Target Each String WHILE Strumming!

[@justinguitar]

*This lesson is part of my Beginner Guitar Course - Grade 3.* Full program here: www.justinguitar.com/grade-3

[@apropostt]

Seems like the discussion pane on the website isn't loaded yet. This is great though.

[@gautam_anup]

Hi, I just bought my new puppy. He always barks when I play a note or try to record.. any tips?

[@joshuagodinez5867]

Wow! That's fascinating. As a beginner I never even knew this technique existed and assumed all those sounds were two separate guitars. This was great!

[@justinguitar]

Thank you! I appreciate your feedback. :)

[@artit91]

they are usually two guitars, bands try to keep things tight, these type of strumming is very nice if you are a solo artist but playing in a band is a very different experience

[@dimwitsadvocate6264]

You are right, Josh, this lesson is awesome!

[@aisforapple2494]

I've been playing a long time and have always had a problem with targeting. This is very helpful and these patterns sound great and would work for my original material. Thank you!

[@RealThunderberg]

Man it's just really true.....if u pick up the instrument and play it every day even just 15 min here 30 min there over a string of days the brain does this crazy amazing job of taking over with the muscle memory stuff kicking in to where it's like playing THROUGH you! 🤙🏼

[@gertvanrooy428]

It's amazing how you time these lessons exactly right in the course. Ive been wondering about how this worked for a little while now and it is not even that very hard.

[@watchison1]

OMG this sound was joy to my ears. I am so excited and moved to learn how to do this one. You are marvelous in how you break this down into something I can reach and someday hope to play.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

This is why Justin is one of four KZbinrs I actually give directly to. I wish I had the resources to do more, but I can't, so the four I choose are the top shelf of the guitar teaching for me. The others are Ben Eller, Marty Schwartz and Mike from Art of Guitar. Really Justin is the only one you need, but the others have some unique content and are very easy to follow. Yes, there are a hundred others that are great teachers as well. Those work for me specifically

[@misterjay3]

Marty is a go to for me as well. I'd also add Griff Hamlin (excellent structured content and blues focused)

[@ianholyoak1834]

I’m 58, Been Playing for only 14Mo.s, about 5 hours per day average, Everything I have learned is from KZbin, This Particular Piece of information, was the Missing Link…Instantly Changed my playing. Thank You! I enjoy learning from You.

[@lowellirish]

Justin!!! THANK YOU!! You just upped my game considerably! I started playing a little over 2 years ago. I zoomed. I also play-perform 9 other instruments; but guitar is my newest. Hence the "zooming" ...lol...Now, I'm hitting low Intermediate level. Strumming, singing, performing...playing out...but I've had to back my train up. I literally put the cart before the horse, so the cart got to market first! lol...This little bit of instruction gives me added edge while I focus on tge more mundane technical things Ivebignored: scales, circle of 5ths, transposing, and fingerpicking. THANK YOU!!!!🤗🤗🤗

[@scoggers1628]

Excellent lesson, as usual, Justin. As you say at the end, be sure to use it in your playing, not just as an exercise. While knowledge is good, the ability to apply that knowledge can be so valuable.

[@stussyman8]

Love this Justin. I've just moved over to your course from another online tutorial and the progress being made is night and day. This is exactly the kind of music I'm wanting to learn. Almost finished Grade 1 (decided to start right from the start again after originally being taught classical guitar many years ago). This is the motivation to push on and get to Grade 3 and beyond. Keep the videos coming. Really like your way of teaching.

[@TheAggroculture]

This guy is the best teacher on the internet.a brilliant imagination for guitar lessons.the ones that are relevant! Well done Justin 👍

[@MashaT22]

