8/3/2019 Rhythms and Strumming Chart

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Rhythms and Strumming Chart

Electric Guitar 

hold

for4

Count:

Strum:

Whole note

Half notes

1

Quarter notes

2

3

4

 

= down

= up

1

Eighth note

&

 2

&

 3

&

 4

&

 1

Sixteenth notes

e

 &

a

 2

e

 &

a

 3

e

 &

a

 4

e

 &

a

 

6 

E. Gtr.

1

Triplets

 & a

 2

&

 a 3

hold eachfor 2

 & a

 4

&

 a 1

Eighth and sixteenth combos:

&

a

 2

&

a

 3

&

a

 4

&

a

 1

e

 &

2

e

 &

3

e

 &

4

e

 &

3 3 3 3  

9

E. Gtr. 1

e 

a 

2

e 

a 

3

e 

a 

4

e 

a 

1

Dotted rhythms: (a dot next to a note adds half the notes' value onto it)

a

 2

('&a' are shorter than in triplets)

  

 

 

 

a

  3

  

 

 

 

a

 4

  

 

 

 

a

 1

  

 

 

 

e

 2

  

 

 

 

e

 3

  

 

 

 

e

 4

  

 

 

 

e

 1

(1 and 2 are long)

  

 

 

    

 

 

 

&

 2

   

 

 

 

&