I still to this very day regard music as the organization of sound and silence. Being able to account for the spaces between sounds with a set of values is what gives us our understanding of rhythm and meter. I often asked what rhythm actually was and, in turn, heard and saw many definitions to this illusive word. But today I like this one...
 
…”a general term used to refer to the position of musical events in time. It specifys the beginning of an event and the duration (how long it lasts). When events occur in alignment to a regular interval of time, a "pulse" emerges. These pulses may be grouped into beats and measures, commonly called a meter.”
 
This lesson illustrates how to play with a metronome. The metronome provides a steady pulse over which varying time values can be rehearsed. The video shows how to perform quarter notes, eighth’s, eighth triplets, and sixteenth note values over a steady click. Most people set the metronome when they first begin rhythmic training to something slow in the vicinity of 60 bpm’s [beats per minute]. Then try to perform quarters, eighths, eighth triplets, and sixteenths. If it’s comfortable and your not working too hard and you can remain relaxed at that tempo, increase the beats per minute by two and practice the same routine at that new number [in this case, 62 bpm]. Gradually work further and further until you find the threshold where its too laborious to keep your fingers in check rhythmically. Let’s say you get to 100 bpm and it’s messy. Back the metronome off to 98 bpm and work at that tempo for a while. Each player is different, but with a daily commitment you will set new personal records in not only your speed, but accuracy and overall comfort while playing the guitar.