I wish he would have discussed using the metronome as a learning tool. I’ve always said that when learning a tune, locking in the rhythm is the very first task. The metronome helps. If I can’t play the tune with the metronome I don’t know it. However, I see Tony’s point. No metronome when really taking the tune to playability.
Very interesting, I've always been hesitant to use a metronome, it has just always seemed too restrictive, but I've never thought about it the incredible way Tony describes it here
I'm a rhythm guitar player. In my first lesson i was told that a rhythm guitar player can play a song without a lead guitar. But... a lead guitar player cannot play a song "without " a rhythm guitar. Later on when i was out doing gigs , those words came back so often. Both BB King and Tony Rice don't know how to play rhythm guitar. Timing is key, and in a band, musicians play off each other. The Bass and rhythm keep the Train on the Tracks...ty Tony...
I understand the point you are trying to make but I assure you that both BB King and Tony do know how to play rhythm guitar! Rhythm is both a core part of competent single note lead playing , but Tony in particular makes heavy use of rhythmic strumming of chords within his lead parts. Like other bluegrass instrument players he reverts to strumming chords as a backing rhythm player when it is not his turn to solo. The concept that Tony is describing of "breathing" is not an antithesis of solid consistent reinforced rhythm playing but a way to make rhythm playing alive and exciting. Even drummers whose role it is to keep time, will not only change their overall tempo throughout each piece of music but they will also delay and advance individual beats in relation to each other to create different feels. Advanced rhythm playing involves mastery of organic tempo fluctuations to suit the rest of band and audience aswell as selection of "feel" to suit the song.
I believe you should practice with a metronome but when you are playing be free and you will find that you can be free to push or pull a song without going off the rails
Tony was phenomenal! RIP Tony thank you so much for all the beautiful music!
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I wish he would have discussed using the metronome as a learning tool. I’ve always said that when learning a tune, locking in the rhythm is the very first task. The metronome helps. If I can’t play the tune with the metronome I don’t know it. However, I see Tony’s point. No metronome when really taking the tune to playability.
Music is meant to be like a river free flowing and ever changing
A good steady bass player will let other instruments wander and gives them something to come back to.
@@keithclark486 well said my friend
Thanks for posting this. Never had any of his instructional videos and I'd never seen this clip before. Well, he said it so end of discussion.
Very interesting, I've always been hesitant to use a metronome, it has just always seemed too restrictive, but I've never thought about it the incredible way Tony describes it here
I agree
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I'm a rhythm guitar player. In my first lesson i was told that a rhythm guitar player can play a song without a lead guitar.
But... a lead guitar player cannot play a song "without " a rhythm guitar. Later on when i was out doing gigs , those words came back so often. Both BB King and Tony Rice don't know how to play rhythm guitar. Timing is key, and in a band, musicians play off each other. The Bass and rhythm keep the Train on the Tracks...ty Tony...
I understand the point you are trying to make but I assure you that both BB King and Tony do know how to play rhythm guitar! Rhythm is both a core part of competent single note lead playing , but Tony in particular makes heavy use of rhythmic strumming of chords within his lead parts. Like other bluegrass instrument players he reverts to strumming chords as a backing rhythm player when it is not his turn to solo.
The concept that Tony is describing of "breathing" is not an antithesis of solid consistent reinforced rhythm playing but a way to make rhythm playing alive and exciting.
Even drummers whose role it is to keep time, will not only change their overall tempo throughout each piece of music but they will also delay and advance individual beats in relation to each other to create different feels. Advanced rhythm playing involves mastery of organic tempo fluctuations to suit the rest of band and audience aswell as selection of "feel" to suit the song.
Tony was an excellent rhythm player! Go back and listen when he is not playing turn in lead. I put him with anyone on rthym including Del and Jimmy.
I always say the same. Playing to click tracks in the studio makes things dry and fake to me.
Very true
Take. Notes.
I believe you should practice with a metronome but when you are playing be free and you will find that you can be free to push or pull a song without going off the rails
I'm just a hobo in an old freight train, but that don't mean a thing
While I agree, I also think people use this train of thought to justify their shaky rhythm
Maybe so…But Tony Rice was far from having shaky rhythm. lol
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