The hardest, is still the strumming.

[thedevilri]

For I can't get the strumming patterns right.

Can anyone share any tips?

 

[Kamelot]

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/BC-006-BasicRhythmGuitar.php

 

[thedevilri]

I really can't join them up together, getting really pis'sed off already.

They just don't sound smooth enough.

Please?

 

[faekildare]

The last time i ask someone the same thing.. I get the usual reply.. And it's the same reply people will give u...

It's like that one.. just practice more...

 

[MaCcA]

start really slow first....then speed up

 

[Whitestrat]

think of a beat. 1-2-3-4-2-2-3-4-3-2-3-4-4-2-3-4 etc etc.

let your downstroke be the 1 and 3, then up stroke be 2 and 4.

when that's ok,

then, let downstoke be 1 and 4, and upstroke be 2 and 3.

use a metronome. once these patterns are ok, change them yourself a bit, and add strokes in between. with a metronome.

eventually, you'll get it.

 

[bigblackbear]

firstly, start slow. it's okay if you can't play and the same speed. you can use progarms like audacity to slow the song down to a speed that you're comfortable with. and it's important to learn it right cause it's harder to re-learn it.

also. don't give up.

if you can't learn it in one day, sleep on it, and try it again the next day.

 

[JanMarathan]

Learn Guitar Chords

Sometimes people have a little trouble when they are starting to Learn Guitar tab because they think it might be similar to reading music. One of the first things to understand is that it is more like looking at chord diagrams than reading music. A chord diagram is a graphic representation of what to do with your left hand to play a chord. It is a picture, not a set of notes you read, like you would for the piano.

 

[joshuak]

The last time i ask someone the same thing.. I get the usual reply.. And it's the same reply people will give u...

It's like that one.. just practice more...

Many years ago, I did not really believe the seasoned guitarists when they said this to me. But I just kept practising everyday anyway.

Today, I totally agree with them and tell new guitarists the same thing.

 

[ShredCow]

I think that thinking of playing rhythm in terms of "strumming patterns" is ... odd. Just odd.

Strumming Patterns are basically just subdivisions of rhythm... take a beat, slice it up and insert an upstroke there, a downstroke there, some muted notes, add triplets, etc etc

Other than practicing and practicing, I think understanding can sometimes play a part... a sort of "short cut" if you will.

Maybe you should sit back and re-look your understanding, in addition to the technique behind it.

 

[joshuak]

May I also suggest to imitate what accomplished guitarists are doing. Compare what you do with how the skillful guys do it. Then try to copy what's cool from their strumming patterns ie. palm mutings, letting the strings ring for a long time after one strum.

The feel for rhythmic strumming will become more and more developed with practice and imitation. Then it's time to be more creative and add some variation to the strumming pattern while keeping time.

 

[Mobius]

Try following the drumbeat of the song u are playing to, makes it easier.

 

[Bad Company]

Listen to dust in the wind,(Kansas) cover by the Scorpions over and over again then apply it on your guitar.All the best!

 

[159]

Start slow. Increase speed gradually, until original speed. Practice practice practice.

If you're lazy, make an easier variation of the strumming pattern that you're most comfotable with.

If you're still lazy, forget it.

 

[thedevilri]

Thank you everyone for your tips!

Anyway, do you know what causes the pick sound when you strum? o.o I tried lots of method, in holding the pick but still the sound occurs. it is kind of noisy @_@

 

[penta-tonic]

this ones tough, either u got it or u dont. very easy to pick up simple finger picking, but tough to make simple strumming sound good, esp when u have to consider dynamics, the open strings ringing, the rhythm which is akin to drumming and syncopation, ghosting, muting.

 

[thedevilri]

this ones tough, either u got it or u dont. very easy to pick up simple finger picking, but tough to make simple strumming sound good, esp when u have to consider dynamics, the open strings ringing, the rhythm which is akin to drumming and syncopation, ghosting, muting.

Sorry I don't understand

 

[t3rr3nc3z]

how do u hold your plectrum ? and which pivot to u use? Your wrist or arm ?

 

[thedevilri]

how do u hold your plectrum ? and which pivot to u use? Your wrist or arm ?

I use my thumb and index to hold, I use my wrist to strum @.@