Rhythm Guitar and Strumming

Learn To Count Rhythm

In this video, let’s break down the beat and learn all about rhythms including note types and how to count rhythms. No more confusing down u...

Exercises Overview

This video outlines the chord progression to be used in the following exercises and gives helpful reminders to becoming a better guitarist. ...

Quarter Notes

Let’s practice counting and strumming straight quarter notes while playing the chords in the key of C major. Keep it slow and with the beat ...

Eighth Notes

This lesson concentrates on the eighth note and works on two different ways to strum the same rhythm.

Sixteenth Notes

This lesson is all about sixteenth notes but we got prepared for this in the previous exercise by playing an eighth note rhythm with all dow...

Quarter and Eighth Rhythm - 1 2&3 4&

This lessons mixes quarter notes and eighth notes to demonstrate a very common acoustic guitar rhythm.

Eighth Sixteenth Rhythm - Chick A Boom

This is the same rhythm as the quarter and eighth rhythm but written with eighth and sixteenth notes and so played twice as fast.

Quarter and Eighth Syncopation

Now we’re getting into syncopation and things are getting interesting. This rhythm is a very common rock acoustic guitar rhythm.

Quarter and Eighth Fast Syncopation

Here's a relatively fast paced syncopated rhythm. Keep the strumming hand going.

C Major 7 Rhythm

Seventh chords are four note chords that are richer than their three note triad counterparts. Here we will listen for the difference between...

D minor 7 Rhythm

Let’s continue looking at and listening to 7th chords and the differences between the three note triad counterpart. In this session, the ii ...

E minor 7 Rhythm

In this session, the iii minor and iii minor 7 chord are up. Since we are in the key of C, we are looking at and listening to Em and Em7. I ...

F Major 7 Rhythm

The IV major chord in the key of C is F. This is a troublesome chord for a lot of people. Thankfully, the Major 7 version is easier to play ...

G7 Rhythm

In this session, the V Major and V7 chord are up. Since we are in the key of C, we are looking at and listening to G and G7. The rhythm that...

A minor 7 Rhythm

This session practices an eighth / sixteenth rhythm alternating between Am and Am7.

This video series will teach you all about rhythm.

You will learn how to count rhythms, how to break down the beat and put downstrokes and upstrokes in their proper place to smooth out choppy strumming.

Play and count along with the exercises and have some fun.