Acoustic Guitar Secrets
Strummer’s Corner: A Day In The Life by The Beatles
A Day In The Life Chords And Lyrics A Day In The Life |G Bm| Em Em7|C |C | [Verse 1] G Bm Em Em7… Read More »Strummer’s Corner: A Day In The Life by The Beatles
Beginner Strumming Lesson 4
The Exercise A quarter note is a note that represents the duration of one beat. In other words, it gets one beat. It looks like… Read More »Beginner Strumming Lesson 4
Are Strumming Patterns For The Birds?
Most people that have been playing awhile don’t spend a lot of time studying strumming patterns. In reality, there are only so many ways to… Read More »Are Strumming Patterns For The Birds?
Beginner Strumming Lesson 7
The Exercise Let’s meet our new note! It’s an eighth note. You can play two eighth notes per beat. That makes a total of eight… Read More »Beginner Strumming Lesson 7
Basic Guitar Strumming: A Crash Course
This lesson will show you basic guitar strumming. Strumming is a vital & basic skill for guitarists. It can be the rhythmic engine of a song.
Strumming is the ‘brushing’ or ‘scratching’ of the strings in large strokes. Like a pendulum, the hand continues to move (up & down rather than side to side), always keeping time.
Many players fall into the ‘pick and grin’ category where they prefer to just strum chords and sing along to a basic arraignment. They’ll completely forego the tabs! That’s okay because sometimes all you need is basic guitar strumming patterns as presented in this lesson.
Ready to learn basic guitar strumming?
Harvest Moon- Part 4
Complete Transcription: Harvest-Moon-Neil-Young Remember, this guitar part is in drop D tuning.
Outlaw Country Strumming
Let’s say you want to strum along with some Willie, Waylon, and the boys, but alas, you don’t know what strumming pattern to use. In… Read More »Outlaw Country Strumming
Redemption Song by Bob Marley
Intro This song might be from Bob Marley, but it’s not a reggae song as you might believe. It’s just a rock type ballad. It’s… Read More »Redemption Song by Bob Marley