Taught by Tim Stewart in Modern Grooves and Retro Rhythms seriesLength: 12:44Difficulty: 2.5 of 5
Tim Stewart, known best for his work with Rihanna and Lady Gaga, shares with you his love for soulful clean rhythm guitar playing. Sounds that can be found in Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Pop, Rock, New Wave, Funk, Gospel, Hip Hop and many other genres.
Lesson 1
Tim Stewart describes his course and who it is for.
Length: 2:56 Difficulty: 0.0 FREELesson 2
Triads, or three note chords, are a foundational part of music, and especially rhythm guitar. Let's explore some major triad shapes.
Length: 9:56 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 3
With the major triad inversions in the bag, it's now time to add some minor triads to our toolkit.
Length: 7:42 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 4
Things get really intense when we start using these major and minor triads together!
Length: 8:06 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 5
Let's explore some techniques we can use to enhance a groove that uses major 7 and 9 chords.
Length: 9:43 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 6
Now it's time to explore some minor 7 and 9 chord embellishments just like we did the major ones.
Length: 10:17 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 7
Tim shows you some rhythm magic drawing from what we've learned about major and minor 7 embellishments.
Length: 10:17 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 8
Tim shows you how to riff out in some dominant 7 and 9 shapes, and add that to your toolkit.
Length: 11:45 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 9
Tri tones have a unique sound full of tension. Tim shows us how they can be useful for finding your groove inside of a dominant chord.
Length: 10:28 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 10
Tim takes us in to a further exploration of the dominant 7 with more riffs and some great licks.
Length: 11:44 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 11
Tim takes us through some ideas using the 6th interval.
Length: 15:45 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 12
What kind of leverage can you get out of the 10th interval? In this lesson, Tim is going to help us explore just that.
Length: 12:44 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 13
Using muted notes is another great tool that can add another layer of texture. Let's explore the possibilities.
Length: 12:33 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 14
Playing two notes at once is sometimes just enough to spice up a guitar part. Let's look at double stops in the 3rd and 4th intervals.
Length: 13:06 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 15
Tim shows us some licks playing the pentatonic scale in two note harmony.
Length: 10:46 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 16
Tim brings some of what we've learned about 4ths and 3rds and doublestops in to a new groove to further develop these skills.
Length: 12:53 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 17
Playing chords is about more than strumming. Check out how we can create movement inside of the chords for more rhythmic flavor.
Length: 11:53 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 18
Incorporate much of what we’ve covered into a Motown 6/8 groove.
Length: 25:04 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 19
Funk techniques from that city up North.
Length: 23:35 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 20
In this lesson you'll learn how to integrate rock & funk style riffs into your playing.
Length: 13:13 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 21
We're going to explore some of Tim's favorite chord voicings.
Length: 16:22 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 22
Tim shows you how to move chords around a common note using a progression that places the common note on top.
Length: 17:15 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 23
Tim brings us along as he develops a rhythm for this California style groove.
Length: 11:34 Difficulty: 0.0 Members OnlyLesson 24
Next we add some embellishments to our California groove.
Length: 13:17 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 25
Tim shows us some rhythmic ideas inspired by the King of Pop.
Length: 14:50 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 26
Tim shows us some embellishments for the rhythm part we just learned.
Length: 14:52 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 27
Tim gives us some rhythmic ideas for an old school style of backing track.
Length: 9:07 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 28
Now we are going to add embellishments to that last track.
Length: 12:51 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 29
Tim has one more groove to check out. Let's develop a rhythm part for this track now.
Length: 9:27 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 30
Let's spice this last track up now with some embellishments.
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