How To Strum The Guitar When Playing The Blues

[@eddanderson1094]

As a musician of 58 years, When I play guitar I hear the whole band in my head, so my strumming is with the drummer and while picking , I'm incorporating the bass player, and adding certain melodies in the song to make it as much like the song with only the guitar, campfire style. Imagine a person in an orchestra with 50 people in it and you only play your triangle part in the song, it would be pretty boring lol. You've got to hear the music, groove, accents, everything. Good job Justin.

[@southsideronnie]

I've always had trouboe with shuffle playing and when I spotted your lesson I had to watch it. I'm glad I did! Thank you Justin!!

[@12thevisionary]

Please keep doing these videos, the universe appreciates your help in guiding all kinds of guitarists.

[@mrkattm]

I am an intermediate player and have the swing rhythm down pretty well but I really loved how you started explaining it more mathematically and counting it out, it really helps by putting a box around it and making it easier to visualize. Back when I learned it I had to learn it by ear alone and I always felt like I was missing something or doing something wrong. Good job and keep up the great lessons, you rock.

[@xealzy7157]

You should do a rockabilly lesson, Justin. That would be interesting. I’m starting to get into it

[@FezzantPlucka]

Rockability? You mean Rockabilly?

[@joebloggs4754]

@@FezzantPlucka uhhh,,am sure he doe"s

[@barryduff3047]

Rockabilly lessons would be great

[@shawkatz]

You are awesome man. The reason I am still strumming away is because of the way you teach. Don’t change a thing. Thank you again

[@gwag8410]

I usually go by feel and sound.. it’s cool the way you break things down, and explain it.. thanks Justin!

[@sjc8281]

Thanks

[@justinguitar]

Many thanks for the super thanks and supporting the channel. It means a lot. Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher www.justinguitar.com

[@brucekolinski5401]

Wow! Thank you, Sir. Very nice lesson. Clear, concise and little beyond to boot. Thanks again.

[@terryjohinke8065]

JJ Cale was a master at it. They call it the Okey Shuffle as he came from Oklahoma. Lovely and very relaxing.

[@hiranyatelegraph2138]

The amount of fun you add to teaching is so beautiful Justin. Lots of respect to you. Love from Assam, India.

[@jenilpatel7048]

You deserve a zillion subscribers, sir. I will never mind watching your videos with advertisements. Teachers like this needs to be preserved.

[@madcauchyren6209]

I'm learning the acoustic version of Layla from Eric Clapton. The strong beat and weak beat of this song are arranged quite anti-intuitive with shuffle. I learn a lot from you in this video.

[@michaeldrevyankosr6180]

I listen to the old Stones playing blues on repeat many times over and over to hear the rhythm feel

[@simpler_times81]

I found this to be such a fantastic lesson. Thanks so much. Beginner break through. This in combo with the next 12 bar chord changes video is such great prac. Can't recommend your videos to other beginners enough 🙏

[@ivanostric3178]

Najjači si justine, legendoo ;)

[@1066wastrel]

Keith Richards once said, play what others played before you, just make it yours, which is what I think Justin is trying to say here!

[@BillRiedmann]

Justin you are really helpful. Plain and simple. Thank You from a self taughtish

[@geraldcecil612]

Great eplsination of shuffle. Thankyou

[@meteor1237]

Always enjoy the way Justin explains guitar!

[@sinclairashman1382]

Great lesson Justin! Good to just watch and watch again, before trying it myself. Also interesting that the rhythms are about feel and not just a mathematical thing.

[@susanacaban8646]

Great lesson! Thank you.

[@joeheritage5195]

Brilliant thank you.

[@pouyan_m]

Thank you for solving the confusion I've had about shuffle rhythm foe years

[@charlesjoseph1031]

I appreciate you so much for this video man!

[@fieryharmonicadude2203]

This is brilliant. Thank you!!

[@tomghzel]

Very good and inspiring lesson!

