Rhythm Guitar Ideas No1 (dominant chords)

Here are some rhythm guitar ideas for dominant chords.

1. The exercise begins by breaking down an E7 chord into smaller parts, by strumming different groups of strings that form the chord. Each strum is followed by a mute. This adds to the crisp percussive sound.
2. The second chord can be played with the index finger strings 2, 3 and 4 at the second fret. A shuffle of boogie bass is added to the fifth string.
3. Bar three breaks down an E chord into its component parts in a similar way to the first bar and adds a little bass on the sixth string.
4. The fourth bar runs down the E blues scale.
5. B7 is split into two inversions. The first is reached with a slide from a fret below and the second from a barre at the seventh fret and a hammer-on to form the full chord.
6. Hammer-ons and pull-offs roll around the A7 chord
7. Bar seven is a repeat of the first bar.
8. Finally, there’s an ascending B7 arpeggio.