What if your guitar could sound like a drummer and a guitarist at the same time?
Most players think dynamics means strumming harder or softer. But there's a whole other layer hiding in plain sight: hitting the body of your guitar on the beat. I'll show you a simple one-bar pattern using eighth notes, a percussive body strike on beat two, and a G, Em7, Cadd9 progression you can practice over a 90 bpm drum track. Once it clicks, your strumming immediately sounds fuller, more personal, and honestly more fun to play.
In this lesson, you’ll learn:
- The one-bar eighth-note framework that makes percussion easy to slot into any strum pattern
- Where to hit the guitar body for a deep thump versus a tight click (and why it differs for every player)
- How to layer a simultaneous pick strike on the pick guard for a sharper, two-texture hit
- How muted sixteenth-note strums after the body hit take the whole feel up another level