Essential Strumming - Ballad Strum Guitar Lesson with Mark McKenzie

[@alanzurliene461]

Great to have you back Mark! Looking forward to more videos.

[@TheRNSom]

Good to see you back Mark, with another essential lesson. Thanks.

[@yahyadridi1886]

Holly good gracious god! I found your strumming tutorial on the ultimate guitar tab application q couple of days ago, and totally loved how you broke down every little detail in such an efficient and fast way... Today I checked your videos and you're here again! Sir, I admit it, you're by far the best guitar teacher ever seen, please keep the love up and bless us with your magnificent tutorials!

[@thatduudejoe_3268]

DUUUUUDE FINALLY YOURE BACK, SO HAPPY MAN CANT WAIT FOR MORE VIDEOS... And thanks for teaching me hotel California😎 Bless Up!!!

[@YousufUllah]

I landed your video regarding how to hold a pick. from there I learnt how to strum... Your lessons are really good and you know how to explain things in small chunks. very easy to follow. Now i need to learn the cords and play a few songs. Thank you :)

[@voicebuilders]

This really helped me on a song that's 130 bpm. Thanks!

[@speeddrift2014]

thanks for the lesson mark...it really sounded nice.... your talent cannot be denied. tnx for the patient teaching. from the philippines. the guitar really helped me get through covid times at home

[@redstonepig]

its been too long man, good to have you back

[@jimcoleman2798]

Really nice lesion. Glad to see you back, it's been too long!

[@dandyboy1991]

Thankyou for your tutorials. . Shout out from Philippines

[@bblohataol]

Hey Mark TheGuitarGuy.... I really enjoy your unique lessons.... They are concise, informative, and inspiring ! As a beginner to guitar, I have learned more than I can say, you make it easy to enjoy guitar !

[@5olas]

Thank you for all the strum hand training.

[@sinansalimov980]

Finally You are back! Welcome back Mark! :)

[@williamromerogardens]

Glad to see your back Mark! You've helped me so much with learning guitar. Thanks Buddy!

[@TheJason0369]

FINALLYYYYYYY, I've missed your videos dude, nice hair btw ;)

[@lowellzapata4840]

Thanks, Mark. Cool lesson.

[@iiGODLYWARRIOR]

Welcome back, Mark! \m/

[@MofOptics]

I've missed this.

[@jamescallan4591]

Missed your great tutorials Mark. Love the hipster look. Sorry about the Cricket !

[@agcontra6454]

can you give us some exemples of songs we can play using this rythm? Thanks!! nice video

[@thestrongking18]

Wow. It's been ages since your last video. Love your new hair style m8.

[@nadiyamustafa5764]

Very good lesson! Good acoustic guitar sound, very loud and the sound separation is good. Last thing, there is nothing wrong with your hair style, in-fact, you look better this way. Thank you for the lesson.

[@metallicaJee]

I was talking about your hair in this video, this is your best look.

[@bubblesfw]

Hi Mark, Love the videos. Cant wait to get them all down. To complement the stumming patterns, do you think you will be putting a series of videos together that go through all the transitions you use between chord - the hammer on's, off's, hitting a note going from one chord to another etc plus the pam muting. I love all that stuff and you have it perfect, Regards T

[@nauynguyen]

u r back :) yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

[@dianesmith3118]

You're awesome man, no ego whatsoever....unlike some instructors online...cough *mahalo.com cough

[@lkalamelmozoun7280]

Bedankt 😘💐

[@Gamefreakzzzzzz]

hey mate, can you tell me which chords you are using in the intro where you play this amazing thing :p

[@JTB312]

At the beginning it's just a basic E based barre chord at the 7th (B, 7/9/9/8/7/7), 9th (C#, 9/11/11/10/9/9) and 5th (A, (5/7/7/6/5/5) fret. After that it's a fancy Eadd9 so 0/2/4/1/0/0 then repeat followed by another Eadd9 at the end but this time 0/11/9/11/0/0. I'm not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure that's it :)

[@KrishnenduHari]

I love the sound of this guitar. can u plz tell me the name

[@robertcarew1804]

Cool fro bro!

[@aviseksaha6382]

what are the chords while demonstrating at the very beginning?

[@christopherevogt]

Hey, what chords are you playing in the opening diddly?

[@jamesmoon5632]

Whats the timing i cant get it to fit into a 4/4 time using 16th strumming am i missing something mark?

[@rasunfaruque6019]

Hey what's up and please make episode on guitar Barre chords please

[@lennardromstedtmusic5706]

I NEED to know these chords :D

[@zacrider8854]

good lesson but I was struggling to focus, I was fixated on your hair, what happened, its turned into a mop?

[@aideeaidee1]

To most of us when you get older the hair is decreasing. Some people never get old. Great lesson Mark.

[@Bikerdude263]

Anyone knows what the chords in the intro he uses?

[@jpaulsen10]

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[@JoeDoe2]

I wish someone would teach how to practice striking ONLY the strings needed for a given chord, especially on the upstroke, whether it's 3 strings only, 4, or 5. Depending on the chord, the downstroke has you omitting certain strings at the beginning or top of the strum, i.e. either string 6, or 5 and 6, or 4, 5, and 6. But all remaining strings are strummed down to the 1st string. If this isn't difficult enough, the upstroke is even harder. In chords that don't use all 6 strings, you must stroke the first 3, 4, or 5 strings (which means strings 1, 2, and/or 3 depending on the chord), then avoid having the pick strike strings 4, 5, and/or 6. This seems very difficult, yet no one talks about it. It's overlooked in all the many lesson videos online, yet it's a required ability to keep from including notes in chords that aren't suppose to be heard. In fact, I have yet to find even ONE lesson video that discusses this. The most I've seen is how to wrap the thumb over the 6th string to mute it, thereby allowing the player to keep stroking all 6 strings without worrying about not touching the 6 string, but this seems like a cop out. It doesn't solve the other problems of 3 and 4 string chords, and a muted note is still a faint sounding note that shouldn't be heard at all. Why doesn't anyone talk about this and how to practice it? It seems to be the most difficult aspect of strumming.

[@My-Channel_forever]

You've probably already worked this out as I see your comment was 6 years ago. For anyone else who may be inquiring, search "guitar strum only certain strings" and a number of lessons, including on by Mark, will come up. Happy strumming!

[@345kobi]

Trying to figure out why this stuff looses me. Think it may be that I have touched guitar off and on over a few years and always briefly saw guys referring to bars and associating the beats to a bar. With this strumming I don't know where I'm at and it seems that I am not doing 4 beats to a measure.

[@btryba]

Hey Mark, awesome lesson. Have you have thought of using patreon.com so we can contribute some funds for your videos?

[@judedawson8115]

Hi, am I the only one who had trouble with the timing of this pattern? I could count the 4 whilst listening to Mark play, but I'd be damned if I could tap it out and play at the same time. It just seemed like a hybrid 3/4, 4/4 rhythm. However, I got it figured out; the second phrase comes in on the up beat of the second bar, so in old fart notation I make it (without the final ghost DU): 1 an a 2 an 3 e an 4 . . . 1 If any were struggling like me I hope that helps. Thanks for the lesson Mark. Great as always.

[@TheSriram28]

Cool hairstyle.

[@creativeillumination]

I'm try to understand the pattern again the count of 4. Is it like this? 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D --- dud D--- dud D ---

[@Tri-tipTim]

Dude, what’s with your hair?

[@mr667]

What's with the wig?