Rhythm Guitar Trainer is here to help you build rock‑solid rhythm guitar chops: tighter timing, stronger rhythmic feel & know-how across styles. Use it as your daily groove partner to develop your internal clock.
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Funk wants a metronomic right hand: keep a continuous, small wrist-driven 16th-note motion even through rests, with the forearm relaxed and the pick held lightly.
You can produce the ghost notes marked with an x by lifting your left hand slightly. Experiment with the angle of the plectrum. Tilt it slightly and make sure you use the same depth for upstrokes and downstrokes.
Rock benefits from controlled palm‑
Drive from the wrist for consistency, reserve forearm for bigger accents, and keep attack length short and even. When the guitar drops out in Fade & Hold, maintain the same muting and stroke size!
In Jazz, you play with a clear ternary feel - think “1‑and‑a” with the groove breathing around 2 and 4. The examples are plucked with fingers (not pick), so aim for a smooth pulse and let the ternary subdivision stay consistent through the silent bars.
Keep the feel relaxed without dragging. Once you can play several patterns confidently, combine them freely in a piece. Remember: in jazz, accompaniment is also improvised!
Choose a pattern, click ‘Practice Mode’ and practise the pattern at different tempos while the guide guitar part fades in and out. Start with a comfortable tempo and short cycles. Keep your strumming hand moving evenly, breathe, and aim for consistent volume. Progress comes from stability first: once re‑entries feel locked, add one more silent bar or raise the tempo slightly.
Set yourself small goals: slowly increase your practice time, and only increase the tempo once you feel confident at a certain pace. Short, regular sessions are better than marathons – come back often, vary your styles and let your groove grow steadily!