Q&A: Up-strums, tricky rhythms, muting with your thumb, and more
Sep 12, 2020
Your questions, answered!
Editor’s notes
Hey friends! Here’s a quick Q&A video, where I’ll answer some recent questions sent in through my Patreon page. Here’s timestamps to the specific questions I answer:
- 0:00 Quick Patreon update (thanks for 3000 subs!)
- 1:23 Tips for beginner guitarist?
- 3:18 Muting strings with your thumb?
- 5:35 Up strums… how to improve?
- 8:37 Practice tips for tricky rhythms?
- 12:01 Templates for blank tab pages
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Lessons I reference in this video
“Old Man” by Neil Young
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“Learnin’ to Fly” by Tom Petty
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