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Strumming Patterns
The right hand is the drummer you carry everywhere. Build groove, dynamics and patterns that fit the song.
Groove first
Audiences forgive a wrong chord; they never forgive a dead groove. This path rebuilds your right hand from the ground up — relaxed wrist, steady time, and a vocabulary of patterns for 4/4, 3/4, 6/8 and the shuffles in between.
We go beyond down-up diagrams: palm muting, percussive hits, bass-note targeting, dynamics that lift a chorus, and the art of leaving holes. You’ll learn when not to strum, which is half the instrument.
Every pattern is learned inside real songs — campfire folk, country two-steps, rock anthems and 12-bar shuffles — so your repertoire grows as fast as your rhythm.
What’s included
Pattern sheets, practice tracks and a right-hand workout that fits in fifteen minutes a day.
- Core pattern library — twenty essential patterns across pop, folk, country, rock and worship, with variations for each.
- Time & feel — metronome games, playing behind and ahead of the beat, and locking with bass and drums.
- Mutes, slaps & dynamics — percussive techniques and volume control that turn three chords into a performance.
- Song application — arrange five songs start to finish: intro, verses that breathe, choruses that lift, endings that land.
How it runs
Sixty minutes, once a week, in person in Nashville or online anywhere. Bring the songs you wish you could play — we’ll get them gig-ready.
Loosen up
Right-hand relaxation drills and time games — a loose wrist and an honest internal clock before anything else.
Learn the pattern
One new pattern per session, built slowly with muted strings, then opened up chord by chord until it grooves.
Play the song
Full playthroughs with dynamics marked on your chart — recorded, so you hear exactly what the room hears.
“I led worship for years with the same four strums. Three months later our set finally breathes — the drummers noticed first.”
— Caleb R., acoustic player, NolensvilleKeep going
Rhythm is the engine — bolt it onto harmony and lead work:
Make three chords sound like ten
First session is a no-pressure assessment — bring your guitar and your favourite song to play.
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