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If you aren’t a complete musician dork, stop reading right now. If you are… keep reading, and you’re in for a real treat. Especially if you’re a drummer, or dig on metal drumming in general. Still ...

Melody and rhythm are almost inextricably linked. I say ‘almost’ because you can have melody or harmony without a distinguishable rhythm, and rhythm itself can exist with no melodic content at all.

Hello, and welcome to my new column for Guitar World! Over the next few months, I will demonstrate many of the approaches I use to craft guitar parts. I’d like to start by addressing rhythm guitar ...