[@johnmacmillan627]

The master teacher!

[@1506phamer]

Great lessons Justin! You are the best amongst many very good ones.

[@ukulelehans1959]

I tried the counting out loud, did not work for me. Just listening and feeling did the job😊✌️🎸 Thank you so much Justin for all your sharing. Great fan👍🏼

[@richardprutz6458]

I Thank you for your Great Teaching- And your Humble attitude, May the Lord Jesus Bless you.!

[@adjudantloic]

thank you very much you are amaizing!

[@Gabriel-du9rg]

Great lesson, great professor.

[@remiljude]

Very helpful Justin!

[@jakblak7646]

Brilliant lesson Justin 👍🎸 thanks mate I’m enjoying your awesome learning guitar videos 👍

[@robinalves8314]

Brillant lesson

[@BennieGalvez]

Love it..

[@JN-wg1nl]

Thank you for providing us all with such wonderful guitar instruction. Can you do a video on tools/methods to organize/memorize a set list of songs? I would like to know your suggestions on how to efficiently manage and catalog songs that you learn so that you retain them for future reference. Do you use a printed songbook? an app? etc... I find myself always relearning songs that I haven’t played in a few months. There has got to be a better way!

[@scottmclearn6949]

Thank you so much. You are the best

[@TCK71]

Awesome lesson!

[@MusicManFernando]

Thanks again.

[@AnxietyAddict]

Good lesson Justin, gonna practice this tomorrow

[@marcushendriksen8415]

In music, as in really everything, Newton's aphorism about standing on the shoulders of giants is so applicable

[@johngarrity6687]

Nice explanation. ...and is that Marcus Aurelius hanging out in the background??

[@tedhudek1386]

Thanks for a great lesson. Do you have any specific recommendations on songs or artists to listen to for examples of these strum patterns? Also, if you can name the chords you're playing that can be useful. For example to replicate the strum around the 2 minute mark. What if you made a playlist with example songs?

[@ChewieLuke]

lol I was wondering what the "LET" was at 0:48, 'cause it wasn't a lot of time to let a note ring.

[@BurntJuice45]

Great lessons Justin , as always👌, will you be selling Justin Guitar picks? And also any hoodies coming soon? (white with a great design would be so good)

[@myakhaing7016]

thankyou

[@anshupandey3001]

Thank you so much Sir🙏❤

[@alfredturner5651]

Was taught that it can help to think of the rythem of transport eg horse train etc

[@Gorouten]

what different between shuffle and swing ryhthm

[@paulmaston6988]

I have followed you for several years and used your books as well. One question I've always wanted to ask...what's with the blanket?

[@pauldenies7017]

Hi.Fingers or pick???? I´m a starter, rather old,74, from Argentina

[@isohel9889]

Does this means that shuffle rhythm and 3/4 time signature are same?

[@darringodden7225]

No I think 3/4 as om pa pa and a shuffle as a broom sweeping the floor

[@MrYossell]

I'd say no -- the differences are where the emphases fall. In a 4/4 time signature, the major emphasis hits every four beats: ONE, two, three, four, ONE two three four. In Justin's shuffle, each individual beat is split into three, but the major emphasis is still coming every four beats: ONE-cha-cha, two-cha-cha, three-cha-cha, four-cha-cha, ONE-cha-cha, two-cha-cha, three-cha-cha, four-cha-cha. On a 3/4 rhythm, the major emphasis is just every three beat: ONE, two, three, ONE, two, three, ONE, two three.

[@darringodden7225]

Thank you Alexander I will think about things a bit more before commenting in future

[@snigbrorod]

3/4 is waltz time and the beats are evenly spaced. Very different from this shuffle rhythm.

[@hankmccartin3119]

you rule Justin. I say this from rhode island

[@Music-zl1go]

What is blues triplet shuffle and what is jazz swing? Why do people say swing and shuffle the same?

