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The Complete Guide To Improving Your Rhythm With Sub-Divisions

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“Drummers view of the show” by Matt Deavenport, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

 

In this popular YouTube video I created a few years ago, I talked about how to play a variety of sub-divisions and how sub-divisions are the foundation and building blocks of ALL rhythm.

In this post, we will take things a step further and get you learning all of the most important sub-divisions and I’ll show you how to practice them to take your rhythm skills to the next level.

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Filed Under: Rhythm Tagged With: Drums, Fingerpicking Patterns, Rhythm Guitar, strum patterns, Sub divisions

6 Easy Ways To Adapt Your Favourite Guitar Strumming Patterns

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One of the most boring things a guitarist can do when playing a strumming song is to strum the song in the exact same way using the exact same strum pattern throughout.

In this post, you’ll learn how simple it is to methodically adapt the strum pattern and how it will give your strumming songs a massive new lease of life.

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Filed Under: Rhythm, Strumming Tagged With: `Ballad strum`, Cadd9, strum patterns, Upstrums

Podcast #4 – How To Supercharge Your Strumming Patterns

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Check out my latest podcast where I discuss a really simple way of making your strumming sound more interesting.

I discuss how you should vary your strumming patterns to supercharge your strumming songs, sound more musical and improve your sense of rhythm all at the same time.

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Filed Under: Podcast, Strumming Tagged With: Creativity, Rhythm Guitar, strum patterns, Strumming variations

How to add excitement and interest to any song by combining multiple strumming patterns

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I’ve said it many times before, but I will say it again. I’m not a huge fan of when guitarists play a song and use just one strum pattern throughout the whole song. 

It’s okay when starting out or learning the song but as soon as you are comfortable, start adding more strum patterns, variations and strum fills for a much more powerful effect. Today, I’ll show you how to seamlessly combine different strum patterns to create a piece of music that is exciting and vibrant.

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Filed Under: Rhythm, Strumming Tagged With: arranging, Creativity, Improvising, songs, strum patterns

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