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Strumming With Accents
If you want to start sounding more
like your favorite guitar players, you had better work on strumming
with accents! An accent is a heavier attack on a note or a chord.
Let's start with some simple accenting exercises. You should repeat each figure
below at least 4 times. Fig. 1, 2, and 3 are fairly easy and accent on beats
2 and 4 (also known as backbeats). Fig. 4 and 5 are more difficult and accent
on the off-beats (beats other than 1,2,3, or 4).
Fig. 1, 2, and 3
Try these strums with different chords, all down strums, or down and up strums.
When you think you have mastered them, try creating your own strum patterns
by combining different chords and strum Fig's.
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