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- The arrows tell you when to strum up and when to strum down. If there isn't an arrow, you're ringing out the note. If you were to count the strums as you played them, it would be "1, 2-and-3, 4-and". The down strums would be on the 1, 2, 3, and 4, with up strums on the "and" of 2 and 4.
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After you have mastered counting to 4 while strumming down on the beat, changing chords, and looping a progression, you should learn to strum up on the off beat. This is what we covered when strumming on the “and” of the count.
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- Strum Pattern #1 Downstrum on every beat. When strumming a guitar, you’ll use both downstrums (i.e. where your strumming hand moves down) and upstrums (where your strumming hand moves back up).
- Strum Pattern #2 Adding two upstrums. Now that you’ve gotten a basic feel for this strumming thing, the next step is to start adding some upstrums. Here’s a pattern that's similar to the first pattern we saw, but with two upstrums added in.
- Strum Pattern #3 Adding three upstrums. This next pattern is similar to the last one. We'll add in just one more upstrum. See if you can hear it in this song.
- Strum Pattern #4 Downstrum on the downbeat, Upstrum on the upbeat. You might have noticed a certain logic in when we’re playing downstrums and when we’re playing upstrums: all the downstrums are on what we call ’the downbeat’: on the 1, 2, 3 or 4.
Ideal Strumming Position: For optimal sound, you should strum over the sound hole on acoustic guitars or near the middle pickups on electric guitars. Introduction to Strumming Patterns:...
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- The Importance of Strumming
- The Golden Rule of Strumming A Guitar
- Common Strumming Techniques
- The Best Strumming Patterns to Master
- Next Steps After Strumming
Before we figure out how to strum a guitar, let’s look at what exactly we mean by strumming and why it’s so important. Strumming involves a sweeping action with your fingers or a pick over multiple strings of a guitar, which makes the sound that we all know and love. Although we focus a lot of our attention on our chord hand, our strumming hand pla...
I’m not a huge “rules” guy — with the exception of guitar rules for strumming. There are certain rules on guitar that I think every beginner should adhere to, at least for a while. The golden rule of strumming is as follows: downstroke on the downbeats and upstroke on the upbeats. Simple enough, right? You may have noticed how I’ve been counting be...
As you know, strumming is a fundamental guitar technique used to play chords and create rhythm in music. While learning how to pick individual strings is beneficial and can open up your song-playing capabilities, learning how to strum is the cornerstone of guitar playing. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all skill – there’s a diverse range of styles and ...
Now that I’ve shown you some basic strumming techniques, let’s look at a few more complex ones that you can use to spice up your playing:
Learning how to strum a guitar is a lifelong journey. There are hundreds of ways to do it, and you’ll never run out of new patterns to play around with. Today, I showed you some popular strumming patterns that guitarists of all levels use. Learning these strumming patterns will help you become a better guitarist while you enjoy playing songs (not b...
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The arrows will tell you when to strum down (down facing arrow) and when to strum up (up facing arrow). Take a look at the diagram below. You can see each beat of the measure (1, 2, 3, and 4) with the up beat (or "and" of each beat represented with a "+").
When strumming downstokes you should aim to strum all of the strings that the chord requires (4, 5 or 6 strings). When strumming upstrokes you only need to strum the first 2 or 3 strings. (The thinnest strings.) If you strum upstrokes the same way you strum downstrokes your playing will sound very severe and robotic.
Tablature, or Tab for short, is modified notation that is used frequently for fretted stringed instruments like guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, and ukulele. As we’ll see, Tab is an amazing way to map out what to play on the guitar whether or not you can already read standard notation.
