frustrated...strum site

Might be worth a peak at :

http://www.guitar.gg/strumming.html

Not the cleanest of sites, but there is info on there. Any song's in particular?

Hi all,

I posted about this topic before. We need the strum patterns for each song. Lots have been saying to listen  to the song and feel the beat. I for one can't do that. It's hard enough trying to learn to play. The process would be 10 times slower if I had to figure out the strum pattern also. There are lots of songs I would like to play right now but can't because I don't know the strum pattern. Youtube has alot of lessons and I try to make sense of them.

A greta site is http://www.guitar.gg The way he teaches is the way I need to be taught. I did the free lesson thing and he is awesome.
www.justinguitar.com is awesome too.

FYI-----

Mad World - Tears for Fears - DDUUD
Stand By Me - Ben E. King - DDUUDU
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam - D Scratch U U Scratch U
Brown eyed Girl - Van Morrisson - Same
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - CCR - DU Scratch U
Angels  - Robbie Williams - DDUDU

Its way easier if you hear it played with it's particular pattern.
Thesr are the songs I can play or am working on.

Thanks for letting me rant.

Keep Rockin!!!!!!!!!!1

I am a beginner @ guitar and have taught myself geral chords but have grewat difficultal with timing, strumming. I have never had any lessons as I simply cant afford them and wondering is there any method of learning Strumming. yours h mallon

I personally think that rhythm is something that you have to acquire through practice (like pretty much everything on the guitar lol). As a beginner, it was one of the most frustrating obstacles that i had to deal with in order to play songs the way I wanted them. At the same time, I think the struggle is necessary in order to develop your own personal ways of strumming. Everyone needs their own style. Also, as someone who is attempting to teach others how to play (friends mostly), I discovered that certain people have more difficulty trying to imitate others, rather than just trying to do their own thing.

One thing that helped me a lot when I was learning a song was to familiarize myself with the riffs/chords as much as I could so that I could play them without problems and make changes between the different parts quickly. After I would play a video or recording of the song and try to strum along with the beat.

The websites mentioned by the other members contain great tips and lessons as well. I would recommend checking out Justin Guitar for sure and also this site:

http://spytunes.co.uk/

On spytunes, you'll find a list of popular songs which are classified by difficulty level. Each video shows you what the guitarist is doing on the fretting hand and the strumming hand at the same time. It's a good visual tool, but remember to follow your ear more than your eyes. I think that developing a good ear is crucial, especially when you decide that it's time to jam it out with other people.

Good luck and don't get discouraged. The thing about music is that the journey is more important than the goal. So make sure you enjoy it and learn to laugh at yourself when you make a mistake instead of berating yourself. Music's supposed to be fun

correction its 6-string-videos.com