Strumming the Guitar
- Book 1
Strumming the Guitar - Book 1
A 92 page, detailed course for beginners and upward. With separate sections on strumming, changing chords and coordinating chord changes while strumming, a thorough approach is maintained throughout with components broken down at every level.
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Contents >>
Basics
From the ground up for the beginner and assisted with professional hand drawn illustrations, learn how to hold the plectrum for strumming, how to strum down and up, how to avoid certain strings while strumming, the basics of rhythm and more.
Almost entirely open chords, starting with the easiest chord changes in which fretting finger locations can be shared, advancing to more difficult chord changes where fretting fingers need to relocate in independent directions.
Rhythmical Notation
Musical Pieces
Audio & Video
All exercises and musical pieces are demonstrated with audio. All study pieces include a backing track for you to play over and online videos are used to enhance explanations.