Counting on Guitar - Pointer Finger 1/8th notes - 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and ...

In this exercise, we use the right hand pointer finger to pluck to 1/8th note pattern.

Part of what makes a guitar different from something like a drum, is that on guitar you are able to get a sound on the up-stroke, whereas on drums you usually don’t get a sound on the up-stroke.

But up-strokes are not merely the opposite of down-strokes.

Spend a lot of time practicing up-strokes all by themselves, to develop muscle memory and feel