Intermediate Electric Level 4
Solid Rhythm Guitar
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About this course
Level 4 is where refinement takes over from foundation-building. The focus shifts to dynamic control, rhythmic precision, faster chord changes, and confidently navigating new keys and tunings.
What you will learn:
The tresillo rhythm with 16th note accent patterns
AC/DC-style dynamic rhythm guitar
Fast power chord changes using the floating technique
The E minor pentatonic superhighway through Hendrix territory
The blues scale
Playing in the key of F♯
Drop D tuning across classic and heavy styles
The tresillo is a three-pulse rhythm behind everything from Hound Dog to Shape of You — at this level you embed it within continuous 16th note strumming. Malcolm Young's dynamic picking style becomes the model for rhythm guitar, where volume and intensity come entirely from your right hand. Power chord speed improves through the floating technique, where fingers slide between positions rather than lifting off the strings.
The pentatonic superhighway extends through shapes 3 and 4 into Hendrix territory, with Purple Haze and Voodoo Child as target songs. The blues scale adds one note to the pentatonic — the augmented fourth — unlocking the sound behind Sunshine of Your Love, Enter Sandman, and Sweet Child o' Mine. Playing in F♯ opens up riffs from Immigrant Song to Are You Mine, and Drop D tuning covers everything from Come Together to Killing in the Name
What our students say
I first picked up the guitar just over 6 months ago and have been learning completely through Andy's videos on his app. It's great to have so many practice songs with the chords and strumming patterns broken down.
I have been playing for a couple of years now and felt that the Beginner's course might be too easy, but I decided to do the lessons anyway. I am amazed at how much I learned!
I could never have dreamed that in a short space of time I would actually be playing along with some of my favourite songs, but I am and I'm loving it. It's so much easier to learn chords while having fun learning songs, I'm hooked!
Andy's emphasis on learning to play along to real songs and have fun as quickly as possible taught me to make the most of everything I learnt and gave me the confidence to play in public and even to start writing and recording my own songs!
The website with the dashboard facility is brilliant! It has allowed me to keep a close tab on my lessons and practice plans. Keep up the excellent work Andy and team!
When my grandchildren ask me about what I did during the pandemic, I'm going to tell them about how I got stuck at my parents' house learning something I always wanted... music. I can't thank Andy enough!
