Listen to me. You can press the chords perfectly. You can have the most expensive guitar. But if your rhythm is off, you sound like a robot.

Rhythm is the heartbeat of music. If the heart stops, the music dies.

Most beginners obsess over their left hand (the fretboard). They freeze up. They sound clunky. Today, we fix that. We are going to unlock your right hand and turn that 'noise' into music.

If your pick feels like it's getting 'stuck' in the strings, you are holding it wrong.

A flat pick (90 degrees to the guitar) acts like a wall. It hits the string and stops.

You need to angle the pick slightly. It should glide over the strings like a surfer over a wave, not a bulldozer through a wall.

If you are unsure which pick to use for this, check our guide finding the right pick for your sound

Thinner picks are often more forgiving for beginners learning to strum.

You can read about this all day, or you can do it.

Mute the strings with your left hand (just lay your fingers across them). Don't play any chords. Just make that percussive 'chug' sound.

Practice the Ghost Strum for 5 minutes. Right now.

Go make some noise."