• tj2996
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Topic: Strum Patterns

I am a newbie to this site and just learning.  I have picked up a few chords and practicing moving from chord to chord.  This site has a great collection of songs showing the chords that go with them.  I am wondering about the strum patterns for these songs, however.  Is there a place on this site that also suggests the correct strum pattern.  I did find this site and there are a good number of strum patterns, but not all inclusive.  So looking for something here...Thanks!

http://www.heartwoodguitar.com/strum-pattern/

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Re: Strum Patterns

Welcome TJ.  Your best bet is to check thhe song on YouTube.  There is almost always someone playing the song you want to learn.  Good luck.

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  • tj2996
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Re: Strum Patterns

Thanks, Pete, will do that.

  • zguitar
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Re: Strum Patterns

Hi Tj and welcome!!!!!

Strum patterns are a hard thing for some of us to grasp. Lots of people advise to feel it out. But some of us just don't have that ability. I always check youtube as Benson suggested. If I watch and hear I can sometimes pick it out.

Good luck!!!

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  • dino48
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Re: Strum Patterns

Hi tj,and a welcome from myself as well,the two above posts are pretty good advice.

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Re: Strum Patterns

Welcome to Chordie TJ!  Thing is, most songs with a whole band backing them have a lot more going on than just a guitar and a singer... so a lot is left up to interpretation as far as patterns go to try to fill some of that in.  I agree with the above, check youtube because if it's a good song chances are someone else has already tried to play it acoustic.  I find a lot of times a simple dd uu du pattern works for many songs... sadly, a lot of what I play isn't distinguishable until I start singing.  lol

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