We’ve previously worked on drills for changing rhythms using basic single notes and scales. Now it’s time to turn our attention to strumming. This practice video will cover exercises to help you zone in on accurate subdivisions of the beat and clean transitions from one to the other. In other words, your strumming will improve. […]

This is our second practice session on switching rhythms while using the Am Pentatonic Scale. We’ll work through gradually harder transitions this time around. Make sure that you stay relaxed while your practice along with the video. You also want to make sure that you really listen for the metronome click and work on playing […]

In this practice session, we’ll cover a new set of drills to work on playing in time. In our single note series, we focused on playing different note lengths with our right hand. Now, we’ll incorporate the left hand as well by working through the Am Pentatonic scale. We’ll work on transitioning from quarter notes […]

Let’s look at three different drills that will pick up the pace from our first session on rhythm changing. We’ll work through gradually harder transitions (Eighth Notes to Triplets, 8th notes to 16ths). Then we’ll put everything together and play a sequence of Quarter notes, then Eighths, Triplets, and 16ths. This is a great way […]

Learning to play in rhythm and feel the beat can be a tricky task for new guitar players. In this video practice session, Peter Vogl will take you through several drills to work on feeling different subdivisions of the beat. We’ll start by switching between quarter notes and eighth notes. As we progress, we’ll work […]