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* Practice sustaining chords for multiple beats, using "phantom strokes" to keep your hand/arm moving in time.
* Practice the various rhythmic patterns towards the top of this page on various chord shapes and progressions we've learned.
* Practice muting every other beat, so that you are resting.
* Practice mixing in muted strums into progressions, noticing how percussive and momentary they are in comparison to chords. Try using them on transitions between chords, but don't let this become a crutch to allow your left-hand to make slow transitions.
* Practice playing 16th-note strumming in short bursts. Be sure to use a metronome and count each stroke. Start slow and build speed but be sure you maintain good rhythm.
* Practice triplets and other tuplets. Play through the examples of how to realign your downstrokes on the beats.
* Practice the vamping pattern above; try to come up with some of your own.
* Practice the comping patterns above. Listen to some jazz and pay attention to the accompaniment instruments during solos to understand the complementary aspects of the style of playing.
* Practice playing accents on certain chords, particularly when playing power chords.
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