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Hi, how are you doing?
Justin here.

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Welcome to IM-115, 
which is a first look at rhythm guitar

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as part of this intermediate foundation series.

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Now, what we're gonna be looking at today

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is an introduction to 16th note strumming.

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As part of the beginner's course

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we mainly looked at 8th note 
strumming patterns.

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Now, 8th note strumming patterns
have kind of 8 avaliable strums in a bar.

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So, you don't have to strum 
all of them of course.

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You could choose which ones you played
out of those 8.

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But there were kind of 8 options,
if you like.

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We always strummed down 
on the beat,

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which was the 1, 2, 3 and 4,

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and we had in between each one of those
an up strum.

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So we kinda had

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1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

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They were all options.

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And we could choose

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1, 2, 3, and, 4

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or 1, and, 2, and, 3, and, 4

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Whatever, it didn't matter.

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That was how our hand was moving.

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We just had

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1, and, 2, and, 3, and, 4, and

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And it suits a lot of styles,
that 8th note strumming

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and it sounds really good

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that's an important part
of playing guitar.

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It's not like an beginnery kind of thing, 
you know.

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It's an essential skill that every one uses.

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But there's another slightly more
interesting type of strumming

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which is a 16th note strumming.

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Now, the first interesting thing
about 16th note strumming

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that you can look at

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and it's nice introduction to it

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is instead of playing 8th notes 
with a down and an up

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you strum them all as down.

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So instead of having, 
if we have here a beat

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1, and, 2, and, 3, and, 4, and

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down, up, down, up, down, up, down

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we go

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1, and, 2, and, 3, and, 4, and

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down, down, down, down, 
down, down, down, down

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So it's essentially the same rhythm.

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We're still just looking at 8th notes

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1, and, 2, and, 3, and, 4, and

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But instead of going

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down, up, down, up, 
down, up, down, up

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we go

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down, down, down, down, 
down, down, down, down

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And it's got a slightly different 
kind of feeling too

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as soon as you start using 
all downstrokes.

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Always think you kind of pushing it forward

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or it allowes you to seat on the beats 
slightly differently.

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And you can feel a little more energetic, 
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So, if I just do it again now

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and if you just listen

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so here is the first one

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here is all downs

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Still strumming the same

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still

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sorry, still tapping the foot the same

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. . .

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still only taping the foot
on the 1, 2, 3 and 4

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1, and, 2, and 3, and, 4, and

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It's really important that you've got
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still just on the 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Now of course some of you 
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that if I'm doing all of those downstrokes

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then there's an up strumming 
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I'm just not playing it 
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So eventually what you end up with

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instead of having a beat

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like 1, 2, 3 and 4 being divided by 2

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with a down and an up

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we end up being able to divide it by 4.

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So down, up, down, up.

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1, e, and, a, 2, e, and, a
3, e, and, a, 4, e, and, a

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there is our 'ands' (plays)

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that's all downstrokes

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then we're adding the ups as well

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1, e, and, a, 2, e, and, a,
3, e, and, a, 4, e, and, a

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Now we've got a new counting system for this.

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We still keep the 1 and the 'and',
or the number and the 'and',

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but we also add now an 'e', 
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So the count that we end up having is

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1, e, and, a, 2, e, and, a,
3, e, and, a, 4, e, and, a

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That's a very good thing to practice.

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It might seem funny to be doing that,


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but is a good thing to actually 
just practice speaking and saying

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1, e, and, a, 2, e, and, a,
3, e, and, a, 4, e, and, a

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It will help you later,

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when the patterns start to get 
a bit more complex.

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If you can vocalise it,
it does make it easier.

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So that's a first little thing to practice.

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Is practice just saying:

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1, e, and, a, 2, e, and, a,
3, e, and, a, 4, e, and, a

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Get it so rolls of the tongue

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and you'll feel comfortable with it.

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Now, what's really important here is that

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and it's a mistake that a lot of people make
when they start doing 16th note strumming

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is that they've built up a connection

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between a down strum and a foot tap

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which when you're doing 
8th note strumming is great,

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that's a really important thing to be doing,

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but when you start going moving
into 16th note strumming

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you need to be remembered
that you're just tapping your foot on the beat

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on the 1, 2, 3 and 4
not on the down strum

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Because this

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Remember when I were doing a down strum 
on the 'and' as well?

