Rhythmic Strumming

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Rhythm Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to use only two chords to build your sense of "Pocket" playing, i.e. Rhythmic awareness. We're going to discuss how to go about maximizing your strumming technique for various strumming patterns you may encounter throughout your further guitar study. Rhythmic Strumming Let's look at some do's and don'ts of strumm...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Rhythm Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: With the following 5 exercises, you must remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax your right hand (strumming hand) and use your wrist. You can use your elbow for emphasis on the beat if you'd like. 3. Use the backing tracks I've provided and have fun people!

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Rhythm Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: Exercise 2! Remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax your right hand (strumming hand) and use your wrist. You can use your elbow for emphasis on the beat if you'd like. 3. Use the backing tracks I've provided and have fun people!

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Rhythm Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: Exercise 3! Remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax your right hand (strumming hand) and use your wrist. You can use your elbow for emphasis on the beat if you'd like. 3. Use the backing tracks I've provided and have fun people!

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Rhythm Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: Exercise 4! Remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax your right hand (strumming hand) and use your wrist. You can use your elbow for emphasis on the beat if you'd like. 3. Use the backing tracks I've provided and have fun people!

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Rhythm Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: Exercise 5! Be sure to wait until the end of the video for some final thoughts. Remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax your right hand (strumming hand) and use your wrist. You can use your elbow for emphasis on the beat if you'd like. 3. Use the backing tracks I've provided and have fun peo...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Rhythm Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: I've provided two backing tracks. One with with bass and drums, and another with drums only. When you feel comfortable, use the drums-only track to use other chords and to make your own rhythms as well. Have fun :)

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Rhythm Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: For this backing track, I soloed the drums and took out the bass, so now you can practice strum patterns with whatever chords you'd like. Have fun!

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