Percussive strumming can add a lot to the feel of the music you are playing. Often it is possible to use percussive strumming where there are rests in the music, particularly with 16th note grooves. Here are two examples to demonstrate this. The first one uses 16th notes and rests, while the second one replaces the rests with percussive strumming.
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Here are several more grooves which use percussive strumming.
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This next one incorporates the use of the Blues Scale along with chords. For more on the Blues scale, see Progressive Funk and R&B Guitar Method.
Class Sessions
1- Major Chords
2- INTRODUCTION
3- LESSON FIFTEEN
4- LESSON SIXTEEN
5- New Sounds
6- LESSON EIGHTEEN
7- LESSON NINETEEN
8- 6ths
9- 3rds
10- Major Scales
11- Minor Chords
12- LESSON TWENTY FOUR
13- LESSON TWENTY FIVE
14- 4ths
15- Triplets
16- Chord Embellishment
17- More on 9th Chords
18- Swamp Sounds
19- A Final Solo
20- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS
21- D Form
22- Percussive Strumming
23- LESSON TWO
24- LESSON THREE
25- The Rake
26- The Mixolydian Scale
27- D Form
28- LESSON SEVEN
29- Tritones
30- LESSON NINE
31- A New Solo
32- The Dorian Scale
33- LESSON THIRTEEN
34- Section 2 Summary
35- Octaves
36- 7sus Chords
37- The Trill
38- Tuning Your Guitar
39- Common Picking and Strumming Directions
40- Chord Diagrams
41- Fretboard Diagrams
42- Tablature
43- Tablature Symbols