Category: Rhythm Guitar

Here is a new strumming pattern lesson for acoustic guitar.  It is taught by David Taub with Next Level Guitar. This is an 11 minute video excerpt from Next Level Guitar’s “Acoustic Guitar Technqiues” 4 DVD course that includes over 8 hours of instruction.  Highly recommended if you want to take your Guitar Playing to...

Continuing on with the series on the keys of music, in this post we will be discussing  a handful of guitar chords that are in the key of G major. This post is divided into two different sections.  The first section will talk about some of the more basic guitar chords that are in the...

So you would like to learn more about the guitar chords in the key of F Major?  Excellent.  The following post will definitely come in handy.  Learning about the various keys in music is a very important area of study.  It is especially important if you are planning to someday play along with other musicians....

Here is a very interesting video demonstration from the folks over at Next Level Guitar.  This is a really cool technique that I honestly never heard of or saw before.  Basically, you take a dollar bill and kind of weave through the strings near the sound hole of your acoustic.  Then, strum your acoustic as...

Here is a great lesson from the folks over at Guitar Tricks that teaches you how to take advantage of the full sound that the acoustic guitar is capable of producing. Even an absolute beginner will be able to take advantage of this guitar playing technique because it uses simple open chord shapes that you...

Here are 20 chord progressions in the key of C Major. This is going to be great practice for you beginners and help you with some of those tricky chord changes. These are all fairly easy beginner guitar chords that you should already be familiar with.  If not, I provided links to lessons on how...

Here is a new strumming pattern on acoustic guitar for beginners taught by Megan from Next Level Guitar. This pattern may look a bit intimidating when she first plays it, but don’t worry. She breaks it  up into three small parts making it easier to play and understand. Part 1 of the strum pattern is...

Here is a super easy acoustic guitar chord progression for beginners.  This is a very pretty sounding progression for all you beginners out there who want something simple but something that sounds beautiful at the same time. The chords you will need to know for this particular progression are:  A Major, A Major 7 (Amaj7)...

In the following lesson, Neal shows us a cool rhythm guitar pattern that is found in a variety of different music genres including rock, pop, country, folk and more.  This is an essential pattern that all guitarists should know. The pattern is fairly simple. It involves plucking one string of a chord followed by strumming...

If you are like most beginners, then you are probably having difficulty with your chord changes. You can play the chord just fine, but when it comes time to switching between chords, things start to get messy.  Sound familiar? I found this great little video from GuitarJamz hosted by Tony Brucco. In this free acoustic...