What if I told you that the key to mastering rhythm guitar isn’t in your fingers… It’s in your voice?
I know it sounds strange.
Rhythm had always been challenging for me. It wasn’t the act of singing, dancing, or playing rhythmically that posed the problem, but rather understanding how rhythm works, how it is notated, and how to read it. This was very frustrating for me, and I had the feeling it was holding me back in my development as a musician.
The breakthrough came when my teacher introduced me to vocalizing rhythm while working through “Modern Reading Text in 4/4” by Louis Bellson.
Not just counting “1-2-3-4” but actually saying rhythmic patterns out loud using syllables like “TCHA-KA TCHA.”
Each week, we sang and clapped through one page, and soon, everything clicked. Rhythm started to make sense to me – it became easy.
Since then, I have used vocalizing for years while teaching my students, and the results were incredible. Students who had been stuck for months suddenly “got it.” Their timing improved, their confidence soared, and playing rhythms became easy.
That’s why I’ve spent the last year putting together everything I’ve learned into a comprehensive textbook: “TCHA-KA TCHA – Understand and Master Rhythm on Guitar through Vocalizing.”
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing more about this awesome approach and how it might help your playing. Stay tuned for some eye-opening insights about rhythm that may transform your playing.
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