My personal experience with rhythm is that a lot (most) of the flow is derived from being able to pretty much effortlessly change chords... I had rhythms / progressions that I just could NOT get to sound right - I self-diagnosed that was because I just wasn't fluid enough with the changes to keep up with the rhythm... but if I came back to them months later, having gotten a bit more proficient / efficient with the chord changes, I found I was able to kind of by default settle into the groove... A tricky part of that though is that I felt like I got better at changing the chords by playing them in *other rhythms* (a bit simpler ones ?)... it wasn't just grinding out a million chord changes (not that that doesn't have some benefit) - it was actually using the changes (badly at first) that allowed me to come full circle to playing the progression(s) with trickier rhythms...
For me the best trick/tip I learnt to how to nail down rhythm is playing the rhythm patterns on dead strings along with the song I am learning. Whoever told me that (many years ago) was a genius.
You guys are awesome! Thank you for the lesson. I believe good rhythm is critical and the tips you’ve given really helps me to play the best I can. Cheers!
Lead guitar player here. I’m here because I should have started here instead of wanting to learn solos. I now as a professional have to go back and focus on rhythm playing. Thanks!!
I’ve always been a big fan of 0.46 picks (especially Jim Dunlop 0.46 picks), I feel so connected to my strumming and the song that I’m playing with the right pick, makes a world of difference.
Hey, I’m a drummer, and have played other instruments, but for the past year or so taking up the guitar more seriously. Ayla, in my journey I’ve watched so many of your videos and always get something to take away. I like watching advanced and beginner videos because you can always learn something from a good teacher. I totally get 1-4, and agree completely, but #5 is the take way for me. I have been frustrated with picks so much that I just gave up on them and figured out how to make my index finger my pick, which worked pretty well. The picks always fell out of my hand. I think instinctively I was holding lightly to get the right sound. But tonight 💡 eureka 💡!!! With a light gauge pick I can hold more firmly and get the sound I want. I was using picks .7, 1.0, and larger! I picked up a .5 I had around but never used, and wow, my problem is solved! Thanks!! I’ll still use my finger(s) for some sounds, but now I’m able to use a pick as well. Seems like I should have been able to figure that out, but that’s why these video lessons are so valuable to me! Thanks Sami!!
Ayla - I'm really glad you didn't have the exact pick you wanted. It caused you guys to comment about pick width and as a result I tried a .46 pick (instead of the thicker one I have always used) and it made a HUGE difference for me. I never really thought about pick width before - so thank you!
I'm about to get my first guitar tomorrow out the shop ( a very nice Japanese made classical guitar I found). I'm coming from a piano/keyboard background and I'm used to the rhythm being in my left hand with the bass notes. Watching this video I realize I'm gonna now have to get used to the rhythm being in my right hand. But at least the base note (well all of them lol) is till gonna be emphasized in my left hand which is good. This is gonna be interesting.
I use the green Tortex pick almost exclusively because, like Ayla, I try to convince myself that it’s a happy medium. But in reality, it actually is a very thick and sturdy pick, especially for use on an acoustic.
I think all beginner's should invest in a Quality METRONOME for sure. Surprised they never bother to mention. You'll come on in Leaps and bounds if you do!!!.😊😋🤗
Great...You've answered a question I have about picks. 😊What's the 'world famous' song you were alluding to..? It sounds quite familiar but I can't place it. (".)
You kind of almost started talking about the down up technique; the consistent movement of the pick hand. Guitar being a secondary instrument to me, I’m not always 110% confident about the importance of this or that. As a drummer I understand the downbeat is a stronger sound than the upbeat. Therefore, it seems to me, in most cases, the down stroke should always be on the down beat and the upstroke should always be on the “and”. I would love to hear some thoughts on this.
The down-up direction you describe is pretty much the case....like 99% of the time. Watch any video of an acoustic bluegrass player playing rhythm for an example. (but it's the same for rock/pop) If you're playing 8th notes with your right hand, you're using a downstroke for the downbeats and an upstroke for the upbeats. (Same rule applies for 16th notes.....it's still down up, just twice as fast). You can reverse it and you can hear that it sounds wrong. The ear has become so accustomed to this way of doing it. Plus, eventually, your right hand just goes, and then you dip into the strings when you want to play a stroke. It's like the right hand never stops, but you don't always have to make contact with the strings. But whichever one is louder or gets an accent is complelty dependent on what you're trying to do. Many times the upstroke will be louder, or they can go back and forth like in a bo-diddly groove as an example. I don't always give a missed stroke the same amount of distance or followthrough, but still there. Think of it like your right hand is keeping the pulse, regardless of whether you make contact with the strings on any single stroke.
