There Are 3 Steps To Playing Rhythm Successfully
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1. Memorize your chords and chord chart.
2. Be able to change between your chords quickly.
3. Be able to play the rhythm pattern fluently.
This Is Your Chord Chart
It is made up of eight bars of music, the first
two bars are the chord "G" and the second 2 bars
are the chord "E minor". Then one bar of "C",
one bar of "D" and again two bars of "G".
There is a repeat sign on the end that tells you to go back
to the beginning of the music once you're finished. As you
can see in the illustration the 2nd, 4th & 8th bar has
what looks like a percentage sign in them (%). These are not
actually percentage signs, but they mean to repeat what was
ever in the last bar. It may not seem like much use to put
them in now, but if the bar before was a intricate piece of
music, then it becomes a little bit easier just to put a repeat
sign rather than rewriting the whole bar again.
To Help You Change Chords Quicker,
Look For Fingers In Common
The animation to the bottom right shows
the changing of chords through the above chart. Have a look and see which fingers
have to be moved from one chord to the next, also see
which fingers stay where they are. The fingers that stay
in the same position from one chord to the next are knows
as the Pivot
Fingers.
