Rhythm guitar
The term rhythm guitar refers to the style of playing guitar chords, and sometimes playing repeated riffs instead of using the guitar to play melody lines or solos (this kind of playing is called lead guitar). Rhythm guitarists add to the sound of a band, whether they play rock and roll, or other kinds of music.
John Lennon of The Beatles usually played rhythm guitar for the band, with George Harrison playing lead guitar. However, Lennon sometimes played keyboards, and once in a while took the lead guitar role, as he did in the songs "You Can't Do That" and "Get Back".
Sheet music for rhythm guitar is usually written above the classical notes. It is written in Guitar chord format.
Rhythm Guitar Media
Guitar strum File:Loudspeaker.png Play (info • help): pattern created by subtracting the second and fifth (of eight) eighth notes from a pattern of straight eighth notes.
- Power chord on E.svg
E5 power chord in eighth notes File:Loudspeaker.png play (info • help)
- NOT Travis picking.PNG
- Power-chord-e.png
A power chord in E for guitar. This contains the notes E, B (a fifth above) and an E an octave higher.
La Pompe. File:Loudspeaker.png Play (info • help)
- Funk & R&B vamp riff.png
Vamp riff typical of funk and R&B. File:Loudspeaker.png Play (info • help)
