African Soukous Guitar Demo# 5 Rhythm Basics

In this video I go over the rhythmic basics of Soukous.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Soukous
• African
• Rhumba
• Congolese
• Guitar
• Music

[eagle1sdc]

Good news is ... your instructions are the clearest among all online video lessons on soukous I've seen. That's sayin' something. Musicians are often poor teachers. I still need you to clarify the fingerpicking pattern. You kind of rushed through it. Is it possible you can do a lesson on the fingerpicking patterns and their variations for acoustic guitar?

[alkisaka]

@eagle1sdc Thanks for the feedback...Will definitely take into consideration all your suggestions for future videos..

[alkisaka]

I would start with the rhythm and then progress to the solo melodies..because if you master the rhythm you will know how to phrase the solo melodies over the rhythm...

[Ian3985]

are those nylon or electric strings on an acoustic? It sounds nice either way, a cool alternative measure too.

[alkisaka]

They are normal steel stings for an acoustic guitar.

[Ponape4]

Thank you so much for your videos! There is no material to learn soukous guitar but your videos. And this is why they are so appreciated.

[se1nl1fe]

OMG - you are awesome! One day I will get this soukous thing down! Thank You

[Andreas5616]

I would like to know that if you wanna start playin soukos what needed first is to play the rythm or the meloding scales how does is it work

[laosuwan]

is there a similar video for bass guitar soukous?

[TheBonneMaman]

@TheBonneMaman

3) If the answer to question no. 2 is negative, would you be so kind and share with us some more of the right hand patterns you use in your demonstration videos please?

Because correct me if I'm wrong, but for me all that delicate yet driving pulse you produce with your playing comes from those ghost notes you mute with your left hand but still pluck with your right hand (though playing 10ths and 6ths seems a bit different).

Thank you very much for you answer!