Also, it is worth noting that rhythm guitarists are sometimes better players and better musicians than "lead" players. Edit: although this is not always the case, it really depends on who we're talking about.
Same. My lessons are heavily reliant on the metronome. ;) The real 'leader' is probably that (metronome/drums). Mastering rhythm reinforces solos/melodies/harmony parts. A soloist is only as good as what carries them. But then, I'm biased. lol
Preston Smith Dave mustaine, James Hetfield, Max cavalera, rob Flynn,Matt heafy, Scott Ian, kk downing + gown tiptoe, Joel stroezel, doc coyle , Matt bachand, janick/adrian/dave and Phil sgrosso are my favourite rhythm guitarists!!
Kill Bon Jovi Then they aren’t great guitar players. Time is the fundamental element of music. If you have a shitty foundation, you have a shitty house.
If y’all wanna tighten up your playing I recommend practicing Metallica songs. Creeping Death is my go to warm up along with a little lick I came up with for individual notes.
Dr.Banana yup. But when I’m just jamming I mute the E string with my thumb. I believe James himself did this back in the day and still does cause look at his left hand when playing the song.
Jimmy C Depends. Blackened has some amazing riffs but most of the songs are dragged on longer than they should be. Puppets and Lighting is where it’s at. Of course some newer Metallica albums have some jems and Hardwired was pretty good if you ask me.
haha what year is this? if you're a modern guitar player and still have this Rhythm/Lead mindset, then wow. everyone in the band needs to have a solid foundation/understanding of rhythm or else, you're probably doomed as a musician overall
Darrien Day To be fair, I think the two terms are just misused. In the common guitar playing lexicon, they have come to mean “upper octave single note melody playing” (lead), and “lower octave accompaniment” (rhythm). They both require an understanding of rhythm, and the technique to execute. The best solos are rhythmic masterpieces above all else. I don’t think for a second that Nita doesn’t realize that rhythm is the fundamental unit of music. There is no way you play like she does if you don’t get that at least intuitively.
Darrien Day She's a great guitarist, but I agree with your point. It's as if we're frozen in time in 1986 and EVERY Rock guitarist was very much in the "Next Eddie Van Halen" mindset. Of course, not many guitarists are complete Musicians like Randy Rhoads, Jimmy Page and Neal Schon and don't write songs as an excuse to show off solo chops.
Darrien Day Daggum day, always tossing Round dem opinions like onions making me cry, Oh Darren broham,check this "punisher" out ,talk about good drills man,i do them each day they work great!!!! Seriously check out the one at the end ,or near the end He calls it the punisher. I promise it will improve your fingers ua-cam.com/video/ra_TbQGH6wg/v-deo.html
Love you Nita!!! Keep shredding, and melting faces!!!♡♡♡ Also, rhythm is quintessential to becoming a great guitarist! I was Hendrix's rhythm playing that truly set him apart from his peers, not that his lead playing wasn't incredible, it was just that his rhythm playing was what gave him the foundation from which to take off!
Damn, you blew my mind with the pedal riff. I call that the Judas Thrash riff, because of...well *duh*. Problem is, I only learned how to do it all down strokes, and I would start tightening up. I thought doing it alternate picking is how you were supposed to do it, but it sounded loose and lame. But DUH, TWO DOWN, ONE UP! I see how I was both right and yet missing the obvious
I never relied on a metronome. As long as I could hear the drums, I could stay in time with the song. Even when I was in a band, I'd write riffs with no metronome, then when I got to rehearsal, I'd just play the riff and the drummer would just listen for a few minutes then start playing. It always worked out. I still to this day don't play along with a metronome, I jam along with drum apps
Matthew Edwards I don’t read notation, so correct me if I’m wrong, but she’s playing 4 notes in that gallop/triplet thing, and isn’t a triplet, even a 16th note one, three notes per division of a measure? I mean I’m no where near as good as she is so I could be completely off, but that was my understanding.
Yes, so it would be 4 notes which is correct. But the first 3 notes fit into one 8th (3x 16th triplets), followed by 1 note on the second 8th beat, probably a single 8th or 16th
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Rhythm is one of the most underrated sections of pretty much every piece of music.
Also, it is worth noting that rhythm guitarists are sometimes better players and better musicians than "lead" players.
Edit: although this is not always the case, it really depends on who we're talking about.
I completely agree.
I'm a rhythm player, I can improvise lead, but I'm NO lead player, I'm rhythm 100%
Same. My lessons are heavily reliant on the metronome. ;) The real 'leader' is probably that (metronome/drums). Mastering rhythm reinforces solos/melodies/harmony parts. A soloist is only as good as what carries them. But then, I'm biased. lol
Preston Smith Dave mustaine, James Hetfield, Max cavalera, rob Flynn,Matt heafy, Scott Ian, kk downing + gown tiptoe, Joel stroezel, doc coyle , Matt bachand, janick/adrian/dave and Phil sgrosso are my favourite rhythm guitarists!!
If you aren’t a great rhythm guitar player, you aren’t a great guitar player.
TheMasonator777 depends. Some of the best shredders can’t keep time for shit but they’re fast!
Kill Bon Jovi Then they aren’t great guitar players. Time is the fundamental element of music.
If you have a shitty foundation, you have a shitty house.
TheMasonator777 I know that but it’s much easier to learn how to keep a stead rhythm than it is to play a good solo.
Kill Bon Jovi Is it though? Shitty time is the most common issue I see out there. I dunno. I guess I’m just playing devils’s advocate.
TheMasonator777 perhaps but it all depends.
If y’all wanna tighten up your playing I recommend practicing Metallica songs. Creeping Death is my go to warm up along with a little lick I came up with for individual notes.
