https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zzihBAEcM0
Al Di Meola demonstrates the importance of feeling the rhythm in your playing. You can watch the full interview with Al here: https://tinyurl.com/bdepfabzThe

https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/al-di-meolas-10-tips-for-guitarists-628148
3. Rhythm is king "I was highly influenced by percussion and drums. Those were really my first loves and all through school I didn't pay attention so much and constantly I was tapping my fingers on the top of the desk while keeping a steady quarter-note 4/4 with my foot under the desk - and I would practise playing counter-rhythms against my foot.

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/al-di-meola-on-gibson-les-pauls
When it comes to jazz-rock, few Les Pauls are as storied as Al Di Meola's 1971 Les Paul Custom - famously held on the cover of his groundbreaking 1977 album Elegant Gypsy. ... "You can play a million notes and have no sense of feel, rhythm or intensity. B.B. King could take one string, one note, one finger and knock over a mountain

https://www.reddit.com/r/Jazz/comments/yvoe91/do_you_agree_with_the_common_criticisms_of_al_di/
I find, in general, that the majority of people who feel the need to criticize the greatest artists of the past hundred years or so (such as Mr. Di Meola) are almost always people who a) Cannot play at all, b) Can play, but are usually legends in their own mind, c) Can actually play, but still have no earthly concept of how Mr. Di Meola does

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/al-di-meola-2022-interview
Al Di Meola's latest release with Paco de Lucía and John McLaughlin, Saturday Night in San Francisco, is out now via Impex Records. ... "You can play a million notes and have no sense of feel, rhythm or intensity. B.B. King could take one string, one note, one finger and knock over a mountain": Lenny Kravitz on the pitfalls facing modern

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/al-di-meola-on-the-beatles-its-surprising-that-they-had-the-guts-to-play-those-kind-of-chords
Di Meola feels too many of his jazz-fusion peers have gotten further away from melody and are too focused on elaborate solos than the actual composition. He feels melody-driven songs, such as those by The Beatles, have a greater impact and are more universally relatable. It's why he feels he's become more of a composer.

https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2075
Al Di Meola biography Al Laurence Di Meola - Born July 22, 1954 (Jersey City, USA) Intense, that's the best word to describe the character of the music that took hold at the outset of the 70's. Powered by stacks of amplifiers, propelled by rock backbeats, fueled with unbridled passion, and full of the spirit of jazz improvisation, this so-called fusion music coalesced into a full blown

https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarlessons/comments/1eslvi/a_lesson_that_changed_the_way_i_play_rhythmically/
Dearest OP, I love Al Di Meola and this vid is a masterclass, but you'll be hard pressed to find too many people who will ever understand guitar or ritmo on this level. Look up composite rhythm and read it over and over and come to the slow realization that 90% of players are depending on the other musicians in their band to keep the time

https://chordify.net/chords/al-di-meola-on-feeling-rhythm-rick-beato-2
Chords for Al Di Meola on Feeling Rhythm.: Am, A, D, E. Play along with guitar, ukulele, or piano with interactive chords and diagrams. Includes transpose, capo hints, changing speed and much more.

https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialAlDiMeola/videos
The official channel of Grammy Award winning guitarist and composer Al Di Meola

https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=9488
The song continues in a latin rhythm with latin percussions (kind of Santana-like) and finishes in the same way it started. 10/10 ... or actually make you give up on playing it as after listening to how godly Al Di Meola is on the guitar you might feel like a complete failure! There are no vocals on this album, so

https://www.lespaulforum.com/index.php?threads/al-dimeola-on-feel-vs-speed.201560/
Al DiMeola on 'feel' vs 'speed' Thread starter shred; Start date Jul 22, 2016; Jul 22, 2016 #1 shred Well-known member. Joined Nov 13, 2003 Messages ... But since Al di Meola is a scholar-type guitar player who fancies fast passages, it is only natural that he'll say that kind of things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rcKyADOI_4
In this clip, Al Di Meola shares how he practices rhythmic variation to avoid sounding "square". 💫 The Beato Ultimate Bundle — $99 FOR ALL OF My Courses: ⇢

https://www.latimes.com/la-et-return17-2008feb17-story.html
The goal was to integrate Di Meola's guitar into the steaming pocket that the rhythm section had created, while adding his cutting edge, guitar-god wail and fiery, rocket-propelled, fusion

https://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608000037/Al-Di-Meola.html
Di Meola was immediately drawn to this music, impressed by, as he described to Charlie Hunt of the Detroit Free Press, "the depth of passion and romance and the intricacies and harmonies and rhythm." World Sinfonia included Dino Saluzzi on Piazzolla's own instrument, the bandoneon--a type of accordion--and sought to capture the intense emotion

https://thegearforum.com/threads/a-new-practice-regimen-a-seasone-of-al-di-meola.5110/
A is for Al. Al Di Meola. Al is April's guitarist of the month. I have to credit Al a bit here for inspiring this whole thing. His picking is so locked in and tight. That percussive and innately rhythmic style of his lead playing is just so compelling. I am using Al's music this month to also do some ear training. Today I put on his

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/9006/Al-Di-Meola-Elegant-Gypsy/
The sound that is produced during this track is unique, with DiMeola throwing in some fabulous lead lines, alternating in speed to fit the ever-changing tempo and feel of the song. The track culminates in a final, spastic burst of sound. Somehow dissonant, this is a fitting end to an incredible album.

https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/review/splendido-hotel/235538
3/5 · 2011-11-02. dreadpirateroberts A kind of preoccupation with places of extreme heat is clear from Al Di Meola's song titles and his general sound, adding to the Latin feel of much of his music. But his is not an urban Latin like Santana's can be, and is instead located more in the natural world. Here on 'Splendido Hotel' he once again

https://people.com/guitarist-al-di-meola-suffers-heart-attack-onstage-7975935
Photo: Al Di Meola, the renowned American guitarist best known for his work in jazz fusion and world music, is in stable condition after he suffered a heart attack onstage during a concert in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Px6XK_6oA
The new song "Ava's Dance in the Moonlight": https://AlDiMeola.lnk.to/AvasDanceInTheMoonlightIDThe new album "Twentyfour": https://aldimeola.lnk.to/Twentyfou

https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/al-di-meola-kiss-my-axe-tab-s414438
Difficulty (Rhythm): Revised on: 10/17/2016. Al Di Meola. ... Kiss My Axe Tab by Al Di Meola. Free online tab player. One accurate version. Play along with original audio. Songsterr Plus. Tabs. Favorites. New Tab. Help. Sign In. FAQ. Acoustic Guitar (nylon) Kiss My Axe Tab. Difficulty (Rhythm): Revised on: 10/16

https://www.legacyoften.com/Al-Di-Meola-s/619.htm
Crafted over the course of 2023, Al Di Meola's Electric Rendezvous is the legendary guitarist's debut collection of fine artwork. Crafted from a new medium that allows guitarists to build visual works through their performance on the fretboard, Di Meola is one of the pioneers bringing this new type of artwork to the world.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/is-al-di-meola-ok-renowned-guitarist-69-hospitalized-after-onstage-heart-attack-during-romania-concert/ar-AA1hpd61
B UCHAREST, ROMANIA: Musician Al Di Meola, best known for his work in jazz fusion and world music, suffered a heart attack onstage during a concert in Romania but is now in stable condition, a