Jake Lizzio
patreon
7 Simple Exercises That Develop Complex Rhythm Skills
🕑 Added 2025-08-01 13:00:20 +0000 UTCHello everyone! I have a fun and productive lesson here for you all that is meant to develop your rhythm skills, no matter what instrument you play. I know that a lot of guitarists avoid this sort of training, mainly because the metronome is so painful to learn with, but this lesson should be much more accessible because it's NO METRONOME REQUIRED!
Here's the link to the video: https://youtu.be/CoBTWll93yE
I've also written a blog post outlining the same steps if you prefer reading: https://signalsmusicstudio.com/?p=29091&preview=true
I've attached the musical score along with the MP3 from the MEGA LESSON. If you don't have MuseScore yet, I do recommend installing it (it's free!) so you can load up the entire file and not just the PDF.
Hope you enjoy this one! It's precisely the sort of lesson that I wish I had learned earlier. We'll do a live composing jam next week, so keep on the lookout for another post from me before then :)
Comments
Jake Lizzio
It's just a cheap hand drum, but I placed a microphone right next to it while I recorded. Then I took that signal and replaced the transients with midi notes instead, assigned to a kick drum sound. If that's not clear lmk and I'll make a quick tutorial!
Jake Lizzio
send it my way Richard!
Dale Lee
Curious about the kick pad......
Richard
Jake: appreciate Your Stuff! I made an (interactive) Rhythm Web Page. It lets you create (and edit) Rhythms, on a Stave. So: you can create, play, practice along to, and export MIDI rhythms. I can send You The Page, if You get back to Me. You can use the Code, on Your Site, if You want.
Steve Meiers
Good stuff Jake, thank you!
Captain Byte
ππΆβΌοΈ
