We’ve said this many times: the majority of most electric guitarists’ performance time is spent playing rhythm and, as such, it’s pretty important to practise this aspect of your playing. Now, we don’t want to bring up the thorny subject of what constitutes rhythm guitar, and, of course, the line between rhythm and lead is somewhat blurry. Suffice to say, here in our massive six-page tutorial, we’re taking the broadest definition of rhythm guitar. Chords, picking, strumming, riffs, single-note accompaniments, various aspects of timing and more all feature here. There are 21 tab examples, complete with recorded audio tracks and guitar-less backing mixes to jam along to, courtesy of our UK sibling mag Total Guitar. Just hit the links in the heading for each style to find some useful accompaniment.With something for all styles of music, there’s enough here to keep us all rocking until, well, until the next issue comes out!
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