Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 11 – Counting Rhythms Revisited or a Simple Trick to More Accurate Time Keeping

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In this tutorial, we look at how to determine the best way to count rhythms in a piece of guitar music.

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Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 5 – Understanding Rests

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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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Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 4 – Understanding Quarter Notes

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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

The quarter note receives one beat in 4/4 time.

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Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 2 – Using a Metronome to Improve Your Sense of Rhythm

Using a Metronome

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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