Complete Basic Rhythm Course for Guitar                                    Page 6
Sixteenth Notes

The chords used in the first five videos are:
Tips and Exercises to help you with chord changes.

 

Introduction - Please watch this video first as it will explain sixteenth note rhythms and cover the most important technique in strumming the following rhythms. Watch video.                                                           

The following rhythms are the five most common divisions of the beat in sixteenth note rhythms and are the most important to understand.

1.

These are four groups of sixteenth notes, there are four sixteenths in each beat. Each motion of your arm is one sixteenth in the beat. Watch video.

 

2.

This rhythm has an eighth note and two sixteenth notes. Watch video.

 

3.

This rhythm has two sixteenth notes and an eighth note. Watch video.

 

4.

This rhythm has a sixteenth note, an eighth note and a sixteenth note. Watch video.

 

5.

This rhythm has a dotted eighth note and a sixteenth note. Watch video.

 

Trouble Shooting - if your having problems or it just doesn't sound right watch video.

 

 

 

 

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