Rock & Blues Rhythm

Blues-rock rhythm guitar from open-string power chords to E7 grooves, 7#9 riffs, chord embellishments, upper structures and spread voicings.

What you will be able to play

• Mute the third in open E, A, D, G and C to get clean power chords under distortion.
• Play rock rhythms on E5, D5 and A5 with cut-offs, pull-offs, octave roots and ringing open strings.
• Improvise E7 rhythm with hammered chords, Esus4, slides and the 3-to-4 hammer-on.
• Play E7#9 in four voicings and use B7#9 as the V chord in a blues.
• Embellish major and minor chords with inversions, sus4, minor 9 and pentatonic notes.
• Comp over an A7 to D7 bass line with upper structures and rootless A13, A9 and A7 voicings.
• Play two-note spread voicings and clean octaves with every other string muted.

Is it for you?

Intermediate electric players who know their open chords and E- and A-shape bar chords, can do basic hammer-ons and pull-offs, and want their rhythm playing to sound like real blues-rock instead of plain strummed chords. A late beginner with solid open chords can manage module 1. It is not a soloing course, and it is not for complete beginners: there are no chord diagrams or tabs, and many shapes are shown rather than spelled out.

What you get

• 46 video lessons in teaching order
• Taught by Marty Schwartz
• Level: Intermediate
• Watch on the web or in the GuitarJamz app, on any device, with your progress kept
• Yours to keep: one payment, no subscription
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