Rhythm Exercise – Eighth Note Strumming Patterns
Eighth note strumming patterns are bread and butter to an acoustic guitarist. It’s therefore essential that you are comfortable in performing a variety of patterns. The exercise in this article sets out a fundamental approach to building strong rhythm skills, as well as a fun and challenging way to explore different strumming patterns. For this exercise, you will need your guitar, a piece of paper, a pencil, and an eraser. Continue reading Rhythm Exercise – Eighth Note Strumming Patterns
Because the blues is such a staple of the modern guitarist’s repertoire, and it has been used as the basis for countless fingerstyle and acoustic guitar songs, having an understanding of the blues form, and a few acoustic guitar patterns under your fingers, can go a long when in your development as an acoustic guitarist. 
When first learning how to play the acoustic guitar, one of the techniques that many of us are drawn to is fingerpicking. But, where do we start when first exploring this idea in the practice room?