Here's How You Get A Percussive Strumming on Guitar

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👉 Video Chapters
00:00 How to add a percussive hit into your strumming pattern
00:58 Step 1: How to palm mute the strings for beginners
01:48 The RIGHT motion your hand should do for a percussive rhythm
03:28 Step 2: Palm Mute + Strumming is the SECRET!
05:12 Practice this for 5 minutes to get an awesome rhythm
06:21 EASY strumming pattern with that strum and hit groove
08:39 Try this strumming pattern - backbeat on 2 and 4!
12:32 Experiment with other strumming patterns!
14:16 Make your strumming 'feel good' ;)
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Thanks 👍.. this was simple but forgotten by me 👍 I going tot play CCR to practice this till i can do it in my sleep 🙂

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YAY !.. IM EXCITED TO WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR STRUMMING. THANKY JUSTIN SANDERCOE?!. YOU THE MIND READING JEDI! ∆∆∆

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When practising this technique, always remember: 'I stand right next to a mountain / And chop it down with the edge of my hand'.

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Well, how did you know I’d been wondering how to do some percussive strumming? I love how you break down techniques in bite size chunks and provide us with both drills to practice and a nice tune we can use to show off what we have learned. You are a brilliant teacher and always manage to inspire me. Thanks for making guitar playing accessible to many by making so much of your content freely available.

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The best video I’ve seen to explain the process of palm muting! Thank you ☺️

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Love how Marcus Aurelius is chilling in background

[@martynspooner5822]

It makes such a difference, thanks a great lesson.

[@68cristian]

Justin you are a LEGEND of a teacher. I have been struggling with this technique yet wanting to get it right for ages. 15 mins watching you on this video and I immediately correct my technique. I will soon be very much enjoying this technique in my songs ! Best teacher on KZbin ! thanks so much.

[@allanmacbadger5692]

Although I'm and old git new player I found this quite easy and it helped me to count the beats in a bar, so I play it either every 4th beat or every 8th beat (2 x 4) , by using this method I actually managed to make up my own wee tune which I use to practice, however I do find it very hard to use the plectrum on the up and down strokes, down is easy but to come back up the plectrum moves around in my fingers and falls out.

[@AmbroseB1900]

Great lesson. Never noticed the reflection as I was concentrating on your strumming!!

[@Michael19585]

Totally agree with the feel as exemplified by the song "Stuck in the middle with you."

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[@mirceadolineanu9715]

This lesson is pure gold. Showing it from just the right angle and breaking it down so clearly made me figure it out really fast. I even managed to do the strumming pattern with the upstums after just a couple minutes of practice. But the longest I can keep it going is 3 bars. This kind of strumming really makes the pick move around in my grip, and doing the percussive strum with a mispositioned pick is hard (and sometimes, even if I make it happen, I scrape my index finger on the strings). I gues I should practice it really slowly and pay attention to my pick grip?

[@thunderbugcreative7778]

This is the best single guitar lesson I've ever had! Wow Justin Thankyou!

[@richardfromcornwall5492]

Now I understand this technique a lot more! I’m a fairly experienced ‘silver haired advanced beginner’ but have shied away from songs using this technique! I have been trying to get the snare sound from the palm because I’ve understood that’s what KZbin tutors have been demonstrating? However, the later brake downs of your tutorial show the palm muting the strings (which I already got!) followed by the pick or finger strumming the muted strings and therefore making the snare sound - now I have it! Massive thank you

[@runningwithscissors0911]

NOW I get it! Another great Justin Lesson. Easy to understand, terrific detailed explanation with perfect camera angles. Thank you Justin!

[@cesarm2438]

Another marvelous lesson. Justin, you have got to be the best guitar instructor on the internet. Thank you.

[@justinguitar]

Thank you Cesar! Happy Holidays! :)

[@ericwilliams626]

These are techniques you definitely want to try and do for one simple reason; not everyone utilizes it, so you sound unique. Secondly, adding a percussion sound to your guitar playing is priceless.

[@goodmorning2386]

yes! I feel like it's a great way to add flavor to a song

[@rl11148]

I've known how to do this for many many years but I enjoyed a watching the way you do it thank you

[@monacofranze4607]

Hi Justin, one of your best videos ever ! It brings a lot ! Greetings from Germany

[@frankskyle1]

I've never seen this explained so well, Thanks!

[@WVSCROUNGER]

Yes....Me too...I have look for Months without finding a tutorial on this !!! Very Much Apperceiated !!!!

[@tunod-]

At first I thought this was impossible but after a few days Im getting the hang of it. I still gotta practice on the right technique though but at the moment i find it easier to strum with my index instead of my thumb so my palm stays in the right spot

[@jaminjim44]

Man old habits are hard to break!! I’ve never kept my hand moving while strumming and brother the struggle is real trying to keep that hand a wrist going and not hit the strings 😂😂 I’m starting to get it thanks to the help from your videos! ✌️

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Hi Justin! I'm having a hard time finding this video on your website (I like figuring out where it fits into the learning path). Please consider adding that to your description! :) Thanks for all the great lessons.

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i agree with this. I do the same thing. Hard to find them so I know where they are in the lesson.

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I find them all on his utube channel

[@nellax8314]

oh these are part of Justin's new 2020 beginner course he saw a "need" (not saying its bad) to update the course and with covid it was just a good time to work on it, he mentioned it in an interview somewhere. its basically technique based and he would assign "homework" (like a pattern, a song, riff, and/or lick) edit- the 2020 stuff is a different beginner course its like a part 2 of technical stuff

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[@wayne19319]

Love this... Solved all the mysteries....