@@dylanschiavone2144 I appreciate your confirmation on what I believed to be true. I’m a certified music teacher. In college we had a lousy drunk for a guitar instructor. As a music educator we got pretty extensive training and all the instruments of the full orchestra but when it came to guitar, especially given the instructor, we really just didn’t get into those kinds of details. I’ve been teaching guitar up into the intermediate levels now for 11 years. I always feel kind of like a jerk when I’m being really strict about this given it is only me whose told me it’s obvious. Easily more than half of all the students I’ve taught or teach struggle to get this down. What I really need to do is get some decent training myself so I have more confident answers to some of these types of questions. Thanks again.
Sure man I'm glad it helped. You can check out this guys video: ruclips.net/video/4bPp3-p0H2k/видео.html In each of the examples, you can see that the up-down motion is maintained throughout. Even the last example where one of the strokes is a single string bass note, it still counts as a down stroke. Also, like the guy mentions, you don't always give all 6 strings the same attention. Like I will sometimes section off the first 3 strings and the bottom 3 (roughly) depending on what sound I'm going for. There's a little bit of nuance to it. The guy shows that concept in one of the examples. I understand If a student has ingrained in their motor skills the wrong way of doing it, it can be frustrating to unlearn it and break that habit. Anyway, best of luck!
And here's some burning playing just for the fun of it. But you can also check out their picking hands as well to see more examples. ruclips.net/video/LJzz-Nuo-QQ/видео.html
Pick thickness. Been using .46 for everything. Some times I’ll try med pics or 1.14 like you. It feels like I really like the thick picks when I go back to them but only for a short amount of time and that’s just going to be during one day not for days, and then I’m switching back to my .46 pics they seem to be much more forgiving especially while I’m doing rhythm playing the thicker pics snag me up and throw my timing off is that normal? And why would you want to use a thicker pick for lead playing? Thanks for your time and great vids.
So you’re Saying it’s about the motion in the ocean 🌊 and thickness, not necessarily size, just how skillfully you use your tools, in the groove….🤔Jim and Jack and Jim and Jack oh I’m feeling now 😂
Thanks for sharing some good tips here for sure. Personally I´m not sure the best way to think of the guitar is that it is a percussion instrument that can produce chords and an a few notes. I think the best way to think about a guitar is to think of it as a piano and saxophone/horn, something that produces harmonies/melodies and for lead as a saxophone/something you blow in when you play the notes. For lead or melodic playing you got to minimize the distans from the thought/your brain out to your fingers, both the fingers on the fingerboard hand and the pick. The easiest way to do that is to imagine you blow a horn instead of just picking on a guitar string to try to form a nice sounding note. Often when you play with a few guys there is always someone that can do the beat in one way or another and someone to do the bas - ish sounds and then if the guitar just strums it´s gonna become a mishmash of rythmic instruments and very little of melody and harmony.
^Performance art...[You look happy; playing ; with Sam.] * You might, like just , OR or [at-least, some man... there] * Anyhow, you didn't look happy playing with her. Or that too could be "the performance. "I hate my performance [at-least now.] I play a rude, lood-mouth jerk... An people love it. [I don't, like it.] Oh, the other part is... people gas-light that i do, any wrong.(i.e.) even more... aaahhh * You perform famously ... The whole thing... It's that.
Almost feels like they're making fun of new guitar players, perhaps it's not for me. Feels forced and overly joyful, just strange. Not receiving much on my end unfortunately.
My personal experience with rhythm is that a lot (most) of the flow is derived from being able to pretty much effortlessly change chords... I had rhythms / progressions that I just could NOT get to sound right - I self-diagnosed that was because I just wasn't fluid enough with the changes to keep up with the rhythm... but if I came back to them months later, having gotten a bit more proficient / efficient with the chord changes, I found I was able to kind of by default settle into the groove... A tricky part of that though is that I felt like I got better at changing the chords by playing them in *other rhythms* (a bit simpler ones ?)... it wasn't just grinding out a million chord changes (not that that doesn't have some benefit) - it was actually using the changes (badly at first) that allowed me to come full circle to playing the progression(s) with trickier rhythms...
Really great advice.
For me the best trick/tip I learnt to how to nail down rhythm is playing the rhythm patterns on dead strings along with the song I am learning. Whoever told me that (many years ago) was a genius.
