Guitar Accelerator Blog: Play Guitar - Over 130 Free Electric and Acoustic Guitar Lessons and Tutorials » » half notes http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog How to Get the Best Results from Your Practice Time Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:46:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.27 What’s the Best Way to Count Sixteenth Notes? A Rhythm Guitar Tutorial http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/whats-the-best-way-to-count-sixteenth-notes-a-rhythm-guitar-tutorial/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/whats-the-best-way-to-count-sixteenth-notes-a-rhythm-guitar-tutorial/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:28:02 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=3392 16th note rhythms can be tricky and sometimes downright confusing. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be that way. Once you understand some simple concepts, you will understand how 16th notes really work. Then with a bit of practice, you will be able to easily master them on your guitar. In this tutorial, we will cover the basics of counting and performing sixteenth notes.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/whats-the-best-way-to-count-sixteenth-notes-a-rhythm-guitar-tutorial/feed/ 0 Playing Rhythm Guitar: Understanding Triplets Part 1 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-understanding-triplets-part-1/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-understanding-triplets-part-1/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:08:30 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2909 whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes. In this tutorial we begin our look at triplets.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-understanding-triplets-part-1/feed/ 1 Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 8 – How to Strum Eighth Notes on Guitar http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-8-how-to-strum-eighth-note-patterns/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-8-how-to-strum-eighth-note-patterns/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2014 00:50:20 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2787 How to Strum Eighth Note Patterns For whole notes, half 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.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-8-how-to-strum-eighth-note-patterns/feed/ 2 Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 7 – Understanding Eighth Notes http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-7-understanding-eighth-notes/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-7-understanding-eighth-notes/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:38:28 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2765 play rhythm guitar, some of the most common rhythms you will encounter use eighth notes. In this tutorial we begin our look at the basics of eighth notes.]]> http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-7-understanding-eighth-notes/feed/ 0 Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 3 – Basic Strumming Patterns http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-3-basic-strumming-patterns/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-3-basic-strumming-patterns/#comments Thu, 26 Dec 2013 22:00:49 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2531 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-3-basic-strumming-patterns/feed/ 0 Playing Rhythm Guitar: Basics Part 1 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-1/ http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-1/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:07:08 +0000 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/?p=2464 http://guitaraccelerator.com/blog/rhythm-guitar/playing-rhythm-guitar-basics-part-1/feed/ 1