Manipulating time signature and tempo

AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT of playing music is being aware of “where” you’re playing in the beat and how it relates to the groove being laid down by the rhythm section. This concept can be broken up into th

A BIG PART of blues is playing over a “shuffle” groove — a triplet-driven swing-eighths feel with a backbeat (accents on beats 2 and 4) — at various tempos. There are many great shuffle-based tunes. A

Ready to drop a banger? Chris Rowlands loops us in with the best tools for home beatmaking…

In the second part of this lesson, Richard Barrett asks you to lend your ears to the sounds of the silver screen for real-life context

THIS MONTH, I’D like to talk about the paramount importance of the right, or pick, hand — how it’s the keeper of time and the thing that gives us the groove while we play. I’ll demonstrate some exampl

THEY REVOLUTIONISED THE FILM-SCORE LANDSCAPE. NOW, AS NINE INCH NAILS TAKE ON TRON: ARES , TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS TELL US HOW THEY’RE SHAPING THE FUTURE