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Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches
Fire Up Your Blues Guitar Rhythm Chops with this Blues Learning Path Core Course
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Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches for late intermediate to advanced students of blues guitar.
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 8 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Shane Theriot, David Hamburger, and Brad Carlton.
The Advanced Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists with advanced rhythm guitar skills write their own ticket with respect to paying or playing opportunities. Other musicians love to round out their rhythm section with solid, versatile rhythm guitarists. Pros will always get the most lucrative gigs, and amateurs will always get to play with the very best. The video guitar lessons in this core course will focus on strengthening and broadening your rhythm skills to an advanced level.
Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches is organized into 2 sections. In the first section you will look at essential advanced blues rhythms and get funky with your playing. Section number 2 has you playing through a batch of Performance Studies that will cover a ton of important blues feels.
When you’ve completed the lessons here in Advanced Rhythm Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on rhythm in Advanced Rhythm Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 8 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 8 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Shane Theriot, David Hamburger, and Brad Carlton.
The Advanced Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists with advanced rhythm guitar skills write their own ticket with respect to paying or playing opportunities. Other musicians love to round out their rhythm section with solid, versatile rhythm guitarists. Pros will always get the most lucrative gigs, and amateurs will always get to play with the very best. The video guitar lessons in this core course will focus on strengthening and broadening your rhythm skills to an advanced level.
Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches is organized into 2 sections. In the first section you will look at essential advanced blues rhythms and get funky with your playing. Section number 2 has you playing through a batch of Performance Studies that will cover a ton of important blues feels.
When you’ve completed the lessons here in Advanced Rhythm Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on rhythm in Advanced Rhythm Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 8 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
- Advanced blues rhythm techniques
- Versatile rhythm guitar techniques
- Expanding rhythmic vocabulary
- Advanced blues rhythm skills
- Developing personal rhythm style
Release date: 09/14/2016 • 2h 15m runtime
Sample lessons
Sunday Best
Rhythm 20
Sixty-Five Eleven Shuffle
Overview
Sixty-Five Eleven Shuffle
Rhythm Performance
Sixty-Five Eleven Shuffle
Rhythm Breakdown
What's included
36 lessons • 22 charts • 19 Jam Tracks
Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches
Welcome to Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches for late intermediate to advanced students of blues guitar.
This Blues Learning Path core course is presented by 8 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Shane Theriot, David Hamburger, and David Grissom.
The Advanced Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators' existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists with advanced rhythm guitar skills write their own ticket with respect to paying or playing opportunities. Other musicians love to round out their rhythm section with solid, versatile rhythm guitarists. Pros will always get the most lucrative gigs, and amateurs will always get to play with the very best. The video guitar lessons in this core course will focus on strengthening and broadening your rhythm skills to an advanced level.
Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches is organized into 2 sections. In the first section you will look at essential advanced blues rhythms and get funky with your playing. Section number 2 has you playing through a batch of Performance Studies that will cover a ton of important blues feels.
When you've completed the lessons here in Advanced Rhythm Approaches, you'll find more lessons focused on rhythm in Advanced Rhythm Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 8 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 8 top TrueFire educators: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Jeff McErlain, Corey Congilio, Jeff Scheetz, Shane Theriot, David Hamburger, and David Grissom.
The Advanced Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select blues guitar lessons from the educators' existing TrueFire course libraries.
Guitarists with advanced rhythm guitar skills write their own ticket with respect to paying or playing opportunities. Other musicians love to round out their rhythm section with solid, versatile rhythm guitarists. Pros will always get the most lucrative gigs, and amateurs will always get to play with the very best. The video guitar lessons in this core course will focus on strengthening and broadening your rhythm skills to an advanced level.
Play Blues Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Approaches is organized into 2 sections. In the first section you will look at essential advanced blues rhythms and get funky with your playing. Section number 2 has you playing through a batch of Performance Studies that will cover a ton of important blues feels.
