Like this page? Send it to a friend! A piano style that evolved
in the USA during the early 20th Century. Ragtime is a mixture
of Afro-American and European influence, and was one of the most
important precursors for jazz. Think Scott Joplin. Distance
between the lowest and highest tones of a melody, an instrument
or a voice. The rhythm guitar player typically provides both
rhythmic and harmonic backdrop for the single note voices and
instruments in a band (vocals, lead guitar, brass etc.). Rhythm
guitar can be as straightforward as strumming some acoustic
chords such as John Lennon in "I Should Have Known Better" or
something much more structured and funky such as James Brown’s
"Sex Machine". The mating of hillbilly country and Delta blues,
Rockabilly, found its first expression at Sun Studios in
Memphis, TN, during the mid 50s. The genre was usually built
around small ensembles where a string bass, lean, economical,
rhythm-heavy electric guitar, minimal drum work and acoustic
guitar, supported an addled sin