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Boom Chick Strumming Patterns For Open Chords
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This tutorial on the Boom-Chick Strumming pattern was inspired by our site to show you how useful it is. In the first four lessons I show you the pattern using the 1, 4, and 5 chord in the key of A, followed by a progression in the next lesson. I change to a 16th note pattern with a D chord in the fifth lesson, and then finish up with a D progression using the 16th note strumming pattern.

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Boom Chick Strumming Patterns For Barre Chords
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By the end of this tutorial you should be able to combine the boom-chick strumming technique with barre chords rooted on the E string.

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Rock Strumming: Take It Up a Notch!
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In this tutorial, Anders Mouridsen will teach you some "next level" rock strumming approaches. After introducing the lesson concepts and dialing in an appropriate tone, we'll look at a new 8th note pattern. Then it's time to swing the 8th notes before we learn a new 16th note pattern, and swing those, too. We'll learn some "karate chop" muting, then move on to two practice tunes. We conclude with some easy practice exercises.

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Basic Strumming in 3/4 Time
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When you are strumming in 3/4 time, the moves and skills are very much the same as what you are already comfortable with, but the feel is quite different. Discover how 3/4 time gives a song a "dance-like" feel, and learn to play the song 'With You I Am Whole'.

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Basic Strumming in 4/4 Time
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Let's learn to understand the nuts and bolts that lie behind the strumming rhythm we have been working on so far in this course. Applying this new info to what you can already do will vastly expand your strumming grooves and options! You'll be amazed at how easy, and how very cool this is going to be.

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Strumming in Rock
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In this set of rhythm lessons, Anders Mouridsen is going to examine strumming in rock. We'll talk about strumming and get an appropriate tone, then look at palm muting and strumming with both eighth and sixteenth notes. Then we'll learn about ghost strums, and apply everything to two practice tunes. We'll finish with a lesson on how to derive strum patterns from the drums.

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Basic Strumming Pattern
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In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to play a commonly used strumming pattern for acoustic guitar style material. Though any of these principles could be also used in other genres that you’ve probably heard before. We’ll use a group of four chords that are frequently played together in many songs.

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16th Note Strumming Pattern
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Anders will you how to strum using 16th notes. He'll explore a groove using this subdivision and come up with a cool strumming pattern that fits it. You'll recognize the sound of it, as this rhythmic feel is used in a million classic songs.

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Strumming Pattern Tried-and-True
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Anders will add another classic strumming pattern to your arsenal.

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Down Stroke Strumming Pattern
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Anders will show you the basics of the simple acoustic guitar strumming pattern.

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Boom Chick Blues II
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In this second tutorial in my Boom Chick Blues series, we will build upon what we learned in the previous tutorial and take it to the next level. We will add a few licks to the mix, and play around with the chords a bit more. Watch out for the blazing fast ending lick! The very last lesson contains a slowed down performance to make it easier to follow.

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Boom Chick Fingerpicking
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I will start by introducing you to boom chick fingerpicking, and in the four lessons that follow, I will teach you a little song I wrote just for this tutorial. We will start with the thumb, then add some chord hits, and ultimately we will learn the melody and put it all together. Let's dive in!

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Boom Chick Blues
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In this series of lessons I will teach you a nice way to play unaccompanied blues on just the acoustic guitar. I will show you what to play over the I chord, the IV chord and the V chord, and I'll show you a cool turnaround that you can add to your personal library of turnaround licks. Let's go!

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Driving Bluegrass Rhythm: Strumming 16th Notes
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This tutorial on driving bluegrass rhythm was inspired by a good friend of mine in the forum. He wanted to know about strumming techniques all the legendary bluegrass guitar pickers used. This is another 16th note boom chick pattern, but it doesn't have the ghost strum in it. I'm using both up and downstrokes with a pick, and strumming them with the 1, 4, and 5 chord in the key of G.

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Elvis Costello
Good Year For The Roses Elvis Costello
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In this tutorial Mike Olekshy will teach "Good Year for the Roses", as made famous by Elvis Costello. After introducing the song, Mike will take a look at the verse chords and strumming. You'll learn the song's chorus chords and strumming next, then there's a bonus lesson if you want to learn the pedal steel licks on electric guitar. We'll do a play along performance, then you take over in the jam along.

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Crystal Gayle
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Crystal Gayle
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In this tutorial, Caren Armstrong will teach a campfire version of "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", as made famous by Crystal Gayle. Caren will introduce the song then look at the acoustic tones before talking about the rhythm and strumming. The breakdowns of the intro and 1st two verses are next, then we'll learn the bridge before we go to verse 3. We'll learn the song ending, then the theme melody; we'll end with a play along.