Dr.Banana yup. But when I’m just jamming I mute the E string with my thumb. I believe James himself did this back in the day and still does cause look at his left hand when playing the song.
Agreed
Exactly was I was gonna suggest...just play along to ‘Puppets’ & ‘Justice’ albums and you’ll rhythm chops will be tight as fuck!
Jimmy C Depends. Blackened has some amazing riffs but most of the songs are dragged on longer than they should be. Puppets and Lighting is where it’s at. Of course some newer Metallica albums have some jems and Hardwired was pretty good if you ask me.
Another good Metallica song I use is Motorbreath. Good alt picking song.
This is great, it's the new Lita Ford.
The rhythms on Controlled Chaos are totally awesome, love that CD
Crazy good player
haha what year is this? if you're a modern guitar player and still have this Rhythm/Lead mindset, then wow. everyone in the band needs to have a solid foundation/understanding of rhythm or else, you're probably doomed as a musician overall
Darrien Day To be fair, I think the two terms are just misused. In the common guitar playing lexicon, they have come to mean “upper octave single note melody playing” (lead), and “lower octave accompaniment” (rhythm). They both require an understanding of rhythm, and the technique to execute. The best solos are rhythmic masterpieces above all else.
I don’t think for a second that Nita doesn’t realize that rhythm is the fundamental unit of music. There is no way you play like she does if you don’t get that at least intuitively.
Darrien Day She's a great guitarist, but I agree with your point. It's as if we're frozen in time in 1986 and EVERY Rock guitarist was very much in the "Next Eddie Van Halen" mindset. Of course, not many guitarists are complete Musicians like Randy Rhoads, Jimmy Page and Neal Schon and don't write songs as an excuse to show off solo chops.
true
Darrien Day
Daggum day, always tossing Round dem opinions like onions making me cry,
Oh Darren broham,check this "punisher" out ,talk about good drills man,i do them each day they work great!!!!
Seriously check out the one at the end ,or near the end
He calls it the punisher.
I promise it will improve your fingers
ua-cam.com/video/ra_TbQGH6wg/v-deo.html
A good rhythm player is the base of the band. Just look at Metallica and Pantera. They based their sound around the guitars.
Love you Nita!!! Keep shredding, and melting faces!!!♡♡♡
Also, rhythm is quintessential to becoming a great guitarist! I was Hendrix's rhythm playing that truly set him apart from his peers, not that his lead playing wasn't incredible, it was just that his rhythm playing was what gave him the foundation from which to take off!
great lesson very impressed with your success first heard of you in the iron maidens now you are all over you tube
awesome, ....thanks Nita. very cool exercise
Great stuff :) It never hurts to try someone else's practicing techniques :)
Damn, you blew my mind with the pedal riff. I call that the Judas Thrash riff, because of...well *duh*. Problem is, I only learned how to do it all down strokes, and I would start tightening up. I thought doing it alternate picking is how you were supposed to do it, but it sounded loose and lame. But DUH, TWO DOWN, ONE UP! I see how I was both right and yet missing the obvious
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Great pickups nita
Great video, I'm hopeless at that tic tic toc thing but I think this video will help with that I think, maybe, I hope, thanks
We missed her at GearFest last month.
Mmmm chops.
she's amazing
I never relied on a metronome. As long as I could hear the drums, I could stay in time with the song. Even when I was in a band, I'd write riffs with no metronome, then when I got to rehearsal, I'd just play the riff and the drummer would just listen for a few minutes then start playing. It always worked out.
I still to this day don't play along with a metronome, I jam along with drum apps
J Gregory
Cool story bro
In order to know if you mean this as a warning or an encouragement we need to know if you feature on any records we might know.
A drummer does the same thing as a metronome. Keep time.
I love her
why aren't the 1/8 notes downpicked? and what the hell is this horrible tone?
Yeah, I was wondering about the tone too. What's going on with the tone?
Thanks mam
I love her lol
figure 1 could be an opening riff for a song
Most people hear rhythm guitar and thing of 3 chords like wonderwall.Well dear shredder play lay it down by ratr
she's all over youtube lately. jeez.
Fuck me black canary can play
2:58 Here come bread-chewing old grandma
Вызывайте Фреда, хребушек подвезли.
I would love to play solos, but rhythm seems more Attainable.
Misspelled her name in the thumbnail
Nice catch! Thank you. Fixed it!
Wow
Ssssssccccwwwwwwiiiiiinnnnnggggg
She's so hot that everything she does is cool. Rock on! Love the purple guitar.
Ah, phrygian mode. The most "metal rhythm guitar" of the modes.
Those are not triplets in Figure 1. That is a gallop.
Thomas Lerch and if you notate it, you will notice they are 16th note triplets
Matthew Edwards I don’t read notation, so correct me if I’m wrong, but she’s playing 4 notes in that gallop/triplet thing, and isn’t a triplet, even a 16th note one, three notes per division of a measure? I mean I’m no where near as good as she is so I could be completely off, but that was my understanding.
They are quads in this figure.
Yes, so it would be 4 notes which is correct. But the first 3 notes fit into one 8th (3x 16th triplets), followed by 1 note on the second 8th beat, probably a single 8th or 16th
Its not triplets. Its two 16th and one 8th note (a gallop). Triplets would have to be 3 equally long notes
Nice lesson ,Nita is such a great guitarist.
Perfect woman.
Nita sweetie. You need to clean those nails.
Nevigo - but why? Would that make her guitar playing better?
Dont take things so serious.
I was wondering where I could check out her gardening show.
Her nails are painted that way, they're purple tips..
I noticed they were well groomed, with clear nail polish, I think that was the reason I noticed. Thanks.