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Campfire 4

The acoustic guitar is also a percussion instrument. The "HIT" is a Flamenco technique that when incorporated into your strumming can give the listener the feeling that there is also a drummer playing. When playing in front of an audience that wants something danceable and you aren’t playing with a drummer the "HIT" is a lifesaver.

Unit 1
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #1-Straight 4 strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #2-Folk 8 strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #2B-Folk 8 in 2 step- strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Songs - in the style of America and the Yardbirds

Unit 2
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #4-Bluegrass strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Songs - in the style of the Beatles

Unit 3
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #5-Rhumba strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #5-Rhumba variation strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Songs - in the style of the Black Crows

Unit 4
  • Songs - in the style of Sam Roberts

Unit 5
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #6-Jig strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #7-Swing strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Songs - in the style of John Lee Hooker, Imagine Dragons, Georgia Satellites

Unit 6
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #10-Waltz strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #11-Straight 8 in 3/4 strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Songs - in the style of Death Cab for Cutie

Unit 7
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #8- Swing Bluegrass strumming using the "Hit" technique

Unit 8
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #9-Swing Rhumba strumming using the "Hit" technique

Unit 9
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #14-Redneck strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #14-Memphis Beat strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Fingerpicking Technique - Finger Picking-Bossa Nova (Latin style)

Unit 10
  • Strumming Technique - Basic Rhythm #15-Cha Cha strumming using the "Hit" technique
  • Songs - in the style of Lucinda Williams