Downstrum Every Beat
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D D D D
Adding Two Upstrums
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D D D U D U
Adding Three Upstrums
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D D U D U D U
Downstrum and Upstrum
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D U D U D U D U
Skipping a Downstrum
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D U D U U D U
Skipping an Upstrum and a Downstrum
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D D U U D U
Rests
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D D U D D U
Complex Rests
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D U D U U D U
Long Pause
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D D U D U
Waltz
1 & 2 & 3 &
D D D U

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E Major Scale

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Tuning the Guitar

Let’s talk about tuning. No matter how good you are, if you are out of tune it will sound terrible. There are several alternate tunings for the guitar, Drop D,