Comments on: Blues Guitar Strumming

By: Dorthy Luna

Dorthy Luna — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:33:17 +0000

informative, thanks

By: Rand

Rand — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:39:44 +0000

Thanks Jonathan, When I practice I have a hard time thinking of new rythyms. This will help me break out of my routine. Great stuff!

By: Juan

Juan — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:31:53 +0000

Hi Jo i have improve my guitar skills since i join you so i wish to say thaks a lot hope to get more soon

By: kirk

kirk — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:42:06 +0000

hi johnathan kirk here i am having a hard time finding a good strun and my timing sucks lol plz help me i like to do old country stuff

By: chris b

chris b — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:24:20 +0000

Jonathan
I just got the use of my right hand back and starting my practiceing all over your a great help, keep it up

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:41:01 +0000

Hi Rahn, thanks for clarifying that. I started out to do a lesson on eighth notes, but it turned into this instead. Thanks for writing that out nice and clearly though.

By: rahn Lawson

rahn Lawson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:32:44 +0000

The timing on this strumming pattern is actually a dotted eight note followed by a sixteenth note. If you count straight eighth notes you will not be playing the rhythm that Jonathan is demonstrating. To count a dotted eight note followed by sixteenth note it is helpful to think of counting each group of four sixteenth notes that is associated with each quarter note of each measure. Four quarter notes are counted as 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4- and so on.
Sixteenth notes are counted as 1e&a 2e&a 3e&a 4e&a
What Jonathan is playing is the down beats for each quarter note and the last sixteenth note of each group of four and it would be counted as 1-a 2-a 3-a 4-a but along with this counting you need to swing the feel so it fits into a shuffle style rhythm. You would play on the count of each quarter note and also on the last sixteenth note of each group of four.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:07:38 +0000

Thanks for all the tips man. It’s going to take a while to work on them all but it is really helping my playing

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:10:59 +0000

Johnathan, have not had a chance to review new e mails yet. I will today when I get off from work.. Thanks for sending them. I am practicing them all.