You guys are awesome! Thank you for the lesson. I believe good rhythm is critical and the tips you’ve given really helps me to play the best I can. Cheers!
Lead guitar player here. I’m here because I should have started here instead of wanting to learn solos. I now as a professional have to go back and focus on rhythm playing. Thanks!!
I’ve always been a big fan of 0.46 picks (especially Jim Dunlop 0.46 picks), I feel so connected to my strumming and the song that I’m playing with the right pick, makes a world of difference.
Amazing Lesson😍Thank you very much!
Thnks
Hey, I’m a drummer, and have played other instruments, but for the past year or so taking up the guitar more seriously. Ayla, in my journey I’ve watched so many of your videos and always get something to take away. I like watching advanced and beginner videos because you can always learn something from a good teacher. I totally get 1-4, and agree completely, but #5 is the take way for me. I have been frustrated with picks so much that I just gave up on them and figured out how to make my index finger my pick, which worked pretty well. The picks always fell out of my hand. I think instinctively I was holding lightly to get the right sound. But tonight 💡 eureka 💡!!! With a light gauge pick I can hold more firmly and get the sound I want. I was using picks .7, 1.0, and larger! I picked up a .5 I had around but never used, and wow, my problem is solved! Thanks!! I’ll still use my finger(s) for some sounds, but now I’m able to use a pick as well. Seems like I should have been able to figure that out, but that’s why these video lessons are so valuable to me! Thanks Sami!!
Ayla - I'm really glad you didn't have the exact pick you wanted. It caused you guys to comment about pick width and as a result I tried a .46 pick (instead of the thicker one I have always used) and it made a HUGE difference for me. I never really thought about pick width before - so thank you!
I'm about to get my first guitar tomorrow out the shop ( a very nice Japanese made classical guitar I found). I'm coming from a piano/keyboard background and I'm used to the rhythm being in my left hand with the bass notes. Watching this video I realize I'm gonna now have to get used to the rhythm being in my right hand. But at least the base note (well all of them lol) is till gonna be emphasized in my left hand which is good. This is gonna be interesting.
I use the green Tortex pick almost exclusively because, like Ayla, I try to convince myself that it’s a happy medium. But in reality, it actually is a very thick and sturdy pick, especially for use on an acoustic.
If you have a light grip on your pick its fine on acoustic, although I use the yellow Tortex (.73mm) I used to use the orange(.60mm)
yo I liked the content but, DUDE I love his guitar😍
I'm so new I didn't even know there were different pick thicknesses .
What a great relaxed presentation. Thanks.
KT Tunstall says she has to move to feel the groove. Great rhythm player.
Thanks guys 🙆🏽♂️
You guys are a pleasure to learn from.
I love .38mm picks! Great for really really intense acoustic strumming
Awesome!
That is so Cool. You 2 make a good team. Very inspiring 👏
i will take the course it will help me
Super amazing lesson🎸🔥⚘❤
Had to laugh about the pick thickness. I just changed over the other day to a thinner pick and found, Wow! That changed everything! Thanks guys.
This is 😃👍👍 love the groove concept
I think all beginner's should invest in a Quality METRONOME for sure. Surprised they never bother to mention. You'll come on in Leaps and bounds if you do!!!.😊😋🤗
Great...You've answered a question I have about picks. 😊What's the 'world famous' song you were alluding to..? It sounds quite familiar but I can't place it. (".)
You kind of almost started talking about the down up technique; the consistent movement of the pick hand. Guitar being a secondary instrument to me, I’m not always 110% confident about the importance of this or that. As a drummer I understand the downbeat is a stronger sound than the upbeat. Therefore, it seems to me, in most cases, the down stroke should always be on the down beat and the upstroke should always be on the “and”. I would love to hear some thoughts on this.
The down-up direction you describe is pretty much the case....like 99% of the time. Watch any video of an acoustic bluegrass player playing rhythm for an example. (but it's the same for rock/pop) If you're playing 8th notes with your right hand, you're using a downstroke for the downbeats and an upstroke for the upbeats. (Same rule applies for 16th notes.....it's still down up, just twice as fast). You can reverse it and you can hear that it sounds wrong. The ear has become so accustomed to this way of doing it. Plus, eventually, your right hand just goes, and then you dip into the strings when you want to play a stroke. It's like the right hand never stops, but you don't always have to make contact with the strings. But whichever one is louder or gets an accent is complelty dependent on what you're trying to do. Many times the upstroke will be louder, or they can go back and forth like in a bo-diddly groove as an example. I don't always give a missed stroke the same amount of distance or followthrough, but still there. Think of it like your right hand is keeping the pulse, regardless of whether you make contact with the strings on any single stroke.
