Book excerpt: Welcome to... ...the most comprehensive book you will find on how to take your strumming skills to new heights, where you will go from not being comfortable at strumming or being downright poor at it, to...... sounding like a professional strummer with great tone, learn how to play the most important strum patterns......have complete mastery over your rhythm skills and learn how to perform a wide variety of stylish and elegant sounding strumming "tricks".If you have ever thought... "My strumming sounds weak and sloppy""How do I work out the strumming pattern for a song?""I only know one or two strumming patterns and I use them for everything!""My strumming is boring!""I have really poor rhythm and can`t keep in time for toffee"...If you have said, "yes!" to any of the above, then, you have come to the right place.This book is the solution...In this book, you will find in-depth tutorials, a large library of over 100 audio examples, all the tab for each example and plenty more.This book is the only resource you will ever need to be able to become a professional sounding strumming guitarist......where you will be able to strum with great tone, rhythm and timing, and never run out of interesting and fun strumming ideas. Most Beginner Guitarists Are Very Frustrated By Their Ability To StrumThe first problem many guitarists encounter, is they are rarely taught how to strum with good technique. This means they often have a shrill, messy or jerky strumming sound which sounds and feels sloppy.In this book, I will take you through the most common strumming mistakes that nearly all beginners make - and more importantly, I will teach you how to improve these areas right away! Many Guitarists Learn One Or Two Strumming Patterns And Stop There - No Wonder They Get Bored!They strum the same exact pattern in the same exact way and don`t actually feel much excitement or joy with their strumming.There is a huge world of amazing things you can do with strumming but most guitarists never really learn how.Like any skill, strumming takes practice, but the practice becomes much more enjoyable when you are given a clear path, explanations of what you need to do or avoid... and a proper plan to move forward.The tools you will learn to use in this book will give you all of that and so much more.Learn The Most Interesting And Useful Strumming Patterns Ever - And Learn How To Choose A Suitable One For Any Song!Every guitarist should learn the core patterns. (There are actually 16 awesome and incredibly useful patterns taught in this book).In this book, you will learn the most useful, inspiring and exciting strumming patterns ever created for the guitar.Once you learn these, you will have a huge arsenal of fun and exciting rhythms and strum patterns that will make all of your music fun for the rest of your playing. Discover The Secrets Of Great Strumming Such As Pick Strumming, Bass/Treble Strumming, Percussive Strumming And Much More.These include learning techniques such as:Pick strummingBass strummingPercussive strummingHow to use "swing"How to use "rests" to add massive energy to a patternStrumming FillsPalm muted strummingBass runs and bass riffs...and plenty more very cool techniques you would struggle to learn anywhere else.Instead of endlessly searching YouTube and the internet for some good lessons, all of the lessons here are neatly packaged, taught in a proper order......where they build upon each other, all done in a structured way and all there to save you time.Every Example Comes With Tab, Sheet Music, MP3 Audio And There is a Printable TabYou Will Learn The Exact Steps And Method To Achieve Complete Strumming Mastery From today you can learn every step needed on the way to achieving strumming mastery. Come and join me on a fun and exciting strumming journey!