Introduction: Rhythm Between the Lines

In order to become a great rock rhythm guitar player you need a solid vocabulary of both right hand techniques like strumming patterns, palm muting, and arpeggiation - plus left hand techniques like the different chord voicings and embellishments, for example.

But that's really only half the battle; you could call it "what" you play. The other half is "how" you play it, and one of the most important elements in this is having a solid and driving rhythm when you play. You want to be able to maintain this rhythm comfortably through all the different rhythmic feels, grooves and variations that are used in rock, so that's what we'll work on in this tutorial. Le's get started!