Beginning Bluegrass Guitar Rhythm. How to get the power and drive in your strum.

Here's my version of the bluegrass guitar strum. If you're new to guitar or just new to bluegrass and the rhythm playing seems mysterious to you. Take a gander.

[@lornews1]

It took me years to figure out what you taught here. I even played in a Bluegrass Gospel group for several years and still didn't know how to get that Bluegrass strum sound. They don't teach this enough. They focus on strum patterns and forget to talk about the mechanics of the actual strum. Thanks for sharing.

[@SirSillyBumfluff]

I had already picked up most of this from watching others and listening, but this is invaluable for teaching
Very well explained

[@gemstatetv7146]

Great stuff! Do you use the round side of the pick when strumming this way? I find this technique much easier to accomplish this way but I'm not sure if it makes a difference tone wise.

[@Arrlong28563]

Hi! I'm from Spain and I'm learning to play bluegrass. I went to a Slow Jam in Barcelona whit my resonator guitar tunned in Standard tunning, and played with a pick. But it turns out that I found some back comments like my guitar d'oesnt work for bluegrass... For me, it sounds great but maybie is not the desired tone for bluegrass? I still have a dreadnought but I feel bad about not using my resonator...