Lesson 2 - Strumming and Rhythm Guitar
In this lesson we will get some basic rhythm training and learn a cool strum pattern.
Training Information
Difficulty: Beginner
Video Time: 9:00
In this video we will do a quick review of the material from lesson 1 and we take the pattern we learned at the end of lesson 1 and make it much more interesting!Hopefully you have been able to master the two patterns from Lesson 1. Let's now expand on the 2nd one we learned.
We are going to add a percussive sound on beat 2 and 4.
Quarter Notes
Worth 1 beat in 4/4
2:29 - 2:32
Next up is our quarter notes worth one beat each in 4/4. So in this case we will play then on every beat.
Eighth Notes
Worth 1/2 a beat in 4/4
2:33 - 2:43
Next up is our eighth notes worth half a beat each in 4/4. So we will play 8 notes in one measure and count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &. In this example we will play up and down strokes. So note that when you were playing quarter notes you were playing all down but you had to come back up in between the down strokes. Now you just have to catch the strings on the way back up.
Sixteenth Notes
Worth 1/4 a beat in 4/4
2:44 - 2:47
So now we will play sixteenth notes which means we would need 16 in to fill one measure. One 16th notes by itself in 4/4 time would be worth 1/4 of a beat. Now we are playing a note in between the 1 and the & and we are calling them the e and a. So we will count one beat as 1 e & a.
Pattern 1
Review of pattern from Lesson 1
4:35 - to end
This pattern is similar to pattern 1 but we have now moved the four eighth notes to beats 2 and 3! We will work on speeding this pattern up.
