Looking to better my Rhythm playing

[MEGA DAVE]

Anyone know of any solid instructional videos/instructionals that focus on simply being a super tight rhythm player? I'd want it to be something that focuses on timing, to-do's and not to-do's, idk how to explain it other than right now I'm a solid as fuck rhythm player but I want to be stupid good and tight

Seems like everything I find focuses on soloing, and anything rhythm related is just all chord theory.

 

[JasinElric]

As with anything else, you're not going to read, watch, or listen to anything that will raise your skill level. Practice is all it's about. Practice till you love it, practice till you hate it, then practice some more. We're an animal that learns only by repetition. There's no shortcuts to mastery.

 

[The-Zeronaut]

Metronome.
Learn to pick like the guitar killed your puppy . (hard as fuck)
try to practice more downpicking stuff (maybe some early metallica riffs?)

dont know what else you could do

 

[lanky noob]

Best way i've found to get super tight rhythm playing?

learn a load of lamb of god/early metallica and go for it. I'm not gonna say i'm the tightest player in the world but my timing has definitely improved a million times over since I started drilling hourglass, laid to rest, redneck, creeping death, master of puppets and tornado of souls one after the other, over and over again

 

[ATLA]

Picking deep n hard good,gripping pick too hard and pushing palm against bridge too hard bad.

 

[cfh11]

 

[ATLA]

this vid is more OT

 

[Nuno Filipe]

Early Iced Earth albuns, Try dante´s inferno or pure evil songs. Once you get to play at the same speed with clean technique, you are tight enough for almost anything.

 

[ATLA]

Just found these, very basic information but it might be valuable.

 

[Nuno Filipe]

You can improve your tightness with other factors also, the way you mute the strings, the way you grab the pick, I noticed that a thin pick can create much more tightness than a fat pick. Also, your gear. Once I was in a studio with a guy playing a maiden song, and I thought to myself , man this guy is sloopy as hell, then I picked his guitar and played through his rig, my suprise, it wasnt him, it was his sound, I also sounded like shit.

 

[Torniojaws]

I can also vouch for a thinner pick. For the longest time - from around 2002 until 2012 - I used a 2 mm pick, until I chanced upon a Jazz III pick. I couldn't believe how much more articulation I could get just by switching to a thinner pick. Perhaps the thickness makes the sound a bit more scratchy and thus loses some definition in the process?

 

[cfh11]

this vid is more OT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbGj0aqex3U

true.. what i meant was to watch all the parts. lots of good info there.

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Learn any Sylosis song

 

[nialldoran]

just came across this, its a variable practice metronome, guna give it a shot over the next few days, just thought this might be a little extra thing that could be useful

http://speedupp.com/

 

[LeSedna]

^ this is awesome, simple and straight to the point

 

[ATLA]

^^ hell yeah cant wait to try this out later.

 

[K Odell]

I learned by learning all the classics IE:Metallica, Megadeth, Iced Earth, etc.

 

[LeSedna]

^
I remember working on this song to understand and master the chugga chugga galops (EDIT : I don't anymore )

If you can play this at normal speed and flawlessly, you're pretty much there !

 

[indecizo]

I think that playing tight, fast and clean altogether is most challenging for most people mainly because not everyone has the patience to sit down and play slow until it's perfect and then play it again but faster...takes a lot of time. Another obstacle is that it's tiring. So basically you have to set a time of the day to sit down and practice slow then increase the speed when perfect. Everybody seems to know this but fail to achieve because not all have the patience. Another thing is making it a habit, so it doesn't tire you or hurt.

 

[psycle_1]

Learn any Sylosis song

Thanks for suggesting this. Never checked them out, badass!