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or vise versa.
i've made up some riffs and stuff but i don't know what rhythm guitar parts would sound good to it.
Can someone teach me a little somethin?
Answer
It depends entirely on what style of music you are trying to play.
If you are playing metal, the rhythm section doesn't need to match exactly with the lead guitar. Find catchy successions of power chords that convey the general mood for different parts of the song (you might need two or three). As long as the riffs are in the same scale, you should have an alright sounding backup. To put lead over a written rhythm part, simply record your riff via computer, tape recorder, ect, then randomly play different phrases over it to see how it sounds, if you like it, keep it.
To write rhythm/lead in any other style of music is different.
Starting with rhythm - find a chord progression that conveys the emotion you are looking for. It should have an even number of measures, 4 and 8 are two of the most common. To write a lead part, there are two methods. The first is to record the progression, then play over it until you find a lead you like. The other is more formulaic.
You will need to know the notes within each of the chords in the rhythm part. For example, Amin is "A" "C" and "E". A rule of thumb is to play the root note ("A" in this example), 3rd (C), or the 5th (E) during each chord in the progression. You can also play 7ths (count a whole step down from your root note) or flat 5ths (a half step down from your 5th, also called a blue note) to add some zest to your lead.
If you don't know much about Music Theory, it may be really hard to write formulaicly, so you'll have to improvise and see what sounds good .
To write chord progressions over your lead takes a good head and lots of Music Theory. Every melody can be simplified into crucial notes. To do this, remove all of the flaunty little flourishes from your piece to where you can play simple, single notes and get the same emotional feeling and message from your piece. You then take those notes and find how they might fit into a chord. So, your lead might go "D A F A" and the chord that goes over that part would be Dmin. Again, if your not well versed in Music Theory, you can always play random chords over your recorded lead and see what sounds good.
It depends entirely on what style of music you are trying to play.
If you are playing metal, the rhythm section doesn't need to match exactly with the lead guitar. Find catchy successions of power chords that convey the general mood for different parts of the song (you might need two or three). As long as the riffs are in the same scale, you should have an alright sounding backup. To put lead over a written rhythm part, simply record your riff via computer, tape recorder, ect, then randomly play different phrases over it to see how it sounds, if you like it, keep it.
To write rhythm/lead in any other style of music is different.
Starting with rhythm - find a chord progression that conveys the emotion you are looking for. It should have an even number of measures, 4 and 8 are two of the most common. To write a lead part, there are two methods. The first is to record the progression, then play over it until you find a lead you like. The other is more formulaic.
You will need to know the notes within each of the chords in the rhythm part. For example, Amin is "A" "C" and "E". A rule of thumb is to play the root note ("A" in this example), 3rd (C), or the 5th (E) during each chord in the progression. You can also play 7ths (count a whole step down from your root note) or flat 5ths (a half step down from your 5th, also called a blue note) to add some zest to your lead.
If you don't know much about Music Theory, it may be really hard to write formulaicly, so you'll have to improvise and see what sounds good .
To write chord progressions over your lead takes a good head and lots of Music Theory. Every melody can be simplified into crucial notes. To do this, remove all of the flaunty little flourishes from your piece to where you can play simple, single notes and get the same emotional feeling and message from your piece. You then take those notes and find how they might fit into a chord. So, your lead might go "D A F A" and the chord that goes over that part would be Dmin. Again, if your not well versed in Music Theory, you can always play random chords over your recorded lead and see what sounds good.
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