So learn to play lots of songs with easy strumming patterns which will develop your sense of timing so that eventually you will just strum it like the original, like you want and/or how you hear it!Īs you do that you will start to hear the relationship and the difference between an Up and a Down strum and be able to recognise them for yourself. I don't think you will find "Plonk" in the dictionary! :-)Ĭhildren do this, as it is what I tell them to do, Adults don'tīecause (they think they know better!) they stop when they put their chord hand in the wrong position. ("PLONK" is a word that I use to describe putting the fingers "En Masse" unto the fret board in the shape that they "should" be in.) GOING regardless of what a mess you make of the chord shape. That is "Plonk" your fingers on the strings in the chord shape, WHILE KEEPING THE STRUMMING Once that happens everything is fine, the secret is to be a "Plonker!" Part of your brain is working one hand and another part of your brain is working the other. If you did think about it (and you shouldn't!) you would find that 1 Which is the same over a count of 4 and just makes it swing a bit more.ĭ = down U= Up strums a "/" is what i use to signify something different it may be a pause or a bigger strum With the DDUUD strumming (or whichever pattern) and eventually you willįind yourself embellishing those patterns DDUUD will turn into DUDU/UD The secret is to NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT and get so completely relaxed Subconsciously take over and strum it like it goes! The point of the "Strumming patterns" is to give you something to do until you can (WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT) you will eventually "Strum it like it goes" We(I)use strumming "Patterns" to enable you to play the songs straight offĪnd that after doing that for a week/month/year There's a good book by Tom Kolb that covers rhythm guitar for Folk, Blues, Ballads, Rock, Funk, Latin, etc. If you you really can't come up with somethng to play for your song, or if your patterns start to annoy you, make a search on youtube for "acoustic cover", it always helps to see others play. Look at Tequilla sunrise by the eagles, it has three quick 16th strums in the second beat of each bar when you listen to the eagles, but you can easily play it in your basic D DU UD. The more patterns you pick up and can play naturally without thinking too much, the easier you will be able to match the artist that plays your song. Because then you can start with an easy pattern that suits the rhythmic pattern of the song (for example D DU UD for any song in 4/4).Īfter that, you come up with more exotic patterns that match the songs style. However, I found it liberating to think of my playing as "playing my version of the song". Well, if you want to play exactly like the artist that is performing the song you want to play, then all you can do is listen to it closely.
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