Basic Guitar Rhythms in G

Series Summary

Have you ever wanted to learn to play guitar? Maybe it is time to try picking up a new hobby and learn to play the guitar. The birth of the guitar is one that is not exact but guitar-like instruments have been used since ancient times. Through the years people have learned to play this instrument with some practice and determination. You too can learn to play this instrument if you are willing to put some work into it! Whether you are just beginning or have never held a guitar before this video series will lay out the basics of the guitar.

This collection of guitar lessons will teach anyone what they need to know to know the fundamental basics of playing the guitar. Watch as our expert explains dozens of basics riffs that you'll get hours of practice with. Every great guitar player has practice countless hours. Take these videos and woodshed. By the time you are though watching our expert series you will be playing scales and doing the blues guitar shuffle!

Video Transcript

"In this example a, you might notice I'm wearing headphones a, basically what I'm doing is listening to this for the, a drums that you're going to hear on the clip. What I'm doing hear is I'm going to play to a basic very basic drum beat and I'm just going to show you how to play different rhythms that you can do within the rock realm whether it's clean or distorted. In this case I'm going to be doing several using clean tones using basic strums that's used in rock. In this case what I'm going to do is a one in G Major and a, with the track that you're going to hear it's going to sound like this. Ok and what you're hearing there basically is you heard the drums boom, cah, boom, you know, that's the most basic drum beat that you hear in all kinds of different hit songs. Now what I'm doing there is going, so I'm not even really strumming as much as I am going, you know, just down and then strumming back, picking back on the notes G on the G chord here which has been used in different songs and what you're hearing there is basically a strum here and then picking back up over a drum beat."