then start to add in the rhythm pattern with the left hand. In this example I will playing just the down beats, that refers to beats 1, 2, 3,and 4. That is also when out foot is on the ground when we tap our feet. The up beat is when our foot is in the air, these are eighth notes and we count them 1+2+3+4+. The up beats can also be called the "ands" as in 1 and, 2 and, 3 and, 4 and. You will notice the right hand is doing most of the work just chugging those eighth notes, this is key! This constant eighth note pulse really propels the music forward. This rhythm was common in Dixie Land jazz and earlier jazz, it is also often called the Freddie Green style of playing. Green played guitar with Count Basie and was on of the masters of comping. One of my favorite quotes from him is "You should never hear the guitar by itself. It should be part of the drums so it sounds like the drummer is playing chords." Words to live by for any guitar player.
Accenting Upbeats
Accenting Upbeats - Concept #19 is a video guitar lesson presented by Jeff McErlain and is sourced from Blues Survival Guide: Rhythm Edition.
In this example I am accenting just the up beats and we can hear a dramatic difference. It sounds like a shuffle, because shuffles accent the up beats! I was bowled over when I learned this, by just hitting those up beats we totally change the sound of the blues. The key here is to really feel the swing eights that boom-cha, boom-cha feel. The king of the Texas shuffle was Stevie Ray Vaughn in my opinion he is also the guy to check out for keeping that right hand going. It always looked like he was stirring a pot. Too cool
In this example I am accenting just the up beats and we can hear a dramatic difference. It sounds like a shuffle, because shuffles accent the up beats! I was bowled over when I learned this, by just hitting those up beats we totally change the sound of the blues. The key here is to really feel the swing eights that boom-cha, boom-cha feel. The king of the Texas shuffle was Stevie Ray Vaughn in my opinion he is also the guy to check out for keeping that right hand going. It always looked like he was stirring a pot. Too cool
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Bobz72
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11/20/21
Great series to get into playing bluesguitar
LOVEGUITARS
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10/13/20
Muy bueno. Descubro siempre nuevos trucos e interesantes enseñanzas.
choochooie
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04/07/20
further down the path
The learning path series is a great way to dig in and focus where you want to go. Here in 'Rhythm Approaches' with lessons from 9 fantastic teachers there is a wealth of ideas to progress the journey. The first section, 'Concepts' by itself has miles of help in theory and practice. Section two has many tasty riffs and applied concepts and they can all be applied in section 3 with performance studies. A gem of a collection and very enjoyable. Thanks again to Truefire.
GregoryV
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04/07/20
Play Blues Guitar 4
Another solid instalment in this fine series.
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