Upon completion, the learner will understand what 16th notes are, how to count them and how to strum them in two keys: E and G. The strumming patterns are played at normal tempo and also demonstrated at a slower tempo so that the learner can play along as he or she learns.

Strumming styles in a variety of idioms, and applying the use of effects.

I got the idea for this tutorial from one of our subscribers that was asking about country rhythm techniques that I use. The first seven lessons will be using this method playing bar chords starting on the 5th (A) string, my dad used to call these "backbreakers". In the next seven we will use the major chords. Then the next seven will use a variation of the barre chords starting on the 6t...

In this tutorial, I will show you how to play all the rhythm guitar riffs of a complete metal song. You'll be able to practice palm muting, alternate picking, Hammer-ons, pull-offs and many other techniques often found in metal music.

This tutorial was inspired by one of our users in the forum, who wanted to see some right hand strumming styles for classic rock and blues. These will be very basic lessons, but these useful riffs can be used in many styles of music.

Drop D honky tonk rockin twang! This is a New Country / Southern Rock style rhythm riff... add more distortion and it's a funky alt rock riff.

Ok....One segment down and on to part 2 here. For this 2nd riff we will be dealing with more than just the E & A strings and straight Root/5th power chords. We are going to go a little bit further with the whole 80's Metal inspired chromatic theme as well as mess around with some pinch harmonics and sliding octaves. So even though it's still pretty simple & straight forward, there is a bit m...

This lesson looks at a couple of ways to spice up shuffle rhythms.The first example uses a fairly simple off/on technique to accent the first beat of each bar.The second example is a bit harder to achieve but gives a nice "rolling along" feel to the rhythm.You could put the top string open every other bar ( for example ) rather than every bar - once you have this off pat you can put it into the rh...

In this lesson, we’ll do a playalong using the rhythm variation that places extra emphasis on beat number ONE, and on the AND that follows beat number two, in one measure of eighth notes. The chord progression will be: //: G / C / D / C ://.

In this lesson, we’ll stay with a rhythm that uses eight eighth notes per measure, but we’ll add an extra challenge by emphasizing a couple of those beats more than the rest. This will give the music a bit more groove. This is a slightly more complicated and practical use of palm muting, heard in many modern country tunes. For this rhythmic variation, you’ll be counting the measure as “...