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It really doesn’t matter what type of music you’re playing on the guitar; most of of the time, you’ll be playing rhythm! And, if you’re playing any American-born styles, like country, blues, pop, funk, or rock, you’ll likely be playing rhythm on a very simple chord progression. So, you’ll need to make sure your rhythm vocabulary is stocked well. Otherwise, your playing might just get, well, plain boring!

In Jay-P’s TrueFire course, 30 Cutting-Edge Rhythm & Blues Grooves You MUST Know, you’ll have the opportunity to majorly upgrade your rhythm guitar chops.

Here are 6 free rhythm guitar lessons from the course. For the full course, check out Jay-P’s 30 Cutting-Edge Rhythm & Blues Grooves You MUST Know.

Rhythm & Blues Groove – “A Big Band”


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Groove 1 is kind of a big band groove in A!

Rhythm & Blues Groove – “Green House”


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This rhythm is inspired by “Red House” by Jimi Hendrix.

Rhythm & Blues Groove – “Fly on the Wing”


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Jimi Hendrix came up with some cutting-edge backing parts. This one is also in his style.

Rhythm & Blues Groove – “To the West”


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This funky groove is played with extensions of dominant seventh chords.

Rhythm & Blues Groove – “Blues Tricks”


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This Blues Groove is in the key of A and uses a lot of cool tricks.

Rhythm & Blues Groove – “Tumbling Dice”


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This rhythm is a combination of low down power chords and funky chords on the top strings.

Digging these free rhythm guitar lessons? Check out Jay-P’s 30 Cutting-Edge Rhythm & Blues Grooves You MUST Know.