How To Strum An Electric Guitar

[@brusselssprouts560]

I agree totally with all you say John, particularly the point about not having two guitars doing the same thing. Acoustics are great at giving a driving jangle to a rythm, while electrics are great at chiming sounds and fills and riffs, both of which create a much broader sound when combined in my experience. You explained and demonstrated this perfectly. Using triads on top of full chords is a lso a technique I have played wth, e.g. guitar 1 plays a major/minor chord while guitar 2 plays a triad chord over it.

[@derekclacton]

And that, as they say, is how it’s done! 🎸🙂👍

[@pyratoothNL]

Rhythm guitar is it's own science compared to scales and leads. Thanks for this. Another trick is to follow hints from the bassline, not duplicate them exactly but complement them at key points.

[@Chip_57]

Ding! Thnx JRG

[@MrTimdriver]

Great lesson.

[@sometimesdimneverthin]

I think this video explains my lack of progress. Quite simply I like the sound and feel of big chords and have no interest in playing in a band or along to a jam track. To only play a quarter of the time without a backing track would quickly become boring. I do sometimes have a random minor pentatonic noodle with the odd blue note along to a backing track but 10 minutes is about by boredom limit. Chord tones sound the same to me as random even when played by a teacher that knows what they are doing.

[@dw7704]

Definitely change up the strumming, the voicings, and feel. I sometimes will play power chords either in rhythms like here or join in with the high points of the bass line

[@Kabayoth]

So, in context, the lesson is: restraint. Less is more. I concur.

[@michealhand1001]

Yes More or Less😂

[@shadowminister4090]

As an acoustic player, trying to play an electric seems a bit like patting your head and rubbing your stomach. 😂