When you've completed the lessons here in Advanced Rhythm Approaches, you'll find more lessons focused on rhythm in Advanced Rhythm Principles, also a Play Blues Guitar 8 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!
Essential Rhythms
In this first section you will work on some more advanced blues rhythms. From funky grooves to faster shuffles, there are a lot of good rhythms here to give you some more interesting grooves to apply across a wide range of 12 bar progressions.
TIP! Being a good rhythm guitarist starts with having a good sense of timing and being able to play in the pocket. But once you have a good handle on that, then you need to expand your options - both rhythmically and harmonically.
A great way to do this is by listening to other players who are great rhythm guitarists. Hear how they apply different variations and make note of what their choices are.
It helps to break your rhythm practice into those two areas - work on rhythm variations and different feels and grooves. Then work on using other harmonic options, different chord inversions and voicings. If you systematically experiment with testing out other options you will naturally gravitate towards the ones that are YOUR style, and you can further develop those, and then you will become that hip rhythm player that other people listen to!
TIP! Being a good rhythm guitarist starts with having a good sense of timing and being able to play in the pocket. But once you have a good handle on that, then you need to expand your options - both rhythmically and harmonically.
A great way to do this is by listening to other players who are great rhythm guitarists. Hear how they apply different variations and make note of what their choices are.
It helps to break your rhythm practice into those two areas - work on rhythm variations and different feels and grooves. Then work on using other harmonic options, different chord inversions and voicings. If you systematically experiment with testing out other options you will naturally gravitate towards the ones that are YOUR style, and you can further develop those, and then you will become that hip rhythm player that other people listen to!
First Funk
First Funk - Rhythm 16 is a video guitar lesson presented by Corey Congilio and is sourced from 50 Blues Rhythms You MUST Know.
Here's another riff based 12 bar example.
I'm using the A7/E shape that I'm so fond of for the I chord. I'm breaking up the 5th string barre chords we used previously and adding the b7 note to the top of the chord shapes.
I call this First Funk because it's the first of our swing funk feels. You'll see what I mean. Imagine a blues shuffle but with a hip hop feel. You'll get it so - get to it!
Here's another riff based 12 bar example.
I'm using the A7/E shape that I'm so fond of for the I chord. I'm breaking up the 5th string barre chords we used previously and adding the b7 note to the top of the chord shapes.
I call this First Funk because it's the first of our swing funk feels. You'll see what I mean. Imagine a blues shuffle but with a hip hop feel. You'll get it so - get to it!
Take You Higher
Take You Higher - Rhythm 23 is a video guitar lesson presented by Corey Congilio and is sourced from 50 Blues Rhythms You MUST Know.
In #23 we're focusing on chord inversions that are on the top four strings. We're also combining 7ths and 9ths. You can combine any chords you want as long as they sound good.
This is a mid tempo shuffle rhythm and I might use this idea when playing behind a soloist. I would switch to this rhythm when the soloist is getting more intense and the band really starts to cook. Notice that the D9 is a three note chord without a root. I love these types of shapes.
Like I said, make some room for the bassist and maybe even the keyboard player. Take note of the muted triplet scratch. Also, feel free to slide in and out of these shapes too.
Mix them up and make them your own.
In #23 we're focusing on chord inversions that are on the top four strings. We're also combining 7ths and 9ths. You can combine any chords you want as long as they sound good.
This is a mid tempo shuffle rhythm and I might use this idea when playing behind a soloist. I would switch to this rhythm when the soloist is getting more intense and the band really starts to cook. Notice that the D9 is a three note chord without a root. I love these types of shapes.
Like I said, make some room for the bassist and maybe even the keyboard player. Take note of the muted triplet scratch. Also, feel free to slide in and out of these shapes too.
Mix them up and make them your own.
Two New
Two New - Rhythm 28 is a video guitar lesson presented by Corey Congilio and is sourced from 50 Blues Rhythms You MUST Know.
We're learning a new 9th chord shape and a new 7th chord shape in this example.