@@dylanschiavone2144 I appreciate your confirmation on what I believed to be true. I’m a certified music teacher. In college we had a lousy drunk for a guitar instructor. As a music educator we got pretty extensive training and all the instruments of the full orchestra but when it came to guitar, especially given the instructor, we really just didn’t get into those kinds of details. I’ve been teaching guitar up into the intermediate levels now for 11 years. I always feel kind of like a jerk when I’m being really strict about this given it is only me whose told me it’s obvious. Easily more than half of all the students I’ve taught or teach struggle to get this down.
What I really need to do is get some decent training myself so I have more confident answers to some of these types of questions. Thanks again.
Sure man I'm glad it helped. You can check out this guys video: ruclips.net/video/4bPp3-p0H2k/видео.html
In each of the examples, you can see that the up-down motion is maintained throughout. Even the last example where one of the strokes is a single string bass note, it still counts as a down stroke. Also, like the guy mentions, you don't always give all 6 strings the same attention. Like I will sometimes section off the first 3 strings and the bottom 3 (roughly) depending on what sound I'm going for. There's a little bit of nuance to it. The guy shows that concept in one of the examples.
I understand If a student has ingrained in their motor skills the wrong way of doing it, it can be frustrating to unlearn it and break that habit. Anyway, best of luck!
And here's some burning playing just for the fun of it.
But you can also check out their picking hands as well to see more examples.
ruclips.net/video/LJzz-Nuo-QQ/видео.html
Very informative discussion. Appreciate it
Pick thickness. Been using .46 for everything. Some times I’ll try med pics or 1.14 like you. It feels like I really like the thick picks when I go back to them but only for a short amount of time and that’s just going to be during one day not for days, and then I’m switching back to my .46 pics they seem to be much more forgiving especially while I’m doing rhythm playing the thicker pics snag me up and throw my timing off is that normal? And why would you want to use a thicker pick for lead playing? Thanks for your time and great vids.
What about teaching that slap strum that you're doing.
So you’re Saying it’s about the motion in the ocean 🌊 and thickness, not necessarily size, just how skillfully you use your tools, in the groove….🤔Jim and Jack and Jim and Jack oh I’m feeling now 😂
Teach me how to play your led zeppelin cover pls! ''Since I've Been Loving You''
Thanks for sharing some good tips here for sure.
Personally I´m not sure the best way to think of the guitar is that it is a percussion instrument that can produce chords and an a few notes. I think the best way to think about a guitar is to think of it as a piano and saxophone/horn, something that produces harmonies/melodies and for lead as a saxophone/something you blow in when you play the notes.
For lead or melodic playing you got to minimize the distans from the thought/your brain out to your fingers, both the fingers on the fingerboard hand and the pick. The easiest way to do that is to imagine you blow a horn instead of just picking on a guitar string to try to form a nice sounding note.
Often when you play with a few guys there is always someone that can do the beat in one way or another and someone to do the bas - ish sounds and then if the guitar just strums it´s gonna become a mishmash of rythmic instruments and very little of melody and harmony.
The piano is technically falls into the category of being percussion instrument, since its sound is produced by hammers striking the strings.
My main problem with rhythm on acoustic guitars is that I find myself losing grip on my pic and constantly dropping it.
I have the same issue. Or it moves to a weird position in my hand
Mantap..
Some people have built-in metronomes...
Bob Ross: Some happy little chords.
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the way she talks reminds me of captain kirk
^Performance art...[You look happy; playing ; with Sam.] * You might, like just , OR or [at-least, some man... there] * Anyhow, you didn't look happy playing with her. Or that too could be "the performance. "I hate my performance [at-least now.] I play a rude, lood-mouth jerk... An people love it. [I don't, like it.] Oh, the other part is... people gas-light that i do, any wrong.(i.e.) even more... aaahhh * You perform famously ... The whole thing... It's that.
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Dumb comment, but I appreciate that neither of them are playing natural top acoustics, so BORED of those. The acoustic wants to fly its flag, too.
Almost feels like they're making fun of new guitar players, perhaps it's not for me. Feels forced and overly joyful, just strange. Not receiving much on my end unfortunately.
Tensing up😁😁😁 i
i love the weird way she speaks
Why is he wearing ear monitors? And what planet is she from?