Strumming the Guitar

<p><strong>Strumming the Guitar </strong>Book 2 is a detailed course for intermediate level and upward focusing solely on the subject of guitar strumming. This book goes beyond the basics covering power chords strumming in 3/4 time barre chords swing feel early chord changes using a capo to change key using a capo to avoid barre chords muted strums and 16th note strumming in 4/4 time and 6/8 time. Throughout the book as the difficulty level progresses separate sections take on strumming alone changing chords alone and coordinating chord changes while strumming therefore maintaining a thorough approach with components broken down at every level.</p><p></p><p><strong>Guitar Strumming Techniques - </strong>Advice is given on how to fret and strum power chords barre chords (major minor and dominant 7th) and how to refer to the root note to find them using a capo and muted strumming. All with purpose made diagrams and professionally hand drawn illustrations.</p><p></p><p><strong>Guitar Strumming Patterns - </strong>There are 158 different guitar strumming patterns that can be used throughout the book all written with easy to understand graphical strumming diagrams. These include 70 strumming patterns in 4/4 time 22 strumming patterns in 3/4 time 20 muted strumming patterns 24 sixteenth note strumming patterns in 6/8 time and 22 sixteenth note strumming patterns in 4/4 time.</p><p></p><p><strong>Chord Changes - </strong>Over 100 chords are used to facilitate what the book teaches about strumming divided into fourteen groups of chord changes. From simpler chords such as A major to more advanced ones such as A7sus2/G and lots more inbetween.</p><p></p><p><strong>Strumming Exercises and Study Pieces - </strong>Every section includes strumming exercises that combine chord changes with strumming each section concluding with a musical study piece using the skills learnt and practised in styles of Grunge UK Modern Alternative Jig Waltz Pop Swing Jazz Blues Pop Ballad and Power Ballad. There are 70+ strumming exercises and 15 musical study pieces while more combinations can be found by selecting from the 158 given strumming patterns to use with them.</p><p></p><p><strong>Audio and Video - </strong>All exercises and musical study pieces are demonstrated with audio (downloadable 149 MB). All study pieces have a demonstration audio track and a backing audio track in which the rhythm guitar part has been removed for you to play over. Online videos (of which there are 7 in total size of 90.8 MB) are also used to enhance explanations.</p>