The 9th chord shape that we're playing for the I chord is interesting in that the 7th and 9th degrees are in the lower register of the inversion. The 7th chord inversion I use for the IV and V chords is one of my favorites. This shape continues with my theme of using the top four strings and keeping the harmony tight.
Watch good keyboard players and notice how they play interesting chords without moving their hands much. Let's consider that as we move forward.
We're learning a new 9th chord shape and a new 7th chord shape in this example.
The 9th chord shape that we're playing for the I chord is interesting in that the 7th and 9th degrees are in the lower register of the inversion. The 7th chord inversion I use for the IV and V chords is one of my favorites. This shape continues with my theme of using the top four strings and keeping the harmony tight.
Watch good keyboard players and notice how they play interesting chords without moving their hands much. Let's consider that as we move forward.
Mother Funker
Mother Funker - Rhythm 31 is a video guitar lesson presented by Corey Congilio and is sourced from 50 Blues Rhythms You MUST Know.
So, I said that 13 chords sound jazzy.
I stand by that comment but, in this example we're using this 13th shape to play a cool funky blues rhythm example.
I want to continually show you these chords in different contexts. I didn't want to constantly play shuffle and swing rhythms. Frankly, that would just get old!
The move from a 13th to a 9th chord is common in funk playing. I thought I'd work this idea into a 12 bar concept for even more clarity. Now - go get your funk on!
So, I said that 13 chords sound jazzy.
I stand by that comment but, in this example we're using this 13th shape to play a cool funky blues rhythm example.
I want to continually show you these chords in different contexts. I didn't want to constantly play shuffle and swing rhythms. Frankly, that would just get old!
The move from a 13th to a 9th chord is common in funk playing. I thought I'd work this idea into a 12 bar concept for even more clarity. Now - go get your funk on!
Blues Jazz Odyssey
Blues Jazz Odyssey - Rhythm 47 is a video guitar lesson presented by Corey Congilio and is sourced from 50 Blues Rhythms You MUST Know.
To me, the point of this course is to equip you with what you'll need for all things blues rhythm.
Often times, you'll want to play something more interesting than a three chord rhythm. Blues is jazz and much jazz is blues. I was probably an intermediate player when I realized that I had to learn some jazz/blues progressions.
I call it jazz/blues because we're still playing through a 12 bar progression but, you'll notice how there are many new changes.
Again, consider this just an introduction to playing more jazz inspired rhythms. We're playing two choruses again here. The first chorus is played using full barre chord style shapes. I do this to help map out the progression.
Sometimes it's easier to "see" the changes this way. The second chorus is played using 3 and 4 note inversions. You don't have to play these examples exactly on your gig but, know that these changes are happening underneath swing and shuffle tunes.
Feel free to grab them as they fly by during the 12 bar progression.
As always, don't force anything. Play what sounds right and you'll be on the right track.
To me, the point of this course is to equip you with what you'll need for all things blues rhythm.
Often times, you'll want to play something more interesting than a three chord rhythm. Blues is jazz and much jazz is blues. I was probably an intermediate player when I realized that I had to learn some jazz/blues progressions.
I call it jazz/blues because we're still playing through a 12 bar progression but, you'll notice how there are many new changes.
Again, consider this just an introduction to playing more jazz inspired rhythms. We're playing two choruses again here. The first chorus is played using full barre chord style shapes. I do this to help map out the progression.
Sometimes it's easier to "see" the changes this way. The second chorus is played using 3 and 4 note inversions. You don't have to play these examples exactly on your gig but, know that these changes are happening underneath swing and shuffle tunes.
Feel free to grab them as they fly by during the 12 bar progression.
As always, don't force anything. Play what sounds right and you'll be on the right track.
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mightykeeko
Verified buyer
07/08/20
Brilliant course
This course truly uncovered a lot of great techniques that I had never encountered before. The progressions are really musical and usable. I cant't wait to try some of them with the band. All of the instructors are terrific. I couldn't recommend this course enough to anyone looking to dive deeper into blues rhythms. A huge variety of styles - all of them awesome!
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