Country acoustic guitar rhythm

[DrBallard]

Hey there folks,

I'm having a hard time to get that rhythm guitar like Jhonny Cash.

Anyone have a video/info about it ? Would be great, thanks!

[raggety]

I'm not usually much of a country player.

 

but the way i approach this is like this.

 

if i am playing a C major chord, my thumb will first play C on the fifth string and my index and second fingers will play the other notes on the 2nd and 3rd strings slightly after the thumb note and then my thimb will play the fourth string and the other notes again..

 

so you get this.. Duh-dum.... Duh-dum...Duh-dum.... feeling to your music

 

(but if you use a pick you can still do it the same as using your fingers)

 

 

and also i found the while thing works much better if you have someone playing the same chords but just playing them normally, so you can interplay against their chords.

[guit30]

Listen to my acoustic rhytmn on the song in my sig, a bit of syncopation and hammer ons and xtra notes

Jim

[DrBallard]

Hey there!

I think your link in your sig might be broken, I've tried both firefox and Iexplorer, and I have flash installed... I also couldn't download the file!!

But thanks

[guit30]

Sorry bout that, I couldn't get anything on supload to play

Jim

[DrBallard]

Do you have it on youtube? or... would you mind sending it to me by email? Thanks!

[guit30]

I could e-mail it to you

Jim

[rjoxyz]

Are we basically just talking about "boom-chicka, boom-chicka..." or a walking bass line Travis style?

[pharmboyjoe]

Which country??