Guitar Rhythm Mastery: Strumming and Percussive Techniques

Many people dream of one day being a famous guitar musician or just want to play well enough to perform their favorite songs. This course has no prerequisites and offers you the opportunity to learn guitar and how to add rhythm and beat to your music. Whether you want to play professionally or as a passionate amateur, these strumming and percussive techniques can add another element to your sound.

This course helps you to become comfortable with various guitar beats and techniques. We go through over fifty different strumming patterns and highlight finger-picking designs, which are used in almost every musical genre. We explain how to apply these skills to create pop, country, blues, indie, funk, rock, heavy metal and more. We demonstrate each rhythm in primary and secondary forms and present examples to help you follow the lessons. Our training videos cover a range of topics and you can find learning materials in the ‘Resources’ section, from chord charts to tablature to drum loops and more.

These guitar lessons explain how playing acoustic and electric guitars helps you to master the essential parts of rhythm. We show you how to play more exciting and complex melodies as you become more comfortable with your instrument. We teach you how to keep time and maintain various tempos as you pick up over fifty different strumming and percussive techniques that let you play the guitar like a pro. Sign up to learn how to play in any rhythm, whether you’re playing your favourite songs or creating new ones.