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 Major Pentatonic is used in country or country blues. Basically, any chord progression that would use the Major Scale. Pentatonic scales have just 5 notes. There are five different
List of music terms: Arpeggio: Playing notes of a chord one at a time. Attack: The initial sound of a note. Barre or Bar Chord: A chord where one finger
Don’t skip working on your right hand. Finger picking is easy once you get the hang of it. You don’t need long nails or finger picks, you can if you