Root and 5th is a great advanced guitar strumming technique. It adds a simple bass line to your rhythm part. Check out this lesson for more.

Space in music is as important as the notes that are played. It’s what gives music and guitar rhythms groove.

Splitting chords up into their lower notes and higher notes is a lot more musical than strumming all the strings at the same time.

Let's take your strumming skills up a level and also make you sound more accomplished and professional with one easy technique.

Let's look at a couple of strumming patterns using quarter and eighth notes.

Starting with two simple note values. Quarter Note which is 1 beat long and an Eight note which is half of a beat long.

Your Strumming Hand is your voice on the Guitar. So learning how to strum and play rhythms properly is an essential skill every beginner...