This is really useful advice! I will be playing two years come March. I’ve explored trying to target strings while strumming for at least the last six months - and arguably even further back before I consciously realized it thinking back on the songs I was trying to play. In hindsight it helped to: 1) When I first started playing, I didn’t know about Justin and was using Fender Play, Yousician, and the Gibson (then known as Zoundio) app with songs arrangements for beginners that started teaching players to pick individual notes of a song melody without ANY strumming (first on a single string, then working up to 2, 3, and more strings). Those courses slowly incorporated doing the opposite where students only were playing rhythm strumming arrangements for the same songswithout picking individual notes (similar to what you find in Justin’s mobile app). In the last six months, that’s where I really started playing arrangements that started combining both. I didn’t start off with Justin until I stumbled across him about a year into my journey, so I don’t know whether his courses have this sort of progression - however, I do know that his mobile app focuses on strumming chords in the area where you can play along with a backing track (I’m not talking about the course videos). Yousician and Gibson’s apps definitely do this method best with their gamification approach and striving to always beat my own score or compete with others students’ scores - getting some sort of playing feedback and accountability really makes a huge difference. Fender Play has a similar profession in skills but it’s missing the immediate feedback element. I am hoping Justin’s app will start to offer a similar gamified approach with a similar progression (in addition to the current casual playing a long without pressured feedback, which encourages players to experiment and try things on their own!) because it really helped me begin to shape my picking accuracy while strumming. It’s still a work in progress, but the progression above helped me do it so much faster and with more confidence. 2) I didn’t initially make an effort to mute open strings when I started playing new open chords. Once I got precise with those chords, I allowed myself to make mistakes. Doing both of these things helped me build an awareness of where the strings are. Then once I was precise when open chords and started experimenting with other chords or picking out individual notes in between, I only muted strings that are absolutely necessary. Like I never mute the E and A when I play an open D, nor do I need to because my strumming has become precise where I confidently only strike the correct strings. However, when I play a “rock” G chord the way Justin prefers, I have to mute that A since I can’t have that open string ringing out. Nobody really instructed me to do it this way - it just sort of naturally happened. I hope this advice helps others, and perhaps Justin will take my suggestion to add a gamification element and opportunities for picking melodies on individual strings as outlined above into his app’s course progression - and add the ability for the app to listen to the guitar and provide some kind of score/feedback.

[@LilliHerveau]

You're really good. I'm not too much in the mood for guitar these days. But seeing you playing always gets me going. Fantastic. Thank you.

[@Sam_T1021]

These lessons seem to come around at the perfect time. I've been trying to do the Paint It Black riff for ages. Been trying to do it with all down picks for some reason

[@MrGman127]

Justin, thank you for this particular lesson. I needed to switch from playing "Right-handed over to Left-handed." And I can assure you it has not been easy. But now that I'm finally beginning to hear my timing/rhythms sound something like music... aka. Melodies hear n feel. I find myself desperately in need of this lesson. Again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU...!!! You are a great teacher. Wish I had met or found you years ago.

[@marvinwilliamson811]

Try this in different keys and using sus2, sus4, 7th and different combinations and imbellishments. Beautiful sounds.

[@nottrrx]

thanks justin! ive been doing your course for 10 months now and i still enjoy learning guitar because of your enthusiasm!

[@ailsawalcott52]

Single bar 6:34 Second pattern 7:02 2 bars 1:40

[@buddhamus]

Thank you for this lesson. I've played the guitar for a while, and while I can play a 12-bar blues ok, my strumming technique is not very good. Must strumming lessons are kind of boring, this one keeps my interest as it actually sounds like your playing something that sounds like a song and not just aimlessly strumming, and offers areas to explore. Great stuff.

[@justinguitar]

Glad it helped!

[@nixternal]

I remember this from the old course, and I think I said this exact same thing in either the comments or the forums, but there is 1 song that helped me big time get comfortable with this technique. Wonderful Tonight. If I would mess up the picking pattern I would strum, however muscle memory from the picking pattern would kick in & I would do this subconsciously. Now I'm attempting to learn bluegrass & picking the melody while strumming. Oh boy is that fun :) Great lesson for sure, and this technique is useful when you mess up a picking pattern :D

[@dakotahstr]

So there's hope for me yet? Thank goodness!

[@nixternal]

@@dakotahstr oh yeah, most definitely. It happened by accident but then I worked on that happy accident & now I can do it fairly decently. Not Justin good yet :)

[@olderendirt]

Anchoring is especially hard for me to adapt and I know that will help with accuracy. I'll try a little slower and see if I can get a better rhythm going. Thanks for breaking this down.

