Mark Hanson, December, 2025       l’m known for my fingerpicking knowledge and ability, but I have extensive strumming experience as well. In fact, my first meaningful guitar experience was playing rhythm guitar in my junior high rock’n’roll band “We the People”! Even with that name we didn’t play patriotic songs; mostly Beatles and Byrds… and, unfortunately, we weren’t old enough or advanced enough to dream up or play the “Star Spangled Banner” ala Jimi Hendrix!      Like fingerpicking, good strumming is an art. The point of this tip is getting the rhythm right while changing chords. Listen to […]