[@cristiansusanu1416]

You Are a Star…..Im a biginner and thanks to you I managed to learn this properly and incorporate it in my strumming. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@patrickalaggio3560]

GREAT lesson. NOT knowing this technique is what happens when you are self taught BEFORE the internet!!! Thank you!

[@BOBANDVEG]

Lol......I'm just getting back into guitar. After 20 years. I'm the worst kind of student, I learned everything the wrong way.

[@isaiahnaing9361]

I'm a ukulele player and found this extremely helpful. On ukulele we call this a chuck but same principle. I haven't been able to get it down until tonight, so thanks so much.

[@uschimyers]

I find it very different from the ukulele. I use the side of the thumb on the ukulele but here we have to use the side of the hand. Mine is already sore.

[@isaiahnaing9361]

@Ursula Myers you use both. The edge of your palm is to mute it, but your thumb is to strum. You'll figure it out. Just keep practicing. Being sore is part of the process lol I've got a big ol callous on my thumb now since the time of posting this comment.

[@bobby9642]

Every time i see him strumming, i can hear his rhythm is very solid .pure

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Simps

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I was waiting for this lesson from last couple of months . Finally you did a lesson on this technique . I am very thankful to you from the bottom of my heart .

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there is an older lesson on this topic in the intermediate course. If you are looking for something specific, Justin probably already did it and you will find it on his homepage! (or youtube)

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You are amazing. Just understood finally after 2 weeks of trials and erros how to do it.

[@sunjamrblues]

I've been working on doing the same thing, but fingerstyle. In that case, you have to think of it kind of like frailing on a banjo.

[@livnstronger]

Excellent lesson and a really handy rhythm strumming technique. Did the video. Started a little practice with it. Was a bit hit and miss at first; but surprisingly quickly I started to get it. Next thing I knew I found myself putting it to perfect use playing The Beatles Two of Us. Such a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Carry on and many thanks!

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You’re an excellent teacher Justin! Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@eldigitom9680]

You give a really good lesson, the procusssive strum is something that I really want to learn and have made a few unsuccessful runs at already. Ha ha, I hadn’t even noticed the glare until you captioned it✌️

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Thank you!!!! I could never figure out how to do this before; this video has made it so easy to learn. So glad I found you!

[@ThijsSuijten]

Thank Justin! Really trying to get this one down 🙂 Any suggestions for easy songs I could practice with this technique?

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Thank you, thank you. I have been trying without luck to get a palm down for weeks. I opened this lesson and you said "FLICK" - all good now. Merci.

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Glad I could help!

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Thanks for this! This will be fun to learn.

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Thank you! This was a mystery to me. I'll start doing this in my practice sessions and see how it goes.

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I learned a lot from Justin. This too finally reveals how to do it. I can only recommend his books that can be found on Amazon

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Thank you, Fabio!

[@vassjiri]

Really great lesson, Justin - many thanks for so many useful hints! (especially about the palm muting technique and sequencing the moves). Definitely in my top 5 on strumming at YT.

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Finally a really good lesson that breaks down this technique and explains how to practice it. Fantastic video Justin thank you 🙏🙏🙏

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Thanks for such a simple thorough lesson.

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U welcome! :)

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Best instructions on this I have seen

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Great lesson by the best instructor. Really loving this. Thank you.

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Well explained all around one of the best teacher this side of youtube

[@tboyreid]

This is a great lesson -- thanks! One thing I noticed while working on this is that the placement of the palm muting hand helps determine how much sound (if any) can be heard on the strings. If the muting hand is positioned closer to the bridge, there is more of the true resonance of the strings (muting is less effective). If the hand is closer to the neck, there is absolutely zero resonance (muting is extremely effective). Hope this helps others learning this technique. Again -- thanks!

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A nice way of teaching Thanks

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Great lesson. I've been wanting to learn this technique for a long time. Very good explanation on how to do it and easy to understand. Thanks...

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Thank you I've been trying to do this and have been struggling. I'll work with this video :)

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such a nice tutorial!

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I had tried to learn this technique but I couldn't. But watching your video I immediately saw what I was doing wrong . Thanks

[@timb.4902]

Hi Justin, just Love watching your instructions! Thank you!!! I have started to notice this interesting thing that mature guitarists "seem" to be doing but can't quite come up with an adequate google search phrase to find an answer. When strumming chords mature guitarists seem to raise their fingers (pull them slightly off the fretboard) between the strums. I can clearly see it at the 7:50 minute mark. Am I right? Is it a best practice, or rather an anti-pattern (as we software developers may call things that are detrimental to the software but widespread due to some silly tradition that no one seems to remember, or due to poor training). Is it perhaps something that a beginner shouldn't attempt to do to avoid slowing the creation of calluses, but a nice trick to endure a long playing session? Perhaps there is a video on the subject?

[@MrA1582000]

I was just wondering the same thing. Definitely raising the chord fingers slightly when does the percussive strum

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Hi Justin! Thank you so much for this detailed explanation. Now I understand it due to your slow motion view!!!

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Glad you think so! Cheers :)

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Nice Justin! Thanks!

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Nice solid strum! Thats the winner at gigs👍🏻🥇Cheers!

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Your teaching is soooooo amazing that we did not notice the reflection!

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I'm so glad! :)

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I always wondered how this was done! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎸

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Really helped!!

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Wow.. Just wow.. Scales falling from my eyes (no pun intended!) Thank you Justin!

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Wonderfully explained.....In detailed analysis of purrcssive hit....Thank you so much.....Best Wishes.....