Guitar Rhythm and Technique For Dummies

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Learn to: * Understand the basics of reading, counting, strumming, fingering, and picking * Improve your timing and sharpen your rhythm-playing skills * Develop techniques for styles such as pop, rock, blues, folk, and funk Lack of rhythm getting you down? Improve your rhythm and timing and develop your guitar-playing skills! The guitar greats make it look effortless-but mastering rhythm and technique takes tons of practice. Luckily, this friendly guide makes your aspirations to play uitar like the pros attainable with loads of helpful step-by-step instruction on everything from mastering the art of strumming to sharpening your fingering and picking skills. * Find your rhythm - learn to read and play essential rhythms, develop your strumming style, and enhance your groove * Pick and choose - take a look at the ups and downs of picking, get to know alternate, tremolo, sweep, economy, and crosspicking, and develop your own picking proficiency * Put a finger on it - play popular fingerpicking patterns and chord melody fingerstyle arrangements and get confident with hybrid picking and percussive slaps * Hone your chops - work with hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and bends, plus improve your hand dexterity and synchronization * Tools of the trade - get a grip on using a pick, playing slide guitar, and operating a whammy bar Open the book and find: * The lowdown on keeping time * Popular strumming patterns * Groove-enhancing techniques * Ways to add articulation and expression * The mechanics of picking * Exercises to improve your reading and playing * Songs and guitarists to inspire your rhythm and technique * Access to video demonstrations and audio tracks online