Recently, I uploaded a bunch of videos using drum machine loops to help you practise in time and develop your timing. This is an essential skill that you need to work on, whether you’re a beginner or a professional musician.
So far, I have uploaded 13 videos using a basic 4/4 rock beat deliberately leaving out any fills or variations so it won’t be distracting while practicing with them.
Practising with the drum machine is a great way to develop and test your timing. Whether you’re working with chord changes, strumming, picking arpeggios,
playing scales, riffs or any other exercise that needs to be played in time, which is most of guitar playing.
Practising with the drum beat is a great way to test if you’re really in time. “Is it something like that, or is it really like that?”
When practising with the drum beat have a listen to it to get the feel of the beat before you start playing. I recommend counting in before you start playing your exercise or whatever part you’re trying to practise. If you find you lose the beat or you can’t hear it, stop, listen again and have another go starting by counting in with the beat. Another tips for practising with a drum beat is to ensure it’s fairly loud at least as loud as your guitar if not louder, so you can really hear the beat.
Plus don’t forget in YouTube settings that you can use the playback speed feature to slow down the video or speed it up as required. This will save you having to jump from one video to the other if you want to change the tempo slightly.
So I hope you find these drum videos to be useful for your practise and you’ll be right on time.
Check out the playlist of these beats for 60 to 180 BPM (beats per minute) below.