Rhythm guitar is a REALLY important part of learning the guitar. This section of the site is going to cover various styles and techniques to play about with.

Rhythm Guitar Basics

If you are beginner working on your rhythm, then you should check out these links below...

BC-006 • Basic Rhythm Guitar
BC-008 • Tied Strumming Patterns

As you may know I also have a DVD that teaches strumming from the most basic level and covers lots of stuff that you probably want to know! Worth checking out if you have problems with any of the basic elements of rhythm.

PR-007 • Really Useful Strumming Techniques (DVD)

Jimi Hendrix Style Rhythm PLaying

RH-010 • Hendrix Style Rhythm Guitar 1
No notes yet but you can see the video here.

RH-011 • Hendrix Style Rhythm Guitar 2
No notes yet, but check out the video and you should get it.

Funk Guitar Style

RH-021 • Basic Funk Chords
This lesson will teach you some basic funk chord grips that you will use for the following lessons. Check this out first so that you know what I am talking about for the future lessons.

RH-022 • Basic Funk Strumming
This lesson shows you basics of the funk 16th note strumming, lifting the chords to get those stylistic muted clicks and stresses the importance of keeping your hand moving!

RH-023 • Funk Grooves
This lesson puts the above lessons together a bit - shows you some ways of using the chords and rhythms together to get a groove.

RH-024 • More Funk Chords (coming soon)
This lesson takes you through some more advanced chords that you can use to get more melody into your funk grooves. Also used for making chord scales.

RH-025 • Sliding Funk Chords (coming soon)
In this last part for this series we look at sliding the chord shapes to get an authentic funk vibe - they are applied right away and now you should be making some wicked funk sounds! :)