This months blog will focus on 'Comping' - this technique is a great way to improve your rhythm skills and incorporate some excitement into your playing, freshening up those dull strumming patterns with a percussive feel. 'Comping' is slang for accompaniment - meaning 'something that accompaniments music' - Think Jazz vocalist accompaniment by a pianist. This technique involves highlighting chord root notes as well as adding a percussive beat, thus creating an almost band li