Tightening Up Your Rhythm Chops with Nita Strauss

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  • Опубликовано: 12 авг 2024
  • In this episode of Like a Hurricane, Nita Strauss shows you some exercises that will tighten up your fast rhythm playing chops.
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  • @PrestonSmithsMusic
    @PrestonSmithsMusic 6 лет назад +28

    Rhythm is one of the most underrated sections of pretty much every piece of music.

    • @francisdawson4092
      @francisdawson4092 6 лет назад +1

      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.

    • @PrestonSmithsMusic
      @PrestonSmithsMusic 6 лет назад

      I completely agree.

    • @Jermusicislife84
      @Jermusicislife84 6 лет назад +1

      I'm a rhythm player, I can improvise lead, but I'm NO lead player, I'm rhythm 100%

    • @PrestonSmithsMusic
      @PrestonSmithsMusic 6 лет назад

      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

    • @ILLRICARDO
      @ILLRICARDO 6 лет назад +1

      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!!

  • @drivers1959
    @drivers1959 6 лет назад

    awesome, ....thanks Nita. very cool exercise

  • @TheJMan1K
    @TheJMan1K 6 лет назад +17

    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.

    • @TheJMan1K
      @TheJMan1K 6 лет назад +1

      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.

    • @markbrucewaynebrown6739
      @markbrucewaynebrown6739 6 лет назад

      Agreed

    • @Jaymze9370
      @Jaymze9370 6 лет назад +1

      Exactly was I was gonna suggest...just play along to ‘Puppets’ & ‘Justice’ albums and you’ll rhythm chops will be tight as fuck!

    • @TheJMan1K
      @TheJMan1K 6 лет назад +1

      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.

    • @shannonzanzarella6759
      @shannonzanzarella6759 6 лет назад

      Another good Metallica song I use is Motorbreath. Good alt picking song.

  • @warpath6666
    @warpath6666 6 лет назад

    Great stuff :) It never hurts to try someone else's practicing techniques :)

  • @benjaminsmall8446
    @benjaminsmall8446 6 лет назад

    great lesson very impressed with your success first heard of you in the iron maidens now you are all over you tube

  • @brettmarlar4154
    @brettmarlar4154 6 лет назад

    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!

  • @damonstewart70
    @damonstewart70 6 лет назад

    Great pickups nita

  • @brucelk19
    @brucelk19 6 лет назад +1

    Crazy good player

  • @johnmcminn9455
    @johnmcminn9455 3 года назад

    This is great, it's the new Lita Ford.
    The rhythms on Controlled Chaos are totally awesome, love that CD

  • @TheMasonator777
    @TheMasonator777 6 лет назад +22

    If you aren’t a great rhythm guitar player, you aren’t a great guitar player.

    • @TheJMan1K
      @TheJMan1K 6 лет назад

      TheMasonator777 depends. Some of the best shredders can’t keep time for shit but they’re fast!

    • @TheMasonator777
      @TheMasonator777 6 лет назад +3

      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.

    • @TheJMan1K
      @TheJMan1K 6 лет назад

      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.

    • @TheMasonator777
      @TheMasonator777 6 лет назад

      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.

    • @TheJMan1K
      @TheJMan1K 6 лет назад

      TheMasonator777 perhaps but it all depends.

  • @deanmacka4975
    @deanmacka4975 6 лет назад

    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

  • @guitarwithabhi1
    @guitarwithabhi1 6 лет назад

    Thanks mam

  • @buckycore
    @buckycore 6 лет назад +1

    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

  • @RedWolfDrift2000
    @RedWolfDrift2000 6 лет назад

    I love her

  • @blkjakk
    @blkjakk 6 лет назад +1

    We missed her at GearFest last month.

  • @metalsnakeheinner3399
    @metalsnakeheinner3399 6 лет назад

    I love her lol

  • @robertp4634
    @robertp4634 6 лет назад +1

    Mmmm chops.

  • @carloscastro-ed8ob
    @carloscastro-ed8ob 6 лет назад

    Wow

  • @DavidJames-xt5il
    @DavidJames-xt5il Год назад

    #PrincessSatchBoogie 🎸 #LivinLavidaNita 🛸

  • @stacysbellum
    @stacysbellum 6 лет назад +6

    she's amazing

  • @jefferylord3068
    @jefferylord3068 6 лет назад

    figure 1 could be an opening riff for a song

  • @mikemiller6628
    @mikemiller6628 6 лет назад

    Nice lesson ,Nita is such a great guitarist.

