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This Blues rhythm groove is hard to stop playing! Learn the strum pattern – Guitar Lesson ML152

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In this week’s guitar lesson you’ll learn how to play a Blues rhythm groove that is so fun to play, you’ll have a hard time stopping it! You’ll learn a few jazzy chord embellishments and all of the strum patterns.

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  1. Kevin D says

    September 25, 2026 at 7:32 pm

    thats fun stuff

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  2. Donald O says

    September 25, 2026 at 7:41 pm

    Brian, Another fun and useful lesson. Love the groove.

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  3. Lee M says

    September 25, 2026 at 8:12 pm

    Fun and great, but where is the strumming pattern. Please can you add it. New player and I need all the tools I can get.

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  4. Mike R says

    September 25, 2026 at 8:43 pm

    This will be a lot of fun. I need to keep my right hand moving to a cool groove.

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  5. Norbert says

    September 25, 2026 at 11:54 pm

    Hi Brian,

    I’d say that was faster than the speed limit! 🙂

    Your fans ask for help (ML151) — and you deliver almost instantly.

    Fantastic lesson, and really easy to follow. This is exactly what makes learning so much fun!

    By the way, maybe you know the German saying: “Give someone your little finger, and they’ll take the whole hand.” 🙂

    So, the “whole hand” would be a lesson on 16th-note rhythms with muted strums — placed at different points in the bar, just like in this lesson:
    (1 e + a | 2 e + a | 3 e + a | 4 e + a)

    But first I’ve got plenty to work on already, so there’s absolutely no rush …

    Thanks again!

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  6. JEROME L says

    September 26, 2026 at 2:10 am

    Hi Brian, and every one.
    Cool groove here, I like it.
    Also, I’ve been struggling for years with strumming with a pick, so it will be a good exercise for me.
    Thanks a lot.

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  7. Daniel H says

    September 26, 2026 at 8:00 am

    “Don”t mess around with Jim” … lol! The vibe in this lesson kept reminding me of that song. Good lesson, as always Brian, for an important strumming technique.
    I like this as a follow up to last weeks rockabilly EP642 lesson. Totally different vibes but they want to play with each other… I suppose its the 1-4-5 in A.
    Thank you for another good lesson. God bless you.

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  8. Malcolm M says

    September 26, 2026 at 8:28 am

    Great lesson. Malcolm

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  9. Paul N says

    September 26, 2026 at 11:05 am

    That wa the best Micro Lesson you’ve ever done Brian! Really enjoyed it! Thanks!

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  10. Imerio A says

    September 26, 2026 at 11:55 am

    fantastic Brian…I love those jazzier chords…and it’s so funky in some measures…..like a james brown sounding thing.
    great job.

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