Basic Bluegrass Rhythm

Basic Bluegrass Rhythm by Peter Vogl is a free video lesson for bluegrass guitar. This lesson will teach you some basic bluegrass strums. The alternating bass strums are the basis for bluegrass rhythm guitar. We will discuss ways you can play the G, C, and D chords in this style.



Here are the chord shapes we’ll use for this lesson


Here is the bass strum pattern for G


Here is the bass strum pattern for C


And now here is the bass strum pattern for D