Rock is probably the most popular genre of music in the world today and most beginner guitar players learn guitar because they wanted to rock. Guitars are always present on all rock music, matter of fact; you can’t call it rock if it hasn’t got any guitars on it. That is why; if you want to learn how to play rock on the guitar, try these steps:
- Try playing the A major chord on your guitar.
- To play the A major chord, strum it using down strokes while following a 4 / 4 rhythm or by counting 1, 2, 3, 4.
- Try using a pick to generate a louder, rock – ire sound.
- Now play the chord using don strokes and upstrokes while counting 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. Play the down strokes on the numbers and the upstrokes on the “ands”
To play a rock chord progression, try these steps:
- Strum the guitar like how you did on the first batch of instructions.
- Use this chord progression. A/A/A/A D/D/A/A E/D/A/A
- The slash represents bars and each bar is played using the 4 / 4 measure.
- Now you have a basic rock chord progression.