Chords for Paul Gilbert - Two Types of Guitarists
Tempo:
83.6 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
D#
E
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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You know, there's many different, two categories you could put guitar playing in.
But the two that I think are important, or at least I want to tell you about today, are
rhythmic and non-rhythmic.
And I don't mean like [F] rhythm guitar, like
You know, like, [C#] rhythm doesn't mean low and chunky or strumming chords.
It just means [C] it has something
it locks in with a tempo somehow, where there's [C#] some
kind of tempo, and that the [D#] underlying structure of what [E] you're playing on guitar relates to
that tempo.
So you can play a solo up really, really high, and it can still have rhythm to it.
You know, like the song we just [C#] did, the tempo was something like this.
[F#] And of course, the typical rhythm part might be
You know, that's what people think.
[A#] That's what guitar players think of when they hear the word [F#] rhythm.
But if you play a solo, you can play your high note, but you can still have
And that still has a rhythm.
If you [C#] play non-rhythmically, you know, if I could play
[G#] I like that.
I like non-rhythmic playing as well.
But it [C] doesn't make your head go like this when you play it.
[N] So there's
I think the message I want to give you is I just want you to be aware as a listener,
and aware as a player, of when the guitar playing is locking into the groove and being
rhythmic, regardless of whether it's low or high or in [D#] the middle,
and when it's not, when it's sort of floating above the rhythm.
And certainly there's some great guitar playing that is non-rhythmic.
Eruption by Van Halen is pretty much non-rhythmic.
It's just sort of great [C#] notes floating all over the place.
And it doesn't
You know, when you hear
[F#m] [C#] [D]
[F#] [C#m] You see, the end [E] starts to get rhythmical.
[F#] You [F] [F#]
[N] can tap your foot to that, but the rest of it is more floating, more free form.
And that's fine, but [E] the thing I'll say about rhythmic guitar playing is that
when you play a solo and it locks into the groove, it has [F#] the same effect as if
your [N] soundman cranked up your guitar fader twice as loud.
Somehow, you know, the drums and the bass start to support your notes
instead [D#] of fight them.
So, you know, if you want to be
But the two that I think are important, or at least I want to tell you about today, are
rhythmic and non-rhythmic.
And I don't mean like [F] rhythm guitar, like
You know, like, [C#] rhythm doesn't mean low and chunky or strumming chords.
It just means [C] it has something
it locks in with a tempo somehow, where there's [C#] some
kind of tempo, and that the [D#] underlying structure of what [E] you're playing on guitar relates to
that tempo.
So you can play a solo up really, really high, and it can still have rhythm to it.
You know, like the song we just [C#] did, the tempo was something like this.
[F#] And of course, the typical rhythm part might be
You know, that's what people think.
[A#] That's what guitar players think of when they hear the word [F#] rhythm.
But if you play a solo, you can play your high note, but you can still have
And that still has a rhythm.
If you [C#] play non-rhythmically, you know, if I could play
[G#] I like that.
I like non-rhythmic playing as well.
But it [C] doesn't make your head go like this when you play it.
[N] So there's
I think the message I want to give you is I just want you to be aware as a listener,
and aware as a player, of when the guitar playing is locking into the groove and being
rhythmic, regardless of whether it's low or high or in [D#] the middle,
and when it's not, when it's sort of floating above the rhythm.
And certainly there's some great guitar playing that is non-rhythmic.
Eruption by Van Halen is pretty much non-rhythmic.
It's just sort of great [C#] notes floating all over the place.
And it doesn't
You know, when you hear
[F#m] [C#] [D]
[F#] [C#m] You see, the end [E] starts to get rhythmical.
[F#] You [F] [F#]
[N] can tap your foot to that, but the rest of it is more floating, more free form.
And that's fine, but [E] the thing I'll say about rhythmic guitar playing is that
when you play a solo and it locks into the groove, it has [F#] the same effect as if
your [N] soundman cranked up your guitar fader twice as loud.
Somehow, you know, the drums and the bass start to support your notes
instead [D#] of fight them.