  • @Jermusicislife84
    @Jermusicislife84 6 лет назад +1

    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

    • @joerensh8463
      @joerensh8463 6 лет назад

      J Gregory
      Cool story bro

    • @edthejester
      @edthejester 6 лет назад

      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.

    • @muffbit8735
      @muffbit8735 5 лет назад

      A drummer does the same thing as a metronome. Keep time.

  • @iwillnevergetone5
    @iwillnevergetone5 6 лет назад +21

    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

    • @TheMasonator777
      @TheMasonator777 6 лет назад +7

      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.

    • @1970borntorun
      @1970borntorun 6 лет назад +4

      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.

    • @iwillnevergetone5
      @iwillnevergetone5 6 лет назад +1

      true

    • @dorianblunote455
      @dorianblunote455 6 лет назад

      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
      ruclips.net/video/ra_TbQGH6wg/видео.html

    • @TheJMan1K
      @TheJMan1K 6 лет назад +2

      A good rhythm player is the base of the band. Just look at Metallica and Pantera. They based their sound around the guitars.

  • @Iggytommy
    @Iggytommy 6 лет назад

    she's all over youtube lately. jeez.

  • @grumpyoats
    @grumpyoats 6 лет назад

    Misspelled her name in the thumbnail

    • @guitarworld
      @guitarworld  6 лет назад

      Nice catch! Thank you. Fixed it!

  • @ILLRICARDO
    @ILLRICARDO 6 лет назад

    I would love to play solos, but rhythm seems more Attainable.

  • @sainphony
    @sainphony 6 лет назад

    2:58 Here come bread-chewing old grandma
    Вызывайте Фреда, хребушек подвезли.

  • @zikkicharade
    @zikkicharade 8 месяцев назад

    Most people hear rhythm guitar and thing of 3 chords like wonderwall.Well dear shredder play lay it down by ratr

  • @teokakashi84
    @teokakashi84 6 лет назад

    Perfect woman.

  • @alwaysrockn2009
    @alwaysrockn2009 6 лет назад

    She's so hot that everything she does is cool. Rock on! Love the purple guitar.

  • @SlashMitchell1994
    @SlashMitchell1994 6 лет назад

    Fuck me black canary can play

  • @malumb6507
    @malumb6507 6 лет назад

    Ssssssccccwwwwwwiiiiiinnnnnggggg

  • @eNtrozx
    @eNtrozx 6 лет назад +2

    why aren't the 1/8 notes downpicked? and what the hell is this horrible tone?

    • @saadshah7857
      @saadshah7857 3 года назад

      Yeah, I was wondering about the tone too. What's going on with the tone?

  • @bdwitt66
    @bdwitt66 6 лет назад

    Ah, phrygian mode. The most "metal rhythm guitar" of the modes.

  • @awakenmirror3005
    @awakenmirror3005 6 лет назад +9

    Those are not triplets in Figure 1. That is a gallop.

    • @matthewedwards5807
      @matthewedwards5807 6 лет назад +6

      Thomas Lerch and if you notate it, you will notice they are 16th note triplets

    • @leeallen2301
      @leeallen2301 6 лет назад

      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.

    • @Reed0Sparky0Leighton
      @Reed0Sparky0Leighton 6 лет назад

      They are quads in this figure.

    • @matthewedwards5807
      @matthewedwards5807 6 лет назад

      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

    • @metalpuppet5798
      @metalpuppet5798 6 лет назад +3

      Its not triplets. Its two 16th and one 8th note (a gallop). Triplets would have to be 3 equally long notes

  • @nevigo5519
    @nevigo5519 6 лет назад +3

    Nita sweetie. You need to clean those nails.

    • @Burnt_Gerbil
      @Burnt_Gerbil 6 лет назад +1

      Nevigo - but why? Would that make her guitar playing better?

    • @nevigo5519
      @nevigo5519 6 лет назад +1

      Dont take things so serious.

    • @slowpoke7888
      @slowpoke7888 6 лет назад

      I was wondering where I could check out her gardening show.

    • @MrOomphrammfan23
      @MrOomphrammfan23 6 лет назад +2

      Her nails are painted that way, they're purple tips..

    • @nevigo5519
      @nevigo5519 6 лет назад

      I noticed they were well groomed, with clear nail polish, I think that was the reason I noticed. Thanks.