The Summer of Rhythm Guitar 2026: Take a Walk on the mild side

[joe2758]

I'm not excited don't worry haha (really dont know what you meant) ..but now that I think about not a single comment on my vid is slightly disconcerting

[mr. beaumont]

I think it just got buried, I had to go back a few pages.

You're definitely accenting 2 and 4 hard. That bothers some people, I guess. Im fine with it as long as the time is steady, though when I play I shoot for more vanilla and even...

As far as the chord choices, sounded great to me. Not too busy but some forward motion.

[mr. beaumont]

or this. i think the rhyhm guitarist is playing a western guitar.

Coming up as unavailable...that always gets me even more interested, what is it?

As for Barney with Sonny, great comping, just not rhythm guitar

[djg]

Coming up as unavailable...that always gets me even more interested, what is it?

As for Barney with Sonny, great comping, just not rhythm guitar

barney. sweet sue from some like it hot. the whole record is great.

[AllanAllen]

barney. sweet sue from some like it hot. the whole record is great.

[AllanAllen]

I'm not excited don't worry haha (really dont know what you meant) ..but now that I think about not a single comment on my vid is slightly disconcerting

I watched it. You were self dismissive in the accompanying comment, so it seemed like you weren’t interested in feedback.

[joe2758]

I watched it. You were self dismissive in the accompanying comment, so it seemed like you weren’t interested in feedback.

that's fair!

A while back I decided posting vids isn't really for me, I guess I sort of forgot haha. But, sometimes I know it's good to show something if you're involved in the convo

[mr. beaumont]

A lot of discussion on Autumn Leaves here recently, so here's that one, with an emphasis on the fingers brushing as the pick hits.

[DestinyT]

A friend on the forum recently asked if I'd put together a short introduction to the Marty Grosz tuning. I was very happy to, because it's a tuning that's given me a great deal of pleasure over the years.

I'm not trying to give a definitive historical account of the various Kress and Grosz tunings. There are different versions and different stories, and others know that history better than I do. My interest here is simply in how this tuning behaves musically.

People sometimes imagine these players are using enormous six note jazz chords all the time. To my ears, that's not really what's happening. The harmony is often remarkably economical. In a way, they're almost the original power chords. They produce a tremendous amount of sound with surprisingly little harmonic information.

Thanks very much for watching.

[pamosmusic]

I second that book, stuff from there is all I use..it is totally complete.

This book just came. Super good stuff.

[pamosmusic]

Alright I really like this book and wish I’d gotten it when I was 16 instead of Mickey Baker

[AllanAllen]

Alright I really like this book and wish I’d gotten it when I was 16 instead of Mickey Baker

Heretic.

[pamosmusic]

My jazz guitar hot take is that that book is not good.

[mr. beaumont]

I like MB. But I first saw that book after I had been playing for years.

As a beginner, I don't think I would have got shit out of it.

[joe2758]

I always liked the intros in it

[mr. beaumont]

Moonglow, with kazoo.

[AllanAllen]

I use the rhythm changes comping as an intro to Oleo.

[joe2758]

[AllanAllen]

I raise you 2 recorders in some guys nose.

[joe2758]

I raise you 2 recorders in some guys nose.

[mr. beaumont]

Well based on the early responses there's going to be a LOT more kazoo coming.

Rag, I'm really not sure what's so difficult to understand about the concept of Rhythm Guitar, but I agree, GFI lives in Db, even if you gotta know it in F too.

Maybe the amended rhythm guitar definition needs to be "play some quarter notes for crying out loud"

[joe2758]

put a balloon on the end of the kazoo and see if you can blow it up and make sound at the same time

[GuyBoden]

All good stuff, I'm enjoying this thread.

At the very least, I've learned the difference between "Rhythm Guitar" and "Comping Guitar".

[ragman1]

"play some quarter notes for crying out loud"

Okay, quarters.

I'm not bringing anything new to the thread, to be honest. I don't thump a lot, if at all, and I probably don't know much about it. Just shells and all that. The others are doing very well.

When I was very, very young we used to have a wind-up gramophone and a box of 78's. Makin' Whoopee was my fave :-)

[GuyBoden]

Question to all:

Can "Rhythm Guitar" be played with finger picking?