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Rhythm Guitar Lessons - Strumming, Picking & Phrasing

Welcome to the rhythm guitar lessons hub. From here, you can access free lessons that will take you through the essential techniques and skills involved in playing rhythm guitar.

Rhythm guitar generally covers fundamental playing techniques such as strumming, flat picking, finger picking and chord phrasing. Basically, anything that sits under and backs up the lead instruments and vocals.

So, work through the lessons below from top to bottom and make sure you equip yourself with the playing tools you need to create your own music with an open mind.


Featured Rhythm Guitar Lesson

Instantly inject life into your strumming with this simple technique...

strumming video


Learn Rhythm Guitar Step by Step

small chevron Basic Chord Changing Exercises  Before you learn complex strumming or picking patterns, you need to be able to negotiate chord changes. Once these "marker points" are firmly in place, you can then work your own rhythms around them. This lesson includes 6 exercises with backing tracks to help sharpen your chord change timing.

See also:
Barre Chord Changing Exercises

small chevron Guitar Strumming Lessons  In this series, you'll learn essential strumming techniques. Starting with the basics (if you need), moving onto more complex strumming patterns and chord change rhythms, use this course to lay the foundations for your own experimentation. Features video, backing tracks and clear diagrams. Also in this series...
small chevron Guitar Chord Picking Technique  Covers chord arpeggiation and exercises to help you improve your picking accuracy and timing. Learn the essential "rules" of alternate picking, string skipping and other common flatpicking styles. Also in this series...
small chevron Finger Picking  Video series taking you through the basics of fingerstyle playing. Learn how to play multiple parts at once to create that distinctive orchestral sound. Master left and right hand co-ordination and the importance of thumb independence to play a variety of rhythms.

small chevron Simplifying Chords  This lesson shows you some cut-down chord shapes that can be used to complement different strumming and picking rhythms, for a tighter, punchier sound.

small chevron Palm Muting  A staple technique used in rock and heavy metal. Palm muting gives your picking a more percussive, punchier quality that aids more driving, dynamic rhythms. Learn the basics here, then move on to...
small chevron Metal Strumming & Rhythm  Series devoted to essential metal rhythm guitar techniques. We start with some basic downstrum rhythms (with downloadable drum tracks!) commonly used in heavy metal before moving on to more complex down-up speed patterns. Also in this series...
small chevron Chord Melody  Add melodic lines to your chord playing to give them more intricacy and colour, whether you're picking or strumming. A big part of this skill is the ability to work your available fingers around a fixed chord position. I show you how to economise your fingering for these melodic embellishments.

small chevron Chord Phrasing  Learn how to embellish your chord playing using techniques such as hammer-ons and pull-offs. Part 2 expands on this idea by playing 2 and 3 string phrases around a chord structure. Experimenting with this technique will help you discover new ways to spice up your rhythm playing. Also in this series...

Dynamic Rhythm Guitar


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