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Rythmology
Another great course from Brad Carlton. He explains easily how to utilize different rhythms and chords with the many genres of music. This course opens up a lot of creative ideas and inspiration.
Rhythmology
A bagful of skills for improving your rhythm playing skills
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About this course
Ask any instructor worth their salt and they'll tell you that students struggle more with rhythm than any other aspect of their playing. Ask a pro and they'll tell you that getting tons of studio work is all about rhythm chops. Ask any band looking to fill the guitar slot and they'll tell you it's the solid rhythm player they're interested in, not just the "lead guitar" pyrotechnician. In short, strong rhythm guitar skills "pay the bills" and clearly distinguishes the great players from the mediocre.
Presented by studio hot shot, Brad Carlton, the video guitar lessons in Rhythmology demonstrate essential techniques for spicing up your rhythm parts with bubble parts, keyboard voicings, hybrid picking, chord extensions, triple stops, fills and a bagful of other skills that will quickly advance your rhythm playing.
You'll play your way through the Rhythmology working with blues, rock, pop, jazz, funk, twang and fusion tracks structured around contemporary progressions and vamps.
Presented by studio hot shot, Brad Carlton, the video guitar lessons in Rhythmology demonstrate essential techniques for spicing up your rhythm parts with bubble parts, keyboard voicings, hybrid picking, chord extensions, triple stops, fills and a bagful of other skills that will quickly advance your rhythm playing.
You'll play your way through the Rhythmology working with blues, rock, pop, jazz, funk, twang and fusion tracks structured around contemporary progressions and vamps.
What you'll learn
- Play dominant 7th chord voicings (root, third, flat7, root) on middle four strings
- Navigate between lead and rhythm guitar roles in a trio/quartet
- Create rhythm guitar parts that work with keyboards in a full band context
- Build power chord progressions from pentatonic scale tones
- Develop question-and-answer melodic phrases over 4-bar forms
Release date: 01/26/2005 • 4h 41m runtime
Sample lessons
Section 1: Funk Patterns
Part 2
Section 1: Rock Patterns
Part 1
Section 1: Rock Patterns
Part 2
Section 1: Blues Patterns
Part 1
What's included
60 lessons • 15 charts • 15 Jam Tracks
Rhythmology
This is the first in a new series we're calling Rhythmology, which will focus exclusively on developing better rhythm chops. Most players are stronger when it comes to soloing than they are on rhythm guitar. This series will fix that by demonstrating various approaches for spicing up your rhythm parts with bubble parts, voicings, extensions, triple stops and fills. On this CD, we'll cover five styles, each with their own basic backing track and a PDF chart of the voicings and patterns referenced in the video lessons. An overview of the rhythm track is provided in these text elements. No Power Tab element is required. Ready? Let's dig in with some funk ... With funk grooves, what you don't play is as important as what you do play. Learn how to lock up with the bass and drums to form a solid foundation that will contribute ideas as well as hold down the groove.
Rhythm Track Overview
Chords: E9 Street Key E
Theoretical Key A: V9
Mode:: EMix
Parent Scale: AMaj
Pentatonic Options: EMaj Pent, DMaj Pent, F#Min Pent, EMin Pent, E Blues, E B.C.
Option #2
Modes: ELydb7
Parent Scales: BMel Min
Option #3
Mode: EDor
Parent Scale: DMaj
Pentatonic Options: EMin Pent, DMaj Pent, F#Min Pent
Option #4
E7#9, E Half-Whole Dim
Section 1: Funk Patterns
This is the first in a new series we're calling Rhythmology, which will focus exclusively on developing better rhythm chops. Most players are stronger when it comes to soloing than they are on rhythm guitar. This series will fix that by demonstrating various approaches for spicing up your rhythm parts with bubble parts, voicings, extensions, triple stops and fills. On this CD, we'll cover five styles, each with their own basic backing track and a PDF chart of the voicings and patterns referenced in the video lessons. An overview of the rhythm track is provided in these text elements. No Power Tab element is required. Ready? Let's dig in with some funk ... With funk grooves, what you don't play is as important as what you do play. Learn how to lock up with the bass and drums to form a solid foundation that will contribute ideas as well as hold down the groove.
Rhythm Track Overview
Chords: E9 Street Key E
Theoretical Key A: V9
Mode:: EMix
Parent Scale: AMaj
Pentatonic Options: EMaj Pent, DMaj Pent, F#Min Pent, EMin Pent, E Blues, E B.C.
Option #2
Modes: ELydb7
Parent Scales: BMel Min
Option #3
Mode: EDor
Parent Scale: DMaj
Pentatonic Options: EMin Pent, DMaj Pent, F#Min Pent
Option #4
E7#9, E Half-Whole Dim
Section 1: Funk Patterns
Rhythm Track Overview
Chords: E9
Street Key : E: I9
Theoretical Key : A: V9
Mode:: EMix
Parent Scale: AMaj
Pentatonic Options: EMaj Pent, DMaj Pent, F#Min Pent, EMin Pent, E Blues, E B.C.
Option #2
Modes: ELydb7
Parent Scales: BMel Min
Option #3
Mode: EDor
Parent Scale: DMaj
Pentatonic Options: EMin Pent, DMaj Pent, F#Min Pent
Option #4 - E7#9, E Half-Whole Dim
Section 1: Funk Patterns
Rhythm Track Overview
Chords: E9
Street Key : E: I9
Theoretical Key : A: V9
Mode:: EMix
Parent Scale: AMaj
Pentatonic Options: EMaj Pent, DMaj Pent, F#Min Pent, EMin Pent, E Blues, E B.C.
Option #2
Modes: ELydb7
Parent Scales: BMel Min
Option #3
Mode: EDor
Parent Scale: DMaj
Pentatonic Options: EMin Pent, DMaj Pent, F#Min Pent
Option #4 - E7#9, E Half-Whole Dim
Section 1: Rock Patterns
Hone your rhythm chops to a razor's edge with the techniques illustrated in this lesson. You'll increase your inventory of power chords and learn to how to build your own voicings. We'll also explore sus2, sus4, add9, add4 and other hybrid voicings. You'll also learn what not to play to help preserve the rock tonality and keep the groove on track.
Rhythm Track Overview
Chords: B A
Street Key: B - I bVII
Theoretical Key: E - V IV
Modes: BMix ALyd
Parent Scales: EMaj EMaj
Pentatonic Options: BMaj Pent, AMaj Pent, EMaj Pent
Section 1: Rock Patterns
Hone your rhythm chops to a razor's edge with the techniques illustrated in this lesson. You'll increase your inventory of power chords and learn to how to build your own voicings. We'll also explore sus2, sus4, add9, add4 and other hybrid voicings. You'll also learn what not to play to help preserve the rock tonality and keep the groove on track.
Rhythm Track Overview
Chords: B A
Street Key: B - I bVII
Theoretical Key: E - V IV
Modes: BMix ALyd
Parent Scales: EMaj EMaj
Pentatonic Options: BMaj Pent, AMaj Pent, EMaj Pent
Section 1: Rock Patterns
Rhythm Track Overview
Chords: B A
Street Key: B - I bVII
Theoretical Key: E - V IV
Modes: BMix ALyd
Parent Scales: EMaj EMaj
Pentatonic Options: BMaj Pent, AMaj Pent, EMaj Pent
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