Jeff Baxter American Guitar technique 5/9

Jeff Baxter Instructional Video.
[style 2/3]

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Music

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• jeffskunkbaxter
• guitar
• rhythmguitar
• americanrock

[vascoemmanuel]

true words from a wise man

[meyers5150]

Totally rad. I love anybody who played w/Steely D. & consults Dept. of Defense on missiles and other topics of warfare. Skunk yes!

[candelise]

Oh, right Grandpa! Are you saying that Mr Baxter can't play rhythm guitar, either? No one was saying that a rhythm player is not important, duh! A wasted 'lecture' on someone who has played with various musicans. Surely, Mr Baxters' obvious talent is his ability to do BOTH very well. Something of which your ability, from the sound of your own admission, can only limp on half the story. Still, Grandpa knows best.

[Bullzeye95]

Nice ad hominem.

Pay attention, Junior. The simple reality is if there wasn't a need for a rhythm guitar line and a bass line, bands would stop using them. They usually don't pay an extra two bodies just for fashion.

The idea is to create a mix. Even single-guitarist bands play rhythm licks far more than they solo. Too much soloing--free soloing especially--is pure masturbation and rapidly gets irritating to most people's ears. A song that has NO solo line is actually far more tolerable.

[candelise]

That widdley-diddley stuff has its place like anything else,but your criticism is typical from someone who can't solo in ANY fashion anyway!

[Bullzeye95]

M0Echitlins: Uhhhh, quite the little asshole fanboy, are we? I didn't say he was a moron, I said I disagreed with his concept of what the role of a rhythm guitarist is.

I respect the man immensely, and as stevieVantana pointed out (without being an asshole like you), Skunk is referring to a broader, more easily adaptable rhythm guitar style that enables a session-player to fit in wherever and whatever he might be playing.

[Bullzeye95]

Excellent point, stevie. I was indeed thinking of the "big rock riff" type sound, but maybe that's because I'm a rhythm guitarist who can't solo to save his life. heh.

Still, not sure why I deserve four thumbs down for pointing out that, in THIS day and age, no guitarist gets any respect unless he can make a lot of meaningless widdley-diddley while putting on a guitar face like he's trying to keep from pooping himself on stage.

I think Skunk of all people would agree that rhythm's important.

[stevieVantanna]

I think your refering to big rock riffs like Page's Heartbreaker, Black Dog ect.

He's refering to a different kind of rhythm playing. His advice is great for people playing with diff people...filling in...Pop funk, gigging to make money.

[stevieVantanna]

I could listen to him talk about rhythm for hours. This info is hard to find.

[xxdjcharlierockxx]

i agree his explanations on rhythm verse lead how they differ and why there so important and even how they came to be(big bands) i didnt realize that and found it refreshingly educational.i was trying to explain to a friend that rock n roll was really rhythm and blues but couldn't find the examples i needed to..but that's a little off subject

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

I don't play guitar and I'm not technically proficient in any instrument. I am a Hip Hop DJ/Track Producer. This series and any information like is excellent for anyone that wants to learn about popular American Music, how to listen to it, perform it properly and how it should be approached. It's great.