clap your hands at a slow but steady pace, while trying to keep the time between each clap the same. A pulse is simply what it implies, like the pulse of a heart. The most basic expression of rhythm is a pulse, or a beat. We’re going to deconstruct rhythm, starting with the pulse, so that we can make our chords come to life: The Pulse Most people have a good general understanding of what rhythm is, but we want to dig deeper. With rhythm, we can take one or two chords and transform them into a piece of music. It is when we use rhythm to deliver the chords that they become music. Chords by themselves are relatively meaningless tools. Strumming and rhythm are the backbone of chord playing. But you already did that in the previous lesson, right? Right, but to really make the chords come to life, you need to add two things to the equation. To be able to use chords in a musical context, you need to be able to change from one chord to another. In this lesson, we’re going to start playing some musical examples using chords. In the previous lesson, we discussed what chords are, why they’re amazing and we got started with playing a few shapes.
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