Topic: strumming patterns
hey there . i am a beginner trying to work out pete murray's "opportunity" song, tried everything can anyone help me out
- daddycool
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hi templer72 i dont know the song myself but if you sing the song while playing you should be able to pick up the pattern that way...stay cool
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Re: strumming patterns
Hey, you can always do what I do--play whatever you can and just tell people you're "making it your own"...artists do that, they put their own spin on things...works every time!
Good Luck!
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25Frankster wrote:
Hey, you can always do what I do--play whatever you can and just tell people you're "making it your own"...artists do that, they put their own spin on things...works every time!
Good Luck!
Exactly what I do!! Of course, every song I play sounds exactly the same. But we'll just say that's my "style", OK?
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If it comes from the heart and you add a few beers... it'll be awesome! - Mekidsmom
When in doubt ... hats. - B.G. Dude
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I got this Zoom effects pedal, and I look down at it, click through some settings look all serious, then people really think I know what I'm doing. I keep it on the same two stupid settings, but I'm always clicking the thing--a diversionary tactic to get their mind off my lack of skill. "He's clicking the pedal...he MUST be good!". Then I play a D , Dsus, D2 in rapid succession to really wow the crowd ("the crowd" consists of my two australian shepherds...actually only one sticks around, the other has no sense of music)
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Freaking shepherds. No accounting for taste.
- Zurf
Granted B chord amnesty by King of the Mutants (Long live the king).
If it comes from the heart and you add a few beers... it'll be awesome! - Mekidsmom
When in doubt ... hats. - B.G. Dude
If it comes from the heart and you add a few beers... it'll be awesome! - Mekidsmom
When in doubt ... hats. - B.G. Dude
- Detman101
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25Frankster wrote:
I got this Zoom effects pedal, and I look down at it, click through some settings look all serious, then people really think I know what I'm doing. I keep it on the same two stupid settings, but I'm always clicking the thing--a diversionary tactic to get their mind off my lack of skill. "He's clicking the pedal...he MUST be good!". Then I play a D , Dsus, D2 in rapid succession to really wow the crowd ("the crowd" consists of my two australian shepherds...actually only one sticks around, the other has no sense of music)
MWAHAHAHA!!!! I do that too!!!
But I fiddle with the tone and volume knobs on my guitar instead.
D to Dsus to D2 is so easy...and yet so fun...and even better....
IT SOUNDS KEWL!!!
Dm
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- Russell_Harding
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most strumming patterns follow rythems you can learn a lot by paying attention to drummers be they real humans or machines copy and play along i hope this helps acapo
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