Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 9 – Strumming Eighth Note Chord Progressions

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Now that you are familiar with the basics of countingstrumming and tapping your foot in time with eighth notes, we can turn our attention to some fun chord progressions that use eighth notes.

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Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 8 – How to Strum Eighth Notes on Guitar

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How to Strum Eighth Note Patterns

For whole noteshalf notes and quarter notes, the down-stroke is usually used.

To play eighth notes, we will use a combination of down-strokes and up-strokes.

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