Getting Rhythm - Three Tips for Guitar Beginners

Written by Darren Power


If you are just starting out learning guitar one ofrepparttar hardest things can be getting a good rhythm and keeping that rhythm going while you change chords with your left hand.

When I first started learning guitar I would strum along happily untilrepparttar 109823 chord change and then my right hand would stop while I changedrepparttar 109824 position ofrepparttar 109825 left.

This makes your playing sound terrible. In fact if you can keep that right hand strumming or pickingrepparttar 109826 sequence, you will sound good. If you are a bit slow with your chord changes and strum some open strings in between you will still sound good. But lose that rhythm and everybody knows that you are messing up.

Here are my top three tips for getting past this learning stage.

#1 Play open strings forrepparttar 109827 last beat inrepparttar 109828 bar so you have time to change chord shape. For example if your are to play | G G G G | D D D D | C C C C | instead play | G G G O | D D D O | C C C O | where O is a strum ofrepparttar 109829 open strings. Listen carefully and you will notice a lot of guitar players do this. And it sounds just fine.

#2 Move your body torepparttar 109830 rhythm. When I started out I was told to tap my foot torepparttar 109831 rhythm. 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 I just couldn't do it. It seemed like one more thing to remember and overloaded my system. Then I learned to move my head torepparttar 109832 rhythm and immediately my timing improved. I would nod torepparttar 109833 beat and move side to side a bit as well. I guess it's just horses for courses. You need to find what works best for you but if you can't tap your foot try nodding your head or even bouncingrepparttar 109834 whole ofrepparttar 109835 top half of your body. Getrepparttar 109836 beat rattling through your bones!

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