Bonus Guitar – Best Accompaniment Patterns
Instructor – Jason Riley www.jasonriley.com
Strum or Finger Pick your way into 40 different styles of guitar playing!
Presented here with G Em C D chords but applicable to any of your favorite or easy to play chords also.
Or just practice them with open strings (no chord required) until you are ready.
Take what you like, leave what you don’t, jump around & have fun! Enjoy!
jason and SJAA
Contact: jason@stjosephartsacademy.com.
Best Strumming Patterns
Best Fingerpicking Patterns
VIDEOS with Timestamp
Best Strumming Patterns for Guitar (Google Classroom)
Best Strumming Patterns for Guitar #1-6
Introduction: 4 patterns, 4 patterns w/G chord, Patterns w/Chord progression (G Em C D), Metronome 80 bpm
1) Diamond (Whole Note) :50
2) Half Notes 1:41
3) Quarter Notes (Legato) 2:32
4) Quarter Notes (Staccato) 3:23
5) Eighth Notes (Down up) 4:12
6) Rock Eighth Notes (Down Down w/accents) 5:22
Best Strumming Patterns for Guitar #7-12
7) “The Eagles” (miss 5th eight note: miss down stroke) :00
8) “Ukulele Strum (down, down up, up down) 1:00
9) “Johnny Cash”/Bluegrass Strum/Boom Chick/ (bass strum) 2:08
10) Boom Chicka (bass strum-a, bass down up, Lo hihi) ((Alternating Bass) 3:29
11) “Jimi”, “We will Rock You” (Low Low Hi, bass bass chord) 4:26
12) Low Low Hi HI strum (down up down up) 5:19
Best Strumming Patterns for Guitar #13-17
13) Waltz (Low Hi Hi, bass strum strum strum) :00
14) Waltz #2 (Low hihi hihi, bass strum-a strum-a, bass apple apple) 1:00
15) 1/16th Notes “Scratch Guitar” (watermelon, down up down up) 1:48
16) Apple Watermelon (down down down up down up) 3:44
17) Grasshopper Butterfly (down down up down up down) 4:44
Best Strumming Patterns for Guitar #18-20
18) 1/16th Note Strum (down miss miss, up miss miss, down miss miss, up miss miss, down up down up) :00
19) 1/8th Note Strum (down up miss up down up miss up) 3:32
20) Percussive 1/8th Notes Strum (down up mute up down up mute up) 5:20
Final Summary 8:08
1-10 Patterns in a row (1 time each w/G Chord) 8:35
All 20 Patterns (4 times each w/G Chord) 9:40
Final Thoughts 13:46
Apply these to every chord and/or your favorite chord progressions for a new or different feeling or style.
Best Fingerpicking Patterns for Guitar (Google Classroom)
Best Fingerpicking Patterns for Guitar
Best Fingerpicking Patterns for Guitar #1-2
Intro and Right Hand fingers and combinations :00
1) Twist 3:00
2) Forward Roll 5:50
Best Fingerpicking Patterns for Guitar #3-6
3) Backward Roll :00
4) Forward Backward Roll 2:08
5) “Boom Chick” (thumb/fingers)(Low High) 3;52
6) Reggae 5:19
Best Fingerpicking Patterns for Guitar #7-10
7) Waltz #1 :00
8) Waltz #2 1:13
9) Folk 2:52
10) Walking Bass 4:37
Best Fingerpicking Patterns for Guitar #11-13
11) Banjo Roll (3×5) :00
12) Banjo Roll (3 3 2 forward) 3:09
12b) (3 3 2 backward) 4:38
13 Banjo Roll (2 3 3 forward) 6:08
13b) (2 3 3 backward) 7:10
Best Fingerpicking Patterns for Guitar #14-17
14) Bossa Nova (Samba or Latin) :00
15) Travis #1 1:48
16) Travis #2 3:44
17) Travis #3 5:24
Best Fingerpicking Patterns for Guitar #18-20
18) Rasqueado :00
19) Thumb/Finger 3:13
20) Tremolo (T M I) 5:14
20b) Tremolo (T R M I) 6:58
Apply these to every chord and/or your favorite chord progressions for a new or different feeling or style.
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