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

The five most common divisions of the beat with rests and ties. Watch video.                                                           

The following rhythms use combinations of the five most common divisions of the beat with rests and ties.

This rhythm uses an eighth note with two sixteenth notes on the first beat, a sixteenth rest on the second beat followed by three sixteenth notes, an eighth note with two sixteenth notes on the third beat and on the fourth beat is a group of four sixteenth notes. The last sixteenth of the third beat is tied to the first sixteenth of the fourth beat. Watch video.

This rhythm uses two sixteenth and an eighth note on the first beat, a sixteenth rest on the second beat followed by three sixteenth notes, two sixteenth and an eighth note on the third beat, and groups of four sixteenth notes on the fourth beat. The eighth note on the upbeat of three is tied to the first sixteenth of the fourth beat. Watch video.

This rhythm uses a sixteenth, eighth and sixteenth on the first beat, a sixteenth rest on the second beat followed by three sixteenth notes, a sixteenth, eighth and sixteenth on the third beat and on the fourth beat is a group of four sixteenth notes. The last sixteenth of the third beat is tied to the first sixteenth of the fourth beat. Watch video.

This rhythm uses a dotted eighth and sixteenth note on the first beat, a sixteenth rest on the second beat followed by three sixteenth notes, a dotted eighth and sixteenth note on the third beat, and on the fourth beat is a group of four sixteenth notes. The last sixteenth of the third beat is tied to the first sixteenth of the fourth beat. Watch video.

The chords used in the next four videos are:

Tips and Exercises to help you with chord changes.

This rhythm uses an eighth note and two sixteenths on the first beat, on the second beat is a group of four sixteenth notes where the first sixteenth is tied to the last sixteenth of the first beat, an eighth note and two sixteenths on the third beat, a sixteenth rest followed by a sixteenth and and eight note.  Watch video.

This rhythm uses an eighth note and two sixteenths on the first beat, on the second beat is a group of four sixteenth notes where the first sixteenth is tied to the last sixteenth of the first beat, an eighth note and two sixteenths on the third beat, a sixteenth rest followed by an eighth and sixteenth note. Watch video.

This rhythm uses a dotted eighth and sixteenth note on the first beat, on the second beat is a group of four sixteenth notes where the first sixteenth is tied to the last sixteenth of the first beat, on the third beat is a group of four sixteenth notes, on the fourth beat is a sixteenth rest followed by three sixteenth notes. Watch video.

This rhythm uses a dotted eighth and sixteenth note on the first beat, on the second beat is a group of four sixteenth notes where the first sixteenth is tied to the last sixteenth of the first beat, on the third beat is a group of four sixteenth notes with a sixteenth rest, on the fourth beat is an eighth with two sixteenths. Watch video.

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