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https://tunein-toneup.com/ https://tunein-toneup.com/2018/04/29/guitar-lesson-33-rhythm-playing-mechanics-valerie-open-mic-night/ Guitar Lesson 33: Rhythm playing mechanics with a focus on the song Valerie for an Open Mic Night In guitar lesson 33, Dan and I examine some of the obstacles you might come up against, particularly in your rhythm playing, when playing an open mic night. In this lesson, which is in response to some questions by one of our listeners, we look at the rhythm part to Valerie with some hints to help your performance, including pick mechanics, dynamics, muting, percussive hits and compressors. Main timings 0:01:32 Introduction and discussion about issues playing an Open Mic 0:09:31 put a mute on the 1st beat for some drumming-like dynamics 0:12:49 How to add anticipation on the A chord to lead back to the verse 0:18:15 Rhythm Mechanics 1: choosing all downstrokes and muting 0:20:25 Rhythm Mechanics 2: using the low strings for the percussive hit 0:21:13 Rhythm Mechanics 3: using a rh