Jack Johnson Style Guitar and Strumming

In this guitar lesson we will be studying a percussive element of Jack Johnson strumming style. Johnson uses a lot of “dead notes” in his strumming patterns. This helps, as a solo player, establish a groove and give the music a little rhythm. We will be using an excerpt from Bubble Toes to demonstrate.

[@roflmows]

not to be a know-it-all, but Jack will often NOT dead-note (also called a "chuck") during shows. a lot of the time he'll just lightly slap the strings with the side of his hand for the percussive sound. it's much simpler, and he doesn't want to risk a ringing string while live on stage. in his studio albums he always does the "chuck", though. how do i know this? jack told me in person, when i asked him how to get a clear "smack" percussive sound every single time. i was lucky enough to get an invite to a small park event, friends and family and donors (to his foundation) only, where jack played to raise $$ and awareness when his foundation was first beginning. follow me here: my wife's best friend's husband's brother's best friend knows one of JACK'S friends, so a bunch of us got invites to the event in hawaii. ps, jack is VERY friendly and easy to talk to. he's just like you'd expect. not arrogant or full of himself at all. he's just like a guy from the neighborhood. how can you tell? because nobody calls him "Mr. Johnson". he tells everyone "you can just call me Jack". i was secretly hoping and praying i'd get a chance to go surfing with him, but sadly, that didn't happen. oh well ;)

[@alexraphael6534]

Quality breakdown on the JJ style strumming. Thanks. Much appreciated!

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[@itsallaroundyou7085]

This is cool but a little over complicated. Just practice palm muting and full stops with your other hand. Then work on hammer on and pull offs. It's much simpler to give yourself a beat.

[@kevn3377]

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