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Learning to strum like Johnny Cash or pick like Jimmy Page all starts with a few simple techniques, says our tutor Stuart Ryan One of the most enjoyable aspects of acoustic guitar playing is to strike ...

Whether you want to play lead or rhythm, you need to get your picking technique together. We show you how... “Picking the strings, then. Up or down - that’s got to be it, surely?” Essentially, yes.

Take your rhythm playing beyond beginner with this simple exercise ...

In the world of contemporary rock, the pop‑punk guitar strum is instantly recognizable for its raw energy and infectious drive. These patterns rely on power chords—often played with one hand pressing ...

[Clare] isn’t the most musically inclined person, but she can strum a guitar. Thanks to a little help from an Arduino, she doesn’t even have to do that. She built the strumbot, which handles the ...

Yu Jiang Tham may not have rhythm, but that didn’t stop him from getting up on the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon stage and singing “Country Roads,” thanks to his self-strumming guitar, Strumbot. For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An essential rhythm playing technique every guitarist should learn is what I call eighth-note "pendulum" strumming. It involves ...