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Metal Guitar - Essential Rhythm Studies Tabs & Backing Tracks If you want to get into Metal Guitar you need to know the basic rhythm figures which are unfortunately based on 16th notes. If you don't know rhythm and rhythm notation you will have quit a hard time. So these rhythm studies will help you to learn the rhythm notation which is used in metal guitar. In these rhythm studies you first learn the basic rhythm figures including the pauses which are also important and in the second part you learn to make combinations out of the basic figures. It is very important that you can locate each of the 4 notes which makes a 16th note group. If you are able to play and sight - read the 2nd part of these studies you managed these rhythm studies. To make it easier for you you can play the studies just with the low E string which already sounds a lot like Metal Guitar. Start with 60 bpm then rise the tempo. I have exported the audio file with 75 bpm which is still slow but gives you the time to still figure out the different parts. If you can play the studies with 120 bpm then you are near to a Metal Guitar Master. I have added 2 backing tracks with metal music in E in 70 bpm and 105 bpm that you can practice those exercises in 2 different tempo's. If you don't know rhythm notation at all - here you find all you need to know about it : These files are associated to this tutorial here :

Essential Timing Exercises - full, half, quarter and 8th notes In rock guitar timing is very important. The more tight you play your chords or single note lines the more " rock " your guitar will sound. Here is now a summary of the main essential rhythm figures you need to know when it comes to rock guitar. Practice them with a click or a rock drum loop in different tempo's because every tempo feels different and also pay close attention that your foot is also hitting the click of the metronome or the quarter notes of the rock drum loop. The first part are the main rhythm figures which you need to know in detail how they feel, sound and how they look like in written notation. The second part are exercises from easy till advanced. You can control with the attached audio file if you have done the exercise correct. To achieve mastery in this topic also start to write your own exercises and play them with any chord you like. If you don't know rhythm notation at all please view this short documentation : These files are associated to this tutorial here :