Playing guitar is not just about producing sounds. Sometimes there needs to be silence between chords or notes.
This may come as a surprise, but it’s equally as important to know when to play, as it is to know when not to play.
Periods of silence (rests) are often used as a form of musical punctuation.
In this tutorial, we will look at how periods of silence are notated with rests.
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In the Rhythm Guitar Basics Parts 1-3 tutorials, we looked at whole notes and half notes and basic strumming patterns on the guitar.
In this tutorial, we turn our attention to the quarter note.
The quarter note receives one beat in 4/4 time.
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Now that we’ve covered the basics of whole notes, half notes and how to use a metronome, it’s time to grab your guitar, so you can start strumming some rhythm patterns.
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In today’s tutorial we will look at how to play the ever popular and frequently requested Good King Wenceslas. What we will do in this tutorial is look at a chord-melody arrangement for the popular Christmas Carol. The great thing about chord-melody arrangements is you get to be your own one-man or woman band.
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In today’s tutorial, we will look at how to use a metronome with basic whole note and half note rhythms. You’ll learn how to clap, count out loud and tap your foot in sync with a metronome.
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Having a rock-solid sense of rhythm is essential for all guitar players. In this series of tutorials, we will cover the absolute basics of playing rhythm guitar.
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Now that you know how major chords are built, we will look at how to apply the formulas to actual chord fingerings on the guitar.
Major chords are built by taking the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes from the major scale.