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A Mouth Full of Rhythm
(25 Apr 02)
Bite 4: Funky Gospel
During my time in Boston I played in a Gospel band. This rhythm guitar part is from one of their songs. Thanks to 'Clarence Thomas and the New Spirits' :-)
Basically it's a variation of what we have already heard in 'A Starter' above, except that this time we are in the key of C. Notice the 'turnaround like' part in messure 3 using octaves (F, F#, G, Bb, C), which leads to the ending.
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Bite 5: Groovey Country
This last example is a good exercise for synchronising left and right hands and forces you to play very precisely in order to make it sound good (I sometimes use this piece for warming up). Based around simple root inversions of major triads I added little pentatonic fills which adds a country flavour to it. I do recommend starting off very slowly - examining what you are doing with you fingers. Then bring it up to speed. The recording is at 120 bpm.
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Basic Chords
Here it goes:
Well, I do hope you enjoyed our little trip into the field of rhythm guitar and that these examples provide you with many ideas for the use in your own playing.
If you have any queries about this topic just post a message in the 'Play' forum and I'll get back to you asap.
More to come soon ...
Guni
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Guni is one of the founding members of the iBreatheMusic Team. Read more about myself in the member spotlight, issue #6 of "The Pulse", iBreatheMusic's bi-weekly newsletter.
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