Dustin07
Labrador
Joined: 16 Jan 2007
Posts: 302
Location: seattle area
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Off the top of my head I can think of two situations where the guitar and the drums didn't mesh well.
A. the Guitar is playing a different time... I had to learn it and adjust.
B. the Guitarist isn't keeping time as well as the drummer (me...HAHA, I suppose it could be the other way around.... but I tried to practice even with the band with a metronome in front of me. couldn't hear it, but I could see it).
| Quote: | | What I mean is that, when you listen to a song the drums beat, fills, cymbals, they all match the guitar and almost sound like the guitar. Hope this helps, its really hard to explain... |
how long have you been playing? How often do you play to music by yourself? I will admit, I learned on some super easy stuff, probably listend to a lot of Bruce Springsteen the most getting started. BUT I learned how to keep time with a simple rock beat and I got a feel for where the fills belong. It's a natural progression. In standard rock everyone gets to feel the formula.
I've had jam sessons where the guitarist and i just start going at it and right on que we both hit the same fills or we alternate, or whatever, but it's totally unreheased and we're just making stuff up as you go.
after you have a good feel for the type of music you're playing...
and after you and your guitarist have a good feel for eachother....
it will start to just mesh together. doesnt' happen overnight tho. |
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tylerdrummer
Lion King
Joined: 22 Jun 2007
Posts: 1019
Location: California, F
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| even playing with like a brass or woodwind can help alot with the meshing in. by that i mean like learning where accents are and getting the right fills, because in alot of ways the guitar and alot of other instruments arent too different |
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