Guitar Strumming Tips

[Socio]

Worth checking out this thread

Counting and keeping time when playing to a backing track

People using the App or playing along with a backing track are stepping up to be a member of the band, taking the role of rhythm guitarist. That role is crucial and not an easy one to fill. Going from the essential - but isolated - beginner task of learning to strum once per bar and four strums per bar to then be playing in a band situation is a giant leap. The sound of a backing track is full of instruments busy doing their thing to create the total sound. Hearing and feeling where your guitar …

@LadyOfTheCastle

using numbers makes it a lot easier to count

Especially when you get to 16th note rhythms