But in addition to patterns that involve straight chords, you can also simply play individual notes.
There are lots of different ways to strum, if only because there are all sorts of patterns to play. So let’s take what we know and add to it. There’s no reason we couldn’t, except that then the lesson would be over! And you know I couldn’t just let it go at that, right? It’s not busy, yet it keeps things moving along. So, why did I choose this particular pattern for this particular song? Truth be told, I could have gone with many others. Once you feel comfortable with the pattern, let’s do a whole verse and a chorus:
Play this pattern while holding the G chord. We miss the strings on the downstroke of the third beat and then hit them on the upstroke (in the last half of the third beat), and then both down and up on the fourth beat. We hit them again with a downstroke on the second beat and also with an upstroke on the offbeat between the second and third beats. Here we’re playing a downstroke on the first beat but not striking the strings as we move our hand back up. We’ll keep the eighth notes steady and pick and choose which ones to play the strings on and which ones to leave empty, if you will. What I’ve done is broken up every measure into eighth notes (two per beat, so eight per measure, since we’re in 4/4 time). The trick to strumming, if you want to think of it as a “trick,” is in keeping your wrist, hand and arm going but NOT ALWAYS STRIKING THE STRINGS. Get your hand going in a steady motion of down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up.īut playing every single stroke would get monotonous pretty quickly. In the simplest form, think of striking down on the beat and up at the off-beat (or half-beat).
Nothing really to it, right? Most strumming is just a matter of a steady down-and-up stroke of the strings. Now, let’s try playing this with a simple strum. Also, I want to stay away from barre chords at this point in our studies. I’ve substituted B7 for B because it will be an easier chord to play and it doesn’t change the tone of the song drastically enough for someone to notice. In our arrangement, we’re going to make one chord substitution: As always, my chords (and lyrics) may be different than others you’ve seen or heard. It’s pure formula: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus. After all, this is the twenty-first song, isn’t it? Time for some work! Okay, work that is both easy and fun!įirst, let’s grab the chords and examine the song structure. But I also think you’re more than up for it. It will be a bit of a challenge, I think. I’ve chosen Otis Redding’s (Sitting on) The Dock of the Bay as our “Easy Songs for Beginners” lesson for today. They are intended solely for private study, scholarship or research. These files are the author’s own work and represent his interpretation of this song. So let’s take a song and try out a few ideas. You have to know what different strumming styles are going to sound like. If you want to come up with something yourself that will sound perfectly fine of its own accord, then you need to experiment. If you want to copy what the guitarist on a recording does, then you just listen to what he or she is playing.
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Questions we hear from a lot of beginners include, “How do I strum this? Should I play full chords or single notes?” And, of course, I’m going to chime in with, “What about a combination of both?”
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