Boston - More Than A Feeling Pt.2 - All Electric Guitar Rhythm Parts - Guitar Lesson

About More Than A Feeling Pt.2 - All Electric Guitar Rhythm Parts

The rhythm guitar work in "More Than a Feeling" is a clinic in layered Hard Rock strumming, and getting it right takes more patience than it might seem at first. Boston built the track around thick, ringing open chords in G major, so your fretting hand needs to be clean enough to let those open strings ring without buzzing. At 138 BPM the strumming pattern moves briskly, and the challenge is keeping consistent pick attack across all the layered rhythm parts without any one part sticking out. Because this page covers all the electric guitar rhythm parts together, there is a lot to absorb: work through each part separately before combining them. The Practice Toolbar is genuinely useful here. Loop a single section slowed down until the picking pattern locks in, then gradually bring the speed back up. E Standard tuning means no retuning required, so you can go straight to getting the feel right.

• The rhythm parts are played in E Standard tuning in G major, leaning heavily on open-position chords that let several strings ring freely.
• At 138 BPM the strumming moves at a brisk pace, so isolating each rhythm layer separately before combining them is the most effective practice approach.
• Consistent pick attack across multiple layered guitar tracks is the core technical challenge, since any unevenness becomes obvious when the parts stack together.