{"id":1051,"date":"2019-10-31T18:03:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/?page_id=1051"},"modified":"2019-10-31T18:44:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:44:55","slug":"rhythm1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/rhythm1\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhythm: \u266b\u2669"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rhythm1\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/363646965?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nHere are a few exercises for practicing a simple &#8220;down, up, down&#8221; picking pattern. It is important to pay close attention to the direction of your picking when practicing this. The idea is that you should be able to play this rhythm pattern any time in any situation without having to think about it. This is a fun and easy way to develop consistent and accurate picking technique.<\/p>\n<p>You will have much better results if you practice these exercises with a metronome! The horse shoe shaped symbol is for a down-stroke and the v symbol is for an up-stroke. <\/p>\n<p>If you like this lesson, all 7 chapters of Rhythm &#038; Style exercises are included with the <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.fretboard101.com\/lead-guitar-system\/\">Lead Guitar System<\/a>, along with practice solos that demonstrate how to use these tools in your own improvisation. <\/p>\n<p>Exercise 1:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1056 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex1.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex1-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex1-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex1-1024x384.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Exercise 2:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1057 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex2.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex2-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex2-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex2-1024x594.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Exercise 3:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1058 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex3.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex3-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex3-768x309.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex3-1024x411.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Exercise 4:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1059 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex4.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex4-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex4-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rhythm1-Ex4-1024x640.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Got a question or suggestion? Please email me, or comment on this page. Your feedback helps me improve these lessons for everybody! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Here are a few exercises for practicing a simple &#8220;down, up, down&#8221; picking pattern. It is important to pay close attention to the direction of your picking when practicing this. The idea is that you should be able to play this rhythm pattern any time in any situation without having to think about &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/rhythm1\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rhythm: \u266b\u2669<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Here are a few exercises for practicing a simple &#8220;down, up, down&#8221; picking pattern. It is important to pay close attention to the direction of your picking when practicing this. The idea is that you should be able to play this rhythm pattern any time in any situation without having to think about it. This is a fun and easy way to develop consistent and accurate picking technique. You will have much better results if you practice these exercises with a metronome! The horse shoe shaped symbol is for a down-stroke and the v symbol is for an&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"","author_info":{"name":"Miles Pearce","url":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/author\/5miles\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/author\/5miles\/","display_name":"Miles Pearce"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 31, 2019","modified":"Updated on October 31, 2019"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 31, 2019 6:03 pm","modified":"Updated on October 31, 2019 6:44 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1051\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fretboard101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}