Hi Friend, Hope you enjoyed my lesson last week about strumming. We looked at some basic quarter note and eighth note strums. Today I want to take it one step further by showing you the “swing” rhythm based on triplets. Hopefully you will find it enlightening. And if you’re not a beginner, that’s totally cool …
Continuing with our lesson in beginner strumming, I want to take you into the “swing feel” of rhythm. Check it out!
Hi Friend, Yo. Let’s talk Rockabilly. Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and its closely related to the blues. And if you like blues, its a great style to know because it can switch up your set with a different feel. I’m mentioning it today because I’ve got a clip for you …
Here’s another sample clip from “Rockin the Blues & Slide Guitar”. Here, Jimmy shows you a rockabilly beat. Notice how he breaks down exactly how to play this. I think Jimmy is a great teacher because he shows you exactly what he’s doing. He did go over a similar feel in “Soul of Acoustic Guitar”, …
Hi Friend, I have some shocking news – I am considering entering the Guitar Idol contest this year. No I didn’t commit to it yet, but I’m strongly considering making an entry. Now, I do have a lot of experience playing and teaching guitar, but lets be honest here – I won’t win the Guitar …
Hi Friend, Ok, you guys are wayyy too smart for me. Here’s the story – I started putting up some preview clips of Jimmy Dillon’s new course, called Rockin the Blues & Slide guitar. Ok, now *some* of the content on this course is in open tunings. That’s just part of how some of the …
Here’s another sample clip from “Rockin the Blues & Slide Guitar”. You’re gonna love this really cool, hip, swingin’ electric blues feel.
hi Friend, I promised the beginners a strumming lesson and a strumming lesson they shall get! It’s on my blog, but if you’re NOT a beginner, don’t worry because there’s tons of other cool stuff on my blog. Check it out – heck, you might even teach ME a thing or two. Like when I …
The most important aspect of strumming is the rhythm. In this video I will go over a few basic strumming patterns. We are going off of a C => D=> E => E progression.
hi Friend, What have you been up to today? I’ll tell you what I’ve been up to. Yesterday, I busted out the video camera and shot a cool video for beginner guitarists, talking about strumming. Seems a few people had trouble getting their strumming down, so I wanted to hook you up with a lesson. …