[@justinguitar]

Break down a bar of quarters into four triplets. 1-trip-let 2-trip-let 3-trip-let 3-trip-let The 1, the trip and the let are of equal duration. Each quarter is split into thirds. The shuffle rhythm is achieved by not playing the 'trip' part. 1 --- let 2 --- let 3 --- let 4 --- let With a pure mathematical split, the first portion of each quarter would be 2/3 of 1/4 and the second portion would be 1/3 of 1/4. The elasticity in the shuffle can be thought of as playing around with the relative duration of those portions. Think what would happen if the '1 --' was increased in duration (beyond its 2/3) then the 'let' would need to be decreased in duration by an equal amount (to maintain the beat as one quarter of the bar). The 2/3 : 1/3 split would change with the former being larger and the latter being smaller. In an opposite way, think what would happen if the '1 ---' was reduced in duration then the 'let' would need to be increased in duration by an equal amount (to maintain the beat as one quarter of the bar). The 2/3 : 1/3 split would change with the former being smaller and the latter being larger. If you take the second of these two rhythm scenarios and reduce the '1 ---' until it is just a little more than 1/2 of 1/4 then the 'let' will in turn be almost equal to 1/2 of 1/4 too. In other words, the shuffle begins to move closer and closer to straight 1/8ths rhythm counted as 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &. As a rule of thumb, that is to say barely a rule at all but simply an approximate guide, blues tends to be played with shuffle rhythm and rock n roll tends to be played with straight 1/8ths. If you listen to a lot of blues songs you may begin to notice that there is no one shuffle groove that they all use. Each musician will bring their own feel of how the shuffle splits the triplet it is derived from. Swing is one of those terms that is defined in many ways. Some people think swing is what I describe above - shuffle with the elasticity stretched or pushed so the feel is not exactly 2/3 and 1/3. Other people talk about how swing comes from the accenting. Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher

[@tienganhboivinglish]

I love guitar. Who is like me?

[@user-ym3ld5ut7b]

SRV learned off of KZbin!

[@selvanpather4790]

Which guitar is Justin playing, sounds great

[@FiveFiveSixer]

spotify play list??

[@fernandamccormack]

This is pretty good! Ive just got another songbook. I guess i will end up with all the collection. Please make more!

[@mitchellcutler2888]

Love that shuffle. I call it the "scuze' me while I light up this J" groove

[@TheScottJeter]

Watching SRV, he takes his hand far below on the downstroke, but stops the upstroke just above the 6th string.

[@suzannebrown945]

❤

[@yoshilikestrains]

1 e a 2 e a 3 e a 4 e a This is how i was told to count triplets

[@bigsteve9291]

Same as drummers I used a lot when learning the drums that 55 years ago nothing changes

[@Santiino]

Well but thats more the counting for a fast 16 tacts strum with 8 ups and 8 downs

[@yoshilikestrains]

@@Santiino what? it's just 8 note triplets. Has nothing to do with the tempo or the number of tacts

[@flouisbailey]

The math side is not my plectrum, listening to music aka SRV and feeling the music or attempted music.

[@itsmorphed6416]

A dotted quaver on the down .

[@jessieoskins3389]

Sounds very elvis ish

[@Veloce2000]

Oh dear i'm still at Beginner rhythm but click this vid. Just 2mins & i decide to quit here. Not ur fault Justin, my bad. I better take it easy, step by step yea😆😁

[@johnverhines9511]

Just hang out and be a part of it all. In time it will start to take shape. At first don't even try to play it be a listener and enjoy the sounds

[@hillers54]

Not as easy as it looks 🙄🙄

[@ahmki52298]

Hard as hell at first but when you get in the groove it's so fun

[@robertpaulis439]

More demo alot less talk!!!!

[@MrBarrynicholas]

Sounds like your guitar is out of tune!

[@romaholcomb7768]

Great lesson, thumbs up.