RYTHAMS

    

 Rhythms are an essential part of guitar playing. 

It is also known as Time Signature in notation or Tab.

Two numbers are written one above the other in a time signature.

if you observe in the notation chard, you can see 4/4 

Other kinds of rhythms are 

2/4, 3/4, 6/8, etc.

The above number indicates how many beats are there in a major.

The lower number indicates what kind of note (quarter, half, whole, etc.) gets one beat.  

Majorly there are only four rhythms in usage with variations on the tempo and styles of strumming, guess what there are numerous ways of playing it.

Below are four major rhythms and different ways to play them.

D- refers to Down

U- refers to Up 

M-  refers to Mute

The above picture shows you the beat or rhythm is 2/4  and there are 6 ways to play it. 

This is 3/4 and four different ways to play it.

Above is 4/4 and four ways to strum that beat

Here is the last of our common rhythms- 6/8

If you concentrate a bit you can play this beat as

DUDDU

DUUDU