[@rememberyoureawomble1816]

That’s seriously addictive.If you pick the pattern and strum each side it still sounds awesome 👏 even if your picking is slow .

[@williamfrance3935]

This video is right on time. I need this exercise so bad. Love exercises that sound musical. Does that make sense. Thanks, Justin.

[@justinguitar]

Absolutely! Happy trails. :)

[@ramencafe1]

thank you sir. i hope you realize how much you have helped me and so many people, and tbh it goes way beyond just playing guitar, you have given me a new confidence in myself. 🕊🌲🎸☯️🌌

[@justinguitar]

Glad to hear it!

[@scottb8540]

I’m about to give this a shot right now. Then I gotta dive back into the theory course. Thanks Justin!

[@justinguitar]

Happy trails!

[@madinjun]

Wow, fantastic. Now I understand John Fogerty's style so much better. Now my playing is showing some signs of life. Thanks Justin. As always, You Rock Dude.

[@justinguitar]

Rock on!

[@AntonMaslo]

Wow, this is awesome, and gives me immediate result (well, I know what to practice, and it sounds cool, the family will be glad). I've always been afraid to switch from strumming to picking, and this is a achievable stepping stone. Thank you sir!

[@justinguitar]

Go for it!

[@rayclark9643]

Love your way of teaching Justin!

[@mirceadolineanu9715]

This lesson just made my playing 200% more interesting. Well, I still have to practice more on it, but it's definitely got me out of just playing basic strumming patterns.

[@burnsZY85]

Here comes the sun by the beatles springs to mind with this.

[@robmcgregor4897]

Oh wow! Thanks Justin. I stumbled across this lesson on FB and it made me drool. Your tone on the strat in this lesson brought 😢, beautiful. Thanks for everything I’ve learnt via your app and the online lessons. It’s been an awesome 20 months.👍

[@justinguitar]

My pleasure! Cheers mate :)

[@garys6378]

Neil Young songs such as "Cowgirl In The Sand" are especially good for trying this technique.

[@matthewmurray9178]

Hi Justin, You've laid this whole thing out beautifully - just what I was looking for! Top work - thanks heaps!

[@JustinTaylor1098]

This is superb. I’m playing about with Like a Stone at the minute and this is just the ticket. Cheers.

[@jasonq111]

I get lost in the counting when I start picking individual strings but this helped a lot. One guy that does this a ton is Noel Gallagher. His touch is very underrated.

[@philjones6449]

Paint it black, pick that out Justin. Great lesson thanks

[@carlaazevedo4687]

I always thought two guitars were required to make this sound possible! Very excited to try it out! Thank you!

[@jamesmoon5632]

This is right up my street!! As i’m doing loads of chord melody stuff thanks to you. Thanks justin

[@KDMusic62]

Sounds like magic to me! I don't know if my mind can tell my fingers how to do this!

[@coloaten6682]

Still the best guitar teacher on the internet! Thanks very much Justin.

[@willtopper]

as tears go by ,,, great song for strum picking

[@flouisbailey]

Great to greet me on a snowy Sunday morning, thanks Justin.

[@justinguitar]

Cheers :)

[@1974xaviers]

Good video..... always come with something very interesting 🤔 Thanks Justin...you are doing a great job......... Enjoyed this

[@marceloboenosdesantos8043]

Dear Justin!!! 🎩 🎩 🎩 Amazing lesson!!! 🎩 🎩 🎩 You are the greatest of all!!! 🎩 🎩 🎩. 😍 😍 😍 Thanks a lot for the excellent lesson and your professional way of doing this. Keep on going...... I really appreciate yours lessons. One by one.

[@jameshicks5930]

Thanks for teaching this. I've heard this when others play but never knew how they were doing it.

[@justinguitar]

Glad to help!

[@jimadams5574]

Hi Justin, Very cool lesson! Been having this issue on hitting one string during the strum .. Will give this a go! as always thanks! Helps that these exercises sound beautiful too! Stay safe

[@justinguitar]

Happy to help!

[@pekkapihka67]

The tune sounds great. I definitely want to learn it.

