Guitar blues and rock rhythms. Most forms of modern music are
rooted in the blues genre of music. In fact the evolution from blues to
rock is very relevant to the music played by modern guitar players.
In essence, broadly speaking any music played in 4/4 time based around simple chord progressions can be considered to have evolved around the blues method of playing.
When one begins to play modern chords and riffs it will become very obvious that there is an overlap where, country music, folk, rock, and jazz is concerned.
To explain simply, a slow blues is played by sounding the chord on the first beat of the bar. This sound is allowed to ring out momentarily, then repeated on the second beat.
The sound can be either dampened or cut off sharply so that the accent of the melody is heard.
When doing this, listen closely and you will hear how this method creates the tempo and the rhythm required for the particular piece of music.
Then the third and fourth beats repeat the first movement so that a back beat is the resulting tone.
This system of playing will clearly show the relevance to what I was saying about how close to blues all modern music is.
If a guitar player who seriously wants to learn crossover progressions in the genre of modern music, then it is important to understand how certain "riffs" sound.
Most common blues "riffs" are based on an alternating pattern played on dampened strings. What ever the tempo, this pattern forms the basis of the "shuffle" feel.
The shuffle beat produces the pick up effect of bass lines striking just before, and on each beat.
It should be remembered that a basic progression of riff, or chord action can be varied in many ways, and can often be used, for example, to vary the number of beats on each pair of notes, by playing each string individually, and or including the note on the fifth fret of the higher string and so on defining the rhythm of the music.
In a small blues band containing a drummer and a bass player, the simplest rhythm guitar patterns are based on one or two chords per bar, or on a steady repetition of a bass string riff.
This riff is usually played with down strokes, heavily dampened, and in time with the bass, and drum.
Obviously there is much, much more involved with guitar blues, and rock rhythms, which the serious guitarist would want to learn, but the above information will give an insight as to what one can do to improve their guitar playing.
If you do not understand some of the terminology used to explain certain parts of this synopsis on blues and rock rhythms, then please click on the link below and find out more.
In essence, broadly speaking any music played in 4/4 time based around simple chord progressions can be considered to have evolved around the blues method of playing.
When one begins to play modern chords and riffs it will become very obvious that there is an overlap where, country music, folk, rock, and jazz is concerned.
To explain simply, a slow blues is played by sounding the chord on the first beat of the bar. This sound is allowed to ring out momentarily, then repeated on the second beat.
The sound can be either dampened or cut off sharply so that the accent of the melody is heard.
When doing this, listen closely and you will hear how this method creates the tempo and the rhythm required for the particular piece of music.
Then the third and fourth beats repeat the first movement so that a back beat is the resulting tone.
This system of playing will clearly show the relevance to what I was saying about how close to blues all modern music is.
If a guitar player who seriously wants to learn crossover progressions in the genre of modern music, then it is important to understand how certain "riffs" sound.
Most common blues "riffs" are based on an alternating pattern played on dampened strings. What ever the tempo, this pattern forms the basis of the "shuffle" feel.
The shuffle beat produces the pick up effect of bass lines striking just before, and on each beat.
It should be remembered that a basic progression of riff, or chord action can be varied in many ways, and can often be used, for example, to vary the number of beats on each pair of notes, by playing each string individually, and or including the note on the fifth fret of the higher string and so on defining the rhythm of the music.
In a small blues band containing a drummer and a bass player, the simplest rhythm guitar patterns are based on one or two chords per bar, or on a steady repetition of a bass string riff.
This riff is usually played with down strokes, heavily dampened, and in time with the bass, and drum.
Obviously there is much, much more involved with guitar blues, and rock rhythms, which the serious guitarist would want to learn, but the above information will give an insight as to what one can do to improve their guitar playing.
If you do not understand some of the terminology used to explain certain parts of this synopsis on blues and rock rhythms, then please click on the link below and find out more.
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