Guitar Techniques

THE CROSSROADS Five Ultimate Blues Rhythms

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Moderate

Will improve your…

✓ Timing and control

✓ Application of chord voicings

✓ Articulation and range of techniques

It’s fair to say that we guitarists like to take solos, and a huge amount of the material we’ve covered in this very series has covered this topic explicitly and expansively. While this is undoubtedly a hugely enjoyable and fulfilling pursuit, in actuality this aspect of our playing is really the icing on a much bigger musical cake.

Unless your chosen musical genre is completely lead-centric (such as certain styles of fusion or instrumental rock) then you’ll find yourself in the rhythm guitar chair percentage-wise more often than not. You have two choices; grin and bear your rhythmic role,

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