hello
i am also new to chordie, so hello everybody <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">
i got the same problem, to find good strumming patterns is really hard, even in the music stores with al the sheets and books they have.
there are sheets and books that wil give you strumming patterns, but not for a specific song.
i asked the store why that is, he good not answer my question. i find that really strange.
and i am only speaking for the beginners or about 2 years of playing, or perhaps even more.
i am sure the advanced players or the players that play longer as 4 or 5 years they dont need strumming patterns, or do they need strumming patterns too?
i play now for about 15 months, and can play a little bit of everything. i play classical(Wals,allegro-etude,fur elise,asturias,romance,el papamoscas,romantic song,)flamenco:(beginner soleares with falsetas). Some of the songs i can play now:war is over (john lennon)mad world (tears for fears),everybody hurts (rem),whats up (4 non blonds),let it be (beatles)hotel california (the eagles)father and sone (cat stevens)dust in the wind (kansas)down on the corner (CCC)knocking on heavens door (bob dylan)house of the rising sun (animals)stairway to heaven (led zeppelin) etc...
but al these strumming and picking patterns i got from my guitar teacher because he learned me all these songs
and because he plays many years for my teacher or any teacher or any intermediate or advanced guitar player dont need that because they are at a stage where they can hear what strums and pickings are played in music as wel as chord progressions,scales,intervals and so on.....
but for the absolute beginner or about a couple of years it is hard to do on your own, and absolute very hard if you dont have a guitar teacher at all.
then every thing sounds the same and the fun playing will be less and less and less.
i no, because that was what i had in the beginning without a teacher.
so would it not be nice, or a good idea to start something with songs that will have strumming and finger picking patterns included.
my teacher puts it under every song i get, and for the what more difficult songs i get an extra sheet with explanation about how to play
Em C and so on.....
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
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something like this or many other different samples
then when the beginners or the some years players
wil have lots more fun to play because you will pick it up a lot faster then to do it on your own.
and i think it will be apreaciated even by the some better players.
and i think it will be a hit, because i see so many forems and tab sites that dont have the strumming and picking patterns.
so the one that starts just a site like or a part of a site (mabey with chordie?) will get lots of users who are searching for stuff like that
this all is just what i think.
and i really want to hear all the comments on this.
greetings eddy from holland