Lesson Length: 1:46

Instructor: George Goodman

Concepts:
* Chord Progression
* Strumming and Rhythm

George Goodman's Guitar and Harmonica Method

Takamine EG541SC
I am playing my black tak in this one.

This is a Takamine G Series EG541SC bought in North Carolina when I was playing in a band called Double Take.
Specs:
Top - Solid Spruce
Back - Nato
Sides - Nato
Finger Board - Rosewood
Electronics - TK40
Finish - Gloss Black
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Outline
The following exercises reinforce the principles learned in the Learn To Count Rhythm video as well as the chords you learned in the previous video series.
This video outlines the chord progression to be used in the following exercises and gives helpful reminders to becoming a better guitarist.
Get a handle on each of the different note types and then combine them to form common strumming patterns.

Chord Progression
The following series of exercises will look at the different note types and combine them into common strumming rhythms.
The chord progression used throughout these exercises will be as follows:
C | C | Dm | Dm | Em | Em | F | F | G | G | Am | Am |

Things To Work On
Work on creating clean sounding chords and making the chord changes as quickly as possible.
For the left hand, fret the strings with the finger tips by arching the fingers and place them close to the frets.
For the right hand, strum down (down stroke), and then up (upstroke) with a combination of wrist and elbow movement. Keep your hand close to the strings without using excessive movement.

Ear Training
Practice singing the root notes of each of the chords and listen for the differences between the quality, major or minor, of the different chords.