Syncopation
A good way to become more comfortable with eighth rests is to play a scale with an eighth rest on every beat and an eighth note in between every beat•十his creates a syncopated rhythm. Syncopation means displacing the normal flow of accents, usually from on the beat to off the beat, as demonstrated in the following example. When using rests, counting is particularly important so you don't get lost and play notes in the wrong place.
Next, try improvising with set rhythms which contain eighth rests. As mentioned earlier, it is best to memorize the rhythm on one note first, and then to improvise with it. Here are some examples of this type of playing.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- Slurs
3- Identifying Eighth Note Rhythms
4- Understanding Rhythms
5- The Slide
6- Bending Notes
7- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
8- The Triplet
9- Understanding Triplet Rhythms
10- Sixteenth Notes
11- Identifying 16th Note Rhythms
12- Slight Bends
13- Sliding Pattern 2
14- Set Rhythms Using Triplet Figures
15- Picking Technique
16- Sequences
17- Sixteenth Note Triplets
18- The Release Bend
19- Pattern 1 Extension
20- Vibrato
21- Syncopation
22- The Symbols 8va and Loco
23- The hammer-on
24- Electronic Tuner
25- Stopping Unwanted Notes
26- Alternate picking
27- Riffs
28- Common 16th Note Rhythms
29- Quarter Note Triplets
30- Vibrato With Bent Notes
31- Swing Rhythms
32- The Quick Bend
33- The Quick Slide
34- Electric Guitars
35- Ties
36- The Half Bar Rolling Technique
37- The Pull-off
38- Relative Major and Minor Pentatonics
39- Playing in Different Keys
40- Licks Using the Slide
41- 12 Bar Blues
42- Amplifiers
43- The Trail-off
44- Licks
45- The Shuffle Rhythm
46- Set Rhythms
47- Rolling the 3rd Finger
48- Strings
49- Notes on The Sixth String
50- Understanding the Control Knobs
51- The Importance of Timing and Attitude
52- Technique
53- How to Read Music
54- Tablature
55- Music Notation
56- Learning the notes on the staff
57- Note and Rest Values
58- Time Signatures
59- Chord Symbols