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Hi everyone!
Something that has been bugging me for a while now is that even though i can strum easy tunes i tend to use the same strum pattern for each one.It's not on purpose, i just do it automatically and it's bugging the hell out of me. I think this site is great as i have just stumbled across it. It's spot on to learn the chords but the only thing is, it doesn't give you the strum pattern.
Any advice?????
John.
Hi John, a question that a few people have asked me ' even more experienced players( me , a lowly 2 yr player ) the only advice I can give is that it's a bit like tapping your foot to a song , it just happens , well for me anyway.Which is ok if you know the song. I guess if you've got a basic sense of rhythm its not to bad , I dont know if there is any science to it ! They are not all easy though !
Regards , Ray
Hi,
It seems to me that when strumming we tend to stick to the beat of the music without giving it much thought, sort of subconcious processing if you will. I got out of the habit by fingerpicking and learning some classical stuff. Also I found a good song to practise a whorthwhile strumming pattern too is 'Memory' by Sugar Cult. You can get it off the net.
Anyway's, as always its about practising and learning a little theory then incorporating that into your playing but most of all its about feeling good about what you are doing. Enjoy.
Adios
Shaun
Thanks again guys!
David Hodge writes some good beginner and intermediate lessons that are available for free at guitarnoise.com He also covers a good bit of theory, but does include strum patterns for almost everything.
Some tunes just have to be played with the correct (or close) to get the right sound.
Good luck!
spot on. thanks david.
Here are some "FREE" (this guy is a believer in open soruce stuff). Guitar lessons that help you develope a STRONG strumming rhythm.
<a href="http://www.archive.org/details/folk.guitar" target="_blank">http://www.archive.org/details/folk.guitar</a>
I've been playing the guitar for 40+ years and I learned a lot from watching him. He makes strumming the guitar a "blinding glimpse of the obvious". Shows a little blues... a little folk etc. His concepts on rhythm are that each person should develop their own strum patterns, but there ARE some basics.. From there one can expand.
I ran into his stuff when I was learning to play the banjo, believe it or not (he plays both - and gives a little harmonica lesson in this series, too). He has a couple of free books online, too (you can buy them -- I did, 'cause I can't take my computer into the bathroom <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_redface.gif" border=0 alt="Embarassed"> ).
His site is the HOW and TAO of Banjo and Guitar at:
<a href="http://howandtao.com/books/book-index.html" target="_blank">http://howandtao.com/books/book-index.html</a>.
Check it out.
Good luck and good licks.
<font size="1">Boredom is a personal defect.
--Lamar Stephens</font>
HEY JOHN,BELIEVE IT OR NOT IF YOU CAN GET A CLEAN STRUM
THEN YOU ARE COMING ALONG JUST FINE.
IM 18YRS IN AND THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE IS ,WHEN YOU PLAY TAB PLAY A SONG YOU KNOW AND THE RYTHM WILL COME MAN.ALWAYS REMEMBER,FOCUS ON THE RIGHT HAND UNLESS YOUR LEFT HANDED,DONT GET CAUGHT UP WITH THE FRET HAND,EVENTUALLY YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN.
STRUM YOUR HEART OUT MAN AND BE PATIENT,IT WILL COME.
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