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Discuss the Guitar lesson: Basic Guitar Rhythm- Part 9

#1

https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/basic-guitar-rhythm-part-9-guitar-beginner

Completing this lesson is the guitar equivalent of the world’s spelling bee champion. Congrats, and continue to intermediate!

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#2

The Bluegrass G chord has a beautiful sound, so I’m starting from scratch to incorporate that into my playing. But so far it’s been difficult for my muscle memory to catch on. And I’m not at the point to play quickly at a jam with this chord - which further reinforces my using the “regular” G chord! Any advice?

#3

My typical advice is to practice making the chord in reverse order of the finger order you “want” to make. For instance, if you want to put your index down first and your pinky last, pay attention to the order and try reversing it with pinky first and index last, etc. Practice that. It will help undo the hesitation in your brain/muscles.

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#4

Upon completion of this nine part study, I find myself wanting to try the intermediate track with other chords and chord walking/mini licks. Awesome content here. just what I was looking for.
The Blueridge guitar I got from your store is absolutely amazing. It’s difficult to put down and it’s my first guitar.

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#5

What song’s can I play with this strum pattern Thanks yall

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#6

You might have to move the chord changes a little bit, but basically any bluegrass song/ gospel song. Unclouded Day Brethren We Have Met to Worship would be a good ones; Shucking the Corn and Spinning Wheels as well have a similar chord progression. Just to name a few, there are many more.

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#7

Thanks

#8

Essentially anything in 4/4, G position, and fitting “groove” (in other words, if it feels like it fits, it does)! Chords, etc. can always be modified (as shown in the intermediate rhythm course) while the groove stays similar.
Congrats on tackling it @kmfrederick29!

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#10

Great question! You use the same idea but just split the measure, to say it simply. So, if the measure was split with G and C, you could play a G bass note, strum G chord, then move to C and play a C bass note, then strum a C chord. Hope that helps!

If you watch my PickAlong lessons you’ll see me do that. Check out Old Joe Clark where the measure is split between a G and D chord: https://banjobenclark.com/lessons/guitar-pov-pickalong-old-joe-clark-guitar-beginner/video/guitar-pov

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#12

You can easily think of it as two first halves of a measure, yes.

You can choose how you want it to sound. On the rare occasion that you have a chord for just 1 beat you can choose what sounds best. Yes, you can have a bass note only, or just do a strum, or sometimes (depending how fast you’re going) even ignore it.

These are great questions and I want you to know there’s not a single “right” way to do it. For now I would just address measures that are split evenly in half.

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#14

I’m trying to learn “On Heavens Bright Shore” it has D7, G7, and Am chords in it along with G and C. What are the boom chuck bass string patterns for D7, G7, and Am?

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#15

You can alternate the D and A strings for the D chord, the E and D strings for the G chord, and the A and E strings for the A chord (same patterns for minor and major counterparts). Great song!

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#16

Thanks! Do you know the riff/lick between the verses?

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#17

Which version are you listening to? You can post it here and I’ll tab it out for you.

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#18

Thanks.

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#19

@culbertsonadam, I’d capo on 3rd fret and attempt something like this in C, until Michael tabs out.

#20

Here you go:

Gtr-HeavensBrightShore-Presleys.tef (1.4 KB)

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#21

Thanks for taking the time to help with this. When I download the file it’s blank.

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#22

I was able to download it. I downloaded the TEF app.
Thanks!

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