Combining Techniques in a Chord Progression

We introduce more percussive elements into our strumming.

Chords: A minor, C major, G major, F barre

The strumming pattern we're using is in a 16th rhythm (1-e-and-a-2-e-and-a-3-e-and-a-4-e-and-a"). More help with 16th strumming here.

For the first bar:

• Downstroke and ring out the A minor chord

• Then, play an upstroke with the strings muted (relaxing chord hand)

• Play a snare string slap

• Ringing out the A minor chord with a downstroke

• Finally, at the end of the guitar, play 1 kick and 1 snare sound to finish the pattern

Second bar:

• Ring out the C major chord with a downstroke

• Play an upstroke with the strings muted (relaxing chord hand)

• Play snare string slap

• Ring out the G major chord with a downstroke

• Lastly, at the end of the guitar, play 2 kicks, 1 snare and then, play 1 more kick to finish this pattern

We loop around these two bars before coming to the F barre chord. For this chord, we don't include the B and E strings.

• Ring out the F barre chord with a downstroke

• Play an upstroke with the strings muted (relaxing chord hand)

• Play snare string slap

• Ring out the F chord with a downstroke (leave it ringing for two beats)

• Finally, 3 taps on the end/belly of the guitar and a snare string slap for the last beat