As well as traditional music notation, guitar music (particularly Jazz charts) sometimes uses rhythm notation. The music is written in a similar manner to traditional notation, except that the notes have a diagonal line instead of a note head. This tells you that instead of playing individual notes, you will be playing chords. The names of the chords to be played are written above the notation. The following exercise is an example of rhythm notation. To play this example, strum all the strings with a downward motion of your thumb (p)
This is how the previous example looks in standard notation.