So, you know, if you want to be
Key:
C#
F#
D#
E
F
C#
F#
D#
_ You know, there's many different, two categories you could put guitar playing in.
But the two that I think are important, or at least I want to tell you about today, are
rhythmic and non-rhythmic.
And I don't mean like [F] rhythm guitar, like_
You know, like, [C#] rhythm doesn't mean low and chunky or strumming chords.
It just means [C] it has something_
it locks in with a tempo somehow, where there's [C#] some
kind of tempo, and that the [D#] _ _ underlying structure of what [E] you're playing on guitar relates to
that tempo.
So you can play a solo up really, really high, and it can still have rhythm to it.
You know, like the song we just [C#] did, the tempo was something like this.
_ [F#] _ And of course, the typical rhythm part might be_ _
_ You know, that's what people think.
[A#] That's what guitar players think of when they hear the word [F#] rhythm.
But if you play a solo, you can play your high note, but you can still have_ _ _ _
_ _ And that still has a rhythm.
If you [C#] play non-rhythmically, you know, if I could play_ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ I like that.
I like non-rhythmic playing as well.
But it [C] doesn't make your head go like this when you play it.
[N] So there's_
I think the message I want to give you is I just want you to be aware as a listener,
and aware as a player, of when the guitar playing is locking into the groove and being
rhythmic, regardless of whether it's low or high or in [D#] the middle,
and when it's not, when it's sort of floating above the rhythm.
And certainly there's some great guitar playing that is non-rhythmic.
Eruption by Van Halen is pretty much non-rhythmic.
It's just sort of great [C#] notes floating all over the place.
And it doesn't_
You know, when you hear_
[F#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] You see, the end [E] starts to get rhythmical.
[F#] You _ [F] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [N] can tap your foot to that, but the rest of it is more floating, more free form.
And that's fine, but [E] the thing I'll say about rhythmic guitar playing is that
when you play a solo and it locks into the groove, it has [F#] the same effect as if
your [N] soundman cranked up your guitar fader twice as loud.
Somehow, you know, the drums and the bass start to support your notes
instead [D#] of fight them.
So, you know, if you want to be
But the two that I think are important, or at least I want to tell you about today, are
rhythmic and non-rhythmic.
And I don't mean like [F] rhythm guitar, like_
You know, like, [C#] rhythm doesn't mean low and chunky or strumming chords.
It just means [C] it has something_
it locks in with a tempo somehow, where there's [C#] some
kind of tempo, and that the [D#] _ _ underlying structure of what [E] you're playing on guitar relates to
that tempo.
So you can play a solo up really, really high, and it can still have rhythm to it.
You know, like the song we just [C#] did, the tempo was something like this.
_ [F#] _ And of course, the typical rhythm part might be_ _
_ You know, that's what people think.
[A#] That's what guitar players think of when they hear the word [F#] rhythm.
But if you play a solo, you can play your high note, but you can still have_ _ _ _
_ _ And that still has a rhythm.
If you [C#] play non-rhythmically, you know, if I could play_ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ I like that.
I like non-rhythmic playing as well.
But it [C] doesn't make your head go like this when you play it.
[N] So there's_
I think the message I want to give you is I just want you to be aware as a listener,
and aware as a player, of when the guitar playing is locking into the groove and being
rhythmic, regardless of whether it's low or high or in [D#] the middle,
and when it's not, when it's sort of floating above the rhythm.
And certainly there's some great guitar playing that is non-rhythmic.
Eruption by Van Halen is pretty much non-rhythmic.
It's just sort of great [C#] notes floating all over the place.
And it doesn't_
You know, when you hear_
[F#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] You see, the end [E] starts to get rhythmical.
[F#] You _ [F] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [N] can tap your foot to that, but the rest of it is more floating, more free form.
And that's fine, but [E] the thing I'll say about rhythmic guitar playing is that
when you play a solo and it locks into the groove, it has [F#] the same effect as if
your [N] soundman cranked up your guitar fader twice as loud.
Somehow, you know, the drums and the bass start to support your notes
instead [D#] of fight them.
So, you know, if you want to be