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Strumming In 3/4 Time
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In this tutorial we'll explore all the classic sounds you can get from counting 3 beats in every bar, instead of 4 like we've done up till now. This gives you what is called a waltz rhythmic feel, and I have no doubt you'll recognize the sound of it. Of course that means our usual strumming pattern won't work the same way, so in these lessons we'll cover how to strum in what's called 3/4 time.

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More Strumming
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Up until now we've used a very simple eighth note based strumming pattern, and I hope you've seen how incredibly useful and fun that pattern can be. Now we'll breakdown and practice another simple strumming pattern, that's only slightly more involved and even more useful.

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Strumming Patterns
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In this tutorial we'll explore the most basic version of what's called a strumming pattern using the chords we've learned so far. The idea is that you could now use this rhythmic pattern to go play a million different songs. As your skills grow we'll keep building on this strumming pattern to make it more and more cool sounding and useful.

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Strumming With a Waltz Feel
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Anders will show you a different right hand strumming pattern using a 3/4 time signature, or waltz feel.

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Johnny Cash
San Quentin Johnny Cash
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In this series of country lessons, Henrik Linde will teach "San Quentin", as made famous by Johnny Cash. Henrik will introduce the song and go over the gear and tones, then show you the acoustic and electric intro parts. The verse parts are next, followed by the interlude and the outro, all on both guitars. We'll do full and single guitar performances, then you'll take over in the jam along.

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Tesla
Love Song Tesla
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In this tutorial Mike Olekshy will teach "Love Song", by Tesla. After a song synopsis and the gear and tones, Mike will detail all the elements within the cool acoustic intro. Then we're on to the electric part in the intro followed by the layered verse and 1st chorus. Next is the killin' solo, then last chorus and solo. We conclude with full and single guitar play alongs, then you take over in the jam along.

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Acoustic Strumming Step-by-Step, Level 2
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In Acoustic Strumming Level 2, we build on the foundation created in Level 1, and move into the Classic Must-Know Strumming Pattern that underlies much of folk, rock, pop, country, and blues music. We'll learn several songs and variations along the way.

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Strumming Technique
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Strumming is essential to playing the guitar, and in this tutorial Anders Mouridsen will teach you some basic techniques and patterns to give you a solid strumming foundation. We'll start with holding the pick and right hand/arm technique for optimum strumming. Next we'll examine a basic 8th note strumming pattern and a basic 16th note pattern in 4/4 time, followed by a pattern in 3/4. Anders will conclude with a synopsis of everything he taught. You'll be strumming in no time!

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Strumming With Higher Chords
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In the following lessons, we’ll explore steady strumming, combined strum rhythms, and add rests into our strum patterns. We’ll play through some examples, and turn those examples into a practice tune that combines everything we’ve learned.

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Strumming Patterns in a Rock Style
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Rock music features plenty of power and energy, so we’ll crank it up and dive into the basics to help you achieve signature rock rhythm guitar techniques. In the following lessons, we’ll explore 8th and 16th note strumming using downstrokes and upstrokes, palm muting and accents, as well as ghost strums. We’ll play through plenty of examples, and finish up with a practice tune that combines everything we’ve learned.

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The Pinch Pattern
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The Pinch Pattern uses a pinching motion between your ring finger and your thumb moving together, then the remaining fingers are used to arpeggiate more of the chord. This is the next step in developing your picking hand technique because it’s a widely used pattern found in many songs.

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Strumming With a Swing Feel
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Anders will discuss and demonstrate how to strum with a swing feel, both for 8th and 16th note based strumming patterns. This may seem deceptively simple at first, but behind the basic mechanics there's a whole world of personal expression and important musicianship to be explored.

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Root-Chord & Root-5 Strumming
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Anders will show you a strumming technique that separates the main bass note from the rest of the chord. This will strengthen that rhythmic element we explored in previous tutorials.

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Finger Strumming
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Anders will show show you a very basic way to strum with your fingers, which is similar to how you hold a pick, but it does have a slightly different sound. This will enable you to switch seamlessly between strumming and fingerpicking, which is good for accompanying a singer, but it'll also enable you to come up with cool hybrid strumming and picking patterns.

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One Little Pattern, ALL Natural Minor Scales. It's Easy!
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The 'Grid-Style' minor scale allows us to play any minor scale that exists, using a consistent and moveable pattern. Learn this grid, and you can instantly play ANY minor scale that exists, just by placing the grid at different points on the neck of the guitar.

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One Little Pattern, ALL Major Scales. Easy!
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In this set of lessons, we'll learn a pattern of notes to play that will allow you to easily play the major scale, in any key you want. This streamlined system makes playing major scales super easy, and is the gateway to playing melody, riffs, and improvisations up the neck of the guitar.

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Root-5 Strumming
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Introducing the 5 and the root-5 strumming.

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