The Most Overlooked Bluegrass Guitar Skill
Milo Moore
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Today I talk about how becoming a good rhythm player made me better at Bluegrass music. #bluegrass #bluegrassguitar
6 Comments
@TJAA-z4z 2 days ago
Good stuff. Appreciate it!
@chuckrrose 1 day ago
Very useful comments. Misuse of term “downbeat”!? Mandolin chop plays the “and” of 1-and 2-and etc. Call it backbeat or upbeat, please. Comment on Kentucky Thunder spot on…guitar role shouldn’t go missing, but what does the band do??
@FrankMSeleno 2 weeks ago
Yes, consistent timing/rhythm very important. As a kid, the teacher drilled the message "TAP YOUR FOOT!". Built in metronome! 😀
@TheWilliamHoganExperience 5 days ago
Nothing to argue with here. Play in time. Don't step on other instruments. Take turns. Use dynamics thoughtfully, don't bash or fade away mindlessly. I credit my current lead chops to years of rhythm focus on my Martin.
I despise the dry grooveless monotony of a metronome, used an unquantized sample based drum pedal (Beat Buddy) to establish my beat back when I was first learning. Now I live loop, recording rhythm guitar and percussion in real time as I perform, then play chord inversions and/or call and response to my vocals. It's a high wire act that requires perfect timing - something loopers are BRUTAL about - even quantized loopers. Loopers don
't care about your feelings. They play back EXACTLY what you play into them.
Timing is single most important thing to get right. If you can't play in time you're gonna sound terrible, and you'll annoy / frustrate other musicians. Learning and practicing basic percussion instruments is another great skill to have. Loopers are great too.
Here's an example of how I build and loop rhythm with an acoustic guitar, and then sing / play inversions and melodies over it:
https://youtu.be/AuhnzfKr38c
Note how I establish a solid groove for the inversions before looping them. This is the crux of looping, and is what I'm always trying to speed up / get better at. Better to take a little while to establish a groove than to lay down a disjointed rhythm.
I despise the dry grooveless monotony of a metronome, used an unquantized sample based drum pedal (Beat Buddy) to establish my beat back when I was first learning. Now I live loop, recording rhythm guitar and percussion in real time as I perform, then play chord inversions and/or call and response to my vocals. It's a high wire act that requires perfect timing - something loopers are BRUTAL about - even quantized loopers. Loopers don
't care about your feelings. They play back EXACTLY what you play into them.
Timing is single most important thing to get right. If you can't play in time you're gonna sound terrible, and you'll annoy / frustrate other musicians. Learning and practicing basic percussion instruments is another great skill to have. Loopers are great too.
Here's an example of how I build and loop rhythm with an acoustic guitar, and then sing / play inversions and melodies over it:
https://youtu.be/AuhnzfKr38c
Note how I establish a solid groove for the inversions before looping them. This is the crux of looping, and is what I'm always trying to speed up / get better at. Better to take a little while to establish a groove than to lay down a disjointed rhythm.
The Most Overlooked Bluegrass Guitar Skill
Milo Moore
1,865 views
Today I talk about how becoming a good rhythm player made me better at Bluegrass music. #bluegrass #bluegrassguitar