Finally Strum With Confidence — Using Real Songs, Not Just Drills

A strumming and rhythm course built around real songs — real timing, real feel, no drills.

🎥 Watch the 2-Minute Course Tour

Here's a video tour of the Essential Strumming & Rhythm Course — how it's built, what's inside, and the tools that make it work.

What Guitarists Are Saying So Far

  • "I have a hard time believing very many teachers would go through the tedious process of verbally counting and coaching the way you have in this course. Strong work."

    – Larry

  • "The coaching option — where you say the strum, D or U — helps me know I'm strumming correctly. I'm looking forward to diving into the bonus library too."

    – Chris

  • "It's nice to have a dedicated place to practice strumming on its own."

    – Roger

What's Inside the Essential Strumming & Rhythm Course

  • A Concept Hall to build the fundamentals of strumming and rhythm from the ground up

  • Three Practice Studios — 8th note, 16th note, and 6/8 strums — each built around real songs

  • Nine real songs spanning a range of tempos and feels, so you're practicing rhythm the way you'll actually use it

  • Backing track widgets with four ways to play along:

    • Acoustic-led, so you can hear the pattern in context

    • Band-only, so you provide the strum

    • Coached, with real-time guidance on each strum

    • Counted, so you internalize the rhythm underneath

  • Speed control to slow any track down while you build the pattern

  • Capo options to play songs using different chord shapes

  • A Bonus Library with a Q&A section — including a place to send me your own questions

"I really dig your strumming course. Love it!! Strumming is one of the few techniques I'm reasonably good at with many years of acoustic and twelve-string playing. Nevertheless, it's great to warm up a session going through all these various patterns and trying to match them up to songs... The practice songs are fab, as is the backing with all the options. I particularly like the coaching when you call the downs or ups. Almost like child's play then. In short, I think this is basically perfect. You could easily offer this as a separate course. I haven't found a superior one over the years — just like your other courses."

-Matt

"I had a chance to dig into your new strumming and rhythm course. OUTSTANDING, love it, couldn't put it down. I can tell you put a lot of work into developing it. It worked perfectly on my end. It is also a great tool to practice the CAGED shapes and soloing over."

-Dennis

"I've been using it for a week. It's nice to have a dedicated place to practice strumming on its own... Feature-wise, having the 'coaching' and 'counting' was most useful at the beginning of learning the pattern... And I really enjoy seeing my speed increases day to day. The speed adjustment is the key feature — really helpful."

- Roger

“The course content and practice tools are great. Being able to practice with different levels of assistance and the ability to easily dial back the speed as needed is super helpful... As a consumer, I would look at it as a tool that can be used on an ongoing basis for less than the cost of a single 1-on-1 lesson."

-Joe

Get the Essential Strumming & Rhythm Course

$79

Since you're already working through Essential Skills, it's $47 for you — one-time payment, yours to keep.

Nine real songs. Three subdivisions. Four ways to practice each one. A Bonus Library to keep growing.

Bonus: Join this week and you're in for a live Q&A
Everyone who joins before the call gets a seat at a live Q&A with me — Monday, September 28th at 1:00 PM Eastern — where I'll work through whatever's coming up in your strumming and rhythm practice. Can't make it live? You'll get the replay.

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The Bottom Line

I’ve seen what actually works—and what doesn’t.

This course is built the same way I've taught strumming and rhythm for years, refined with real feedback from real students working through it.

I believe in the value of what's waiting for you inside, so your purchase is 100% Risk-Free.

If it doesn’t help you grow in the next 30 days, just email me for a full refund—no questions asked.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to already own Essential Skills to use this course?
Not at all. The Essential Strumming & Rhythm Course stands on its own — you can start with zero prior courses from me and everything will make sense. If you do own Essential Skills, you'll notice the course is set up the same way, which just means it'll feel familiar.

I'm a complete beginner — is this too advanced for me?
No. The Concept Hall starts with the fundamentals of strumming and rhythm before you ever get to a Practice Studio, so you're building from the ground up. And if you've been playing for years, the 16th note and 6/8 Practice Studios in particular tend to challenge even experienced players — there's real depth here no matter where you're starting from.

How long do I have access to the course?
Once you're in, it's yours to keep — go through it at your own pace, and come back to it anytime.

What if I miss the live Q&A call?
No problem — everyone who joins gets the replay, so you won't miss anything even if you can't make it live.

How is this different from your Essential Skills course?
Essential Skills is my full framework — the Number System, CAGED, and Landmark Pentatonic — built to give you a complete foundation across the guitar. The Essential Strumming & Rhythm Course is narrower and deeper on one specific thing: strumming and rhythm, using real songs as the practice ground. Think of it as a focused companion, not a replacement — many students use both together.