Let's talk about rests for moment.
Rests are a very important part of the process
of playing metal rhythms.
A rest gives the music a chance to breathe
and it's not just a matter of stopping the
chord.
It's actually a matter of dampening the chord
in time with the music.
You'll hear this done with a lot of great
riffs, stuff like Smoke on the Water by Deep
Purple has great rests, so does Master of
Puppets by Metallica, Symphony of Destruction
by Megadeth, War Pigs by Black Sabbath.
So when you do rests like this, it comes from
this part of your hand.
You always want to play in time.
Oh, I should mention ACDC too, another great
band that does rests.
Listen to Back in Black and Dirty Deeds Done
Dirt Cheap.
I'm going to play a chord, and I'm going to
stop it.
See how that's happening?
It's right here, this part of the hand.
I might be able to do this with eighth notes
if I'm playing to a tempo like this.
Three, four.
If it's a slower tempo I can subdivide into
16th notes.
If the tempo is this, but I'm hearing da da
da da da da da da da da da da da da da da,
so I can take the chord and then hit the rest
in time.
Notice I'm using the volume knob to turn off
the rhythm especially with metal guitar tone
because it can be very loud and noisy.
There I'm shutting it off with just the volume
knob.
Here I'm just going to use my palm.
There you have a few examples of fun things
you can do with rests.