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So, we end up here with

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I'm going to call over exaggerate 
the foot tap now

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and I'm going to knock my head about

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I know it's gonna look a bit silly
but hopefully you'll get the idea.

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So, what you want to be doing now

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just really slowly

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is making sure that
you tap your foot on the beat

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an you've got the 4 strums

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so down, up, down, up
in each beat.

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So you have here

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1, e, and, a, 2, e, and, a,
3, e, and, a, 4, e, and, a

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Just make sure that you tap your foot

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on the number

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1, e, and, a, 2, e, and, a,
3, e, and, a, 4, e, and, a

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Really give it a good solid tap 
with your foot.

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That really makes sure 
that you're feeling where that beat is.

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Now something that can help you 
doing that as well

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if you're struggling with the foot thing:

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leave the foot for a little while

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and just try and accent the beat.

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So make the one that is on 
1, 2, 3 or 4 louder with your strum

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and the other 
or make the other ones quieter

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it's often a good little trick to think of it,

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or both:

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make your accent louder 
on the 1, 2, 3 and 4

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and make the other ones 
quite softly strummed, you know.

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We've experimented a bit 
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and this is kind of puting it into use.

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So, in that case forget about the foot 
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1, e, and, a, 2, e, and, a,
3, e, and, a, 4, e, and, a

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Learning to do this accent is really important.

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Later on we're going to move
that accent around a little bit

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It won't always be on the beat

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but you need to be able to do it 
on the beat of course first.

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So that would be your next step, 
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after trying having to go it 
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as well and/or you want to start doing this
with the accent patterns.

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So just

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accenting the the first of every group of 4.

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Maybe add your foot in as well.

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Try to keep it as even as you can.

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And once you feel kinda comfortable with that,
start with a friend.

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Say hello to your friend,
Mr. Metronome!

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Now, probably what I'd recommend 
is about 60 BPM

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And I'm gonna show you 
how to get through with your metronome.

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There we go, 
it's on at 60.

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And what you can start of with, 
just strum on the beat.

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This is an easy way 
to get into working with a metronome.

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Just with the downstroke.

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Then add the 'ands'.

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Just all downs.

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1, and, 2, and, 
3, and, 4, and

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And when you feel comfortable 
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add in the upstrokes.

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And with the accent of course.

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And, hopefully, your foot as well.

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And your foot should be clicking

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exactly along with the metronome.

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Now, lot of people struggle with this,

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especially getting the foot 
to just tap on the beat.

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It's not difficult.

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As with most of the things on the guitar,

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if you can't do it, 
the trick is to do it slower.

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So even if you end up going like:

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Tap!

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Tap!

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You know, like really, really slowly

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or even slower if you want.

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It's not about the speed,

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it's about getting the coordination.

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Once you're doing it right,
it's quite easy to speed up.

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It's doing it right, 
that's the most important bit.

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Doesn't matter the speed.

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Just make sure you get it right, 
practice it really nice and slow.

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Once you've got it with your foot, and the strum,
and you can do an accent

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then put it to a metronome.

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And that is enough practise for now.

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That's what we're kind of trying to get you into.

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This is introducion to 16th note patterns,

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so in the next few weeks,
we can start adding interesting

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like interesting accents

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and/or leaving out some notes

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adding in some extra things

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It get's really good fun.

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16th note strumming is pretty cool,
I'm thinking.

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Most of the popy/rock stuff
that you're gonna get

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is done with this 16th note style.

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It even applies to picking 
and lead guitar later on,

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but let's not get ahead of us,
I would say.

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So, that's your practise now is going through
practising your 8th note strumming

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merging it into 16th note strumming 
with all downstrums

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and then adding in the proper 16ths
with the downs and the ups

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with the metronome.

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That's your work.

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Have fun with that and I'll see you 
for another lesson sometimes real soon.

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Take care of yourself, bye bye!