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Rhythm Guitar Essentials
Learn to play great grooves and expand your chord vocabulary.


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Published by String Letter Publishing

$19.95

Book/CD


This 12-pack of lessons from Acoustic Guitar magazine offers all sorts of ways to improve your rhythm playing. Learn the fundamentals of good rhythm and then discover new chord positions, bass lines, muting techniques, syncopated strums, and more.

INCLUDES

Exercises, licks, and full songs to play.

Standard notation, tablature, and chord diagrams

CD with all the examples and songs

See the table of contents below with descriptions of each lesson included in this book.

 
A Lesson in Connecting Chords with Flair.
Beef up your rhythm guitar playing with riffs and bass lines between the chord changes. With audio examples. By Karen Hogg.

All-Purpose Rhythm Guitar.
Basics A few rhythm techniques useful in a wide variety of playing styles and situations. By Chris Grampp.

Augment Your Chord Knowledge.
Augmented and diminished chords aren't as mysterious as you might think. They'll spice up your music—and this lesson will show you how. By David Hodge.

Left-Hand Muting.
Basics The musical uses of and techniques for muting your strings with your left hand. By David Hamburger.

Open-String Chords.
Create a whole new library of fresh, colorful chord voicings by combining familiar chord shapes with open strings. By Wayne Riker.

Play in a Different Time.
Learn how to modify the rhythms you already know to play in any time signature. With audio examples By David Hodge.

Play Partial Chords.
Get more out of your guitar accompaniment parts by using small chord voicings. With audio examples. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers.

Rhythm Techniques.
Hendrix-Style Embellishments. How to adapt Jimi Hendrix-like chord voicings to acoustic guitar. By Karen Hogg.

Rock Rhythm Fills.
Basics Basic rock rhythm guitar strums and fills. By Andrew DuBrock.

Simple Syncopated Grooves.
Basics Incorporating syncopation into your rhythm playing. By Andrew DuBrock.

Six Ways to Expand Your Rhythm.
Have your rhythm playing and composing grown stale? Instill new life into your chord progressions with these six surefire ways to spice up your rhythm playing. With audio examples. By Andrew DuBrock.

Tackling Difficult Chords.
A simple guide to forming tough guitar chord shapes. By Jenny Reynolds.



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