Probably the Most Important Strumming Pattern in R&B Rhythm Guitar

[@aberhan]

After all these years of playing guitar, I am finally learning something about rhythm. Where was KZbin when I needed it.

[@georgesember9069]

Thanks for this! At 77 years old, I'm trying to play sounds that I feel! I'm learning alot from this! Thanks again!

[@TastyGuitarcom]

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[@precisionbrown6829]

After 30 years I finally found the sound source I’ve been hearing in my head but couldn’t quite play it. Thanks 👏

[@jeffreymassey5541]

Brother you are one hell of a good guitar 🎸 teacher. I'm a saxophonist watching you teacher some tasty ass soul guitar 🎸. 💯👍🏾😁🙏🏾

[@edgarsnake2857]

Great lesson, man. Thanks.

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Rick thanks for what you do. Very much appreciated. My playing has come so far from your lessons

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[@wantanmee8716]

I really really like this teaching approach! Bite size and easy to follow. I then set up the metronome to polish my timing. Very talented teacher.

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Thank you!

[@guyguyguyjean]

So so well explained,thanks so much!👍

[@TastyGuitarcom]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@richardroskell3452]

Awesome tutorial. Thanks Rick!

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[@1bassman9]

You have such a great feel, my friend ! Thanks !

[@h0tsex0r]

Thanks Rick. Hope you are hangin tough until the cruises come back. Best wishes

[@TastyGuitarcom]

thanks! not really cruisin these days thankfully. Playing in Vegas which just started to open up again a couple days ago, hopefully the gigs will return shortly :)

[@antoniovasquez9996]

Your content is awesome. Thanks for your help.

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thanx, Rick.

[@moreorlesslikeso]

Very cool and convincingly explained!

[@TastyGuitarcom]

thank you!

[@milesmason1343]

This is the tastiest strumming pattern ive seen for a long time......really delicious.

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Thank you!

[@Bagzyb]

Just beautiful man, class R&B, thank you

[@TastyGuitarcom]

Thank you!

[@jorgesxbass7606]

Nice Job !!! THX.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

thank you for watching!

[@andrewmorley6559]

Thanks Rick; had an issue with your counting time explanation, but then after a few days, I got it - I'm new too funk and reading music. What you could have said, (maybe others would find it useful?), was you're using Dotted Eighth and Sixteenth Notes. William Leavitt/Larry Baione (the latters video), have good examples on page 42, Modern Method for Guitar, Volume 1, Berklee Press. Cheers, working on getting the strumming up to speed; 60bpm is the best I can at 70 years!

[@binwang251]

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thank you Bin!

[@mraggrovator]

Brilliant.

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[@willrowe9920]

The best. Thanks!

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thank you Will!

[@AllanGildea]

Beautiful stuff, cheers!

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I prefer you to tell your friends lol

[@jimbeaux4988]

Really nice. I like the slow version too.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

thanks Jim!

[@rks370]

i love it😍😍

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Thank you!

[@danh7739]

Hands down, got to be the hippest white cat on KZbin. Wake em up Daddy-O, hit em with your rhythm stick. Eye opening stuff. Good times, and luck to all.

[@trottheblackdog]

Super tasty!!

[@TastyGuitarcom]

right on!

[@jimmyrh247]

Oh wow, the KZbin adverts have reach another level for me while watching this. - Unusable for going back and replaying at slow speed a few times. I've had to film clips from my screen and download them to my computer. ... The reason I needed to go back over it slowly a few times, is that the clearly fretted up-strum from the "basic" version seems to disappear in the main version played at the start (which is what I really want to play). So I'm a little confused as to what the "most important strumming pattern" really is? Just letting ring the downstrokes on the 1st and 3rd beats of each chord, with a slide into the 1st? I guess that's the essence...

[@frankbreen4206]

I think you are adding a bit of swing to it as well

[@TastyGuitarcom]

maybe a bit

[@jorgesxbass7606]

I would like your opinion on buying a guitar exclusively to play the rhythm of that same R&B style Marvin G, Keni Burke etc. the question is: what would be the most suitable guitar. fender Stratocaster fender Telecaster or fender Jazzmaster ? and the question. If you can help me, I would appreciate it.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

I dont think I can recommend one guitar that really does it all in theses styles. I love teles myself and think you can cover most tones with a good one. Though a semi hollowbody sounds great in these styles as well, if you cant afford a vintage 335 then Ibanez makes some great alternatives. Strats are great but I prefer them for funk personally.

[@jorgesxbass7606]

@@TastyGuitarcom ok, muito obrigado, eu também tinha pensado em Semi Hollow, Epi 335 or 339 ou Ibanez AS93 etc.

[@johnrussell8041]

Hi Rick !

[@vaughnmiller4371]

Tastebuds groovin Rick. Thanks for the video post. Keep it up bro.

[@TastyGuitarcom]

Thanks, will do!

[@sonicbridge1944]

Yum Yum, very tasty!

[@digo0280]

That’s a nice ESP back there, sir...is it a stock model?

[@TastyGuitarcom]

Yep all stock

[@markhobbs257]

Looked for the backing track link and must have missed it. Is there a place I can grab it?

[@TastyGuitarcom]

from the description.... "Come subscribe for FREE at www.tastyguitar.com and receive an email with a link to download the backing track "the soul strum" in this lesson in the subscriber's area FREE" ....go to the website and you will get a popup to subscribe, or go to the bottom of the home page. Once subcribed you'll receive an email to the subscriber's area. Follow that link-backing tracks are on the bottom of page

[@precisionbrown6829]

Thanks but I think this isn’t for beginners. I love it. Beginners please try the strumming pattern and when you learn that comfortably then come back

[@javiercisternasnajle]

I think like more the way this is played than the original song