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
The following example uses Major Triads in C.Root inversion - root is on the lowest noteE---------B---------G------0--D----2----A--3------E--------- C E G R 3 5First inversion - root is on highest noteE---------B------1--G----0----D--2------A---------E--------- E
The notes of the E Minor Pentatonic Scale are E, G, A, B, and D. E Minor Pentatonic Scale – All Across the Neck E Minor Pentatonic Scale – Pattern 1 E
A Major chord in the 1st position below. A – RootC# – 3rdE – 5th When played on guitar the notes are in this order A, E, A, C#, E.