Online Guitar Lessons

Strumming Basics - Strumming with Em and A2 Chords

Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Rhythm Style: Acoustic

Tutorial: Strumming Basics for Beginners

2 of 3
Strumming Basics - General Overview
BACK: Strumming Basics - General Overview
Strumming Basics - Strumming with C...
NEXT: Strumming Basics - Strumming with C...
You must be a Premium Member
to view this guitar lesson.
Free Guitar Lessons Sign Up for Premium
Lesson Excerpt: As mentioned in the video, for all our strumming exercises we'll be using chords with similar shapes. Doing this allows us to keep most of our focus on our strumming hand. Before playing the patterns below, watch the video a few times and study my timing and form. Then when you're ready, give the patterns a try. I'd also highly recommend that you count the 8th notes out loud while you play these patterns, as it will help you understand why you...
Become a Premium Member to get Unlimited Access

Sign Up for Premium

As Low as $8.25 a month

  • 1,795 Guitar Lessons and counting...

  • Optimized for Tablets and Smartphones

  • Professional Instructors

  • Downloadable Backing Tracks

  • Detailed Tablature & Notation

  • All Styles, All Difficulty Levels

  • Lesson Bookmarking

  • Premium Members Forum

  • Chord Finder and Metronome

  • 100% Money Back Guarantee

Sign Up for Premium

As Low as $8.25 a month

Metronome
Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Play/Stop
Increase Tempo
Decrease Tempo
=  Spacebar, Enter
=  ↑ →
=  ↓ ←

Sounds

Hi Hats
Rimshot
Digital
Toms
=  1
=  2
=  3
=  4

Time Signatures

4 / 4
2 / 4
3 / 4
5 / 4
5 / 8
6 / 8
7 / 8
9 / 8
12 / 8
15 / 16
19 / 16
=  F1
=  F2
=  F3
=  F4
=  F5
=  F6
=  F7
=  F8
=  F9
=  F11
=  F12

Please Log In

    |    
Welcome!
General
Affiliate Program About Us Premium Features Our Instructors Terms of Use Privacy Support Center Contact Us
Main
Lesson Search Lesson Plans Metronome Chord Finder Forum
Styles
Rock Fusion Metal Jazz Acoustic Funk Classical Blues
Topics
Technique Chords Cool Riffs Theory Exercises Improvising Recording Rhythm Scales
Levels
Beginner Intermediate Advanced Crazy!
Social