Make sure to count a constant 16th note rhythm (1 e & a, 2 e & a, 3 e & a, 4 e & a), using a foundational alternate picking technique throughout.

Taking small chord shapes, single notes and 16th-note strums, we unpack the essentials for funk guitar and target those offbeats for rhythmic intrigue in your playing ...

Keep your pick hand strumming in a constant down-up motion, following the underlying 16th note rhythm. The challenge here is to miss the strings as needed - for example, the opening Badd11 chord lasts ...

So when I say the china starts on the “E” of one, I’m referring to the spoken counting value assigned to the second 16th note in a quarter note duration. A dotted eighth note is a duration of three ...

Third, though the underlying pattern is alternate-picked 16th notes, some are accented, some muted and some omitted completely, all while preserving the sequence of downstrokes and upstrokes.