[@cirisirpula152]

Guitar tone was really great in this (and playing obviously)! Any ideas how to get similar tone?

[@MariuszWelna]

That was so helpful. I used to loathe alternating strumming and picking, but this went really smooth. I had fun. Thank you

[@ashwin_ramakrishnan]

Exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks Justin!

[@justinguitar]

Enjoy!

[@gmee123]

That sounded beautiful! Looking forward to learning and practicing this :D Thank you for sharing!

[@janicegresham9041]

Love this! I’m a beginner, but this looks doable! Thanks Justin!! 🎸

[@nick11927]

Been looking forward for a video on this for ages. Thanks!

[@justinguitar]

YES! I've got loads of requests. Happy to help! Cheers.

[@randyg6231]

Really Like this one !! Thank you Much Justin !!

[@inayatsama6059]

Great vid teacher thank you for this lesson, thank you Justin 💯

[@SamlonHoldfield]

Wonderful lesson. Thanks so much.

[@aarongraham7177]

Love these types of tutorials, the chord embellishments I have been trying and getting along with so going to give this a go!

[@justinguitar]

Go for it! :)

[@mmyees1167]

Thanks! In my opinion this is one of the best sounding guitar techniques, so many awesome songs use it

[@justinguitar]

Agree! :)

[@patricebleau9141]

You sound amazing Justin 👏👏👏

[@ZeuzBluez]

Awesome. Thanks for including the tab.

[@justinguitar]

Glad you like it!

[@kelleylinn305]

Very helpful and exactly what I was looking for, thanks! Subscribed!

[@bernicekemp953]

Thank you very much Justin ... Great instruction!!!!

[@king.trismegistus]

Very cool! Great video! Thanks 🙏🏾

[@Bella-ky8hu]

Thanks Justin! As a beginner I’ve been kinda of struggling with strumming and hitting individual strings so this really helped thanks! :))

[@justinguitar]

Happy to help!

[@LoLo-pv6do]

Awesomeness! Thank you.

[@billfehr256]

Great lesson 👍

[@4Blove]

Pure awesomeness. Love this lesson.

[@justinguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@logarithm0]

I think the ability of mixing melody and rhythm/strumming is very useful, isn't it?

[@drewdietz2115]

sweet variations to just strumming, thanks Justin!!

[@justinguitar]

My pleasure!

[@rocrocmomma7837]

Great lesson! Is there a similar one but without using a pick, fingers only?

[@Blueridge1961]

Thanks for this great lesson Justin. I think this will consume a major portion of my time the next months... However, one negative point to mention here: How the hell can you make all these techniques look so easy when showing them to us??? It's sometimes kind of frustrating... ;-))

[@DavoKC]

Awesome! I’ve been looking for decent rhythm technique. This is just what I needed!

[@janjansen7983]

I literally tried looking into this last week but couldn't find a helpful video. You are the man Justin! Thanks!

[@justinguitar]

Glad I could help!

[@auricgoldfinger8478]

Brilliant as usual. I didn’t catch on that it was only up picks til you said it at the end

[@connieworcester55]

wow that sounds amazing.. and you make it look so easy..

[@kyleb4391]

Wow, what a cool lesson. Thanks J!

[@justinguitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@adaltroczguitar]

Just great!! Sounds beautiful!! Tks again!

[@justinguitar]

Thank you too!

[@corinanikolaus3785]

Can you recommend songs which are using this kind of „pattern“ or (easy) songs where it fits best? I‘m always more motivated with having a song to practice 😅 thanks in advance. I lovvvvve this thechnique 😇

[@docmitchel6742]

someone else in the comments suggests neil young songs with these

[@tonymccoy5714]

I was wondering if you have dvd's for lessons instead of manuals

[@chengsamuel88]

Great exercise and great sounding. I wonder should we use a thin pick or a medium. A bit difficult ( not so accurate) with a thin one but it is usually used for strumming

[@NightOwlGames]

am i doing this right? it sounds good but i dont know if its right? for example i hold a G chord then play each individual string then move to a C Chord play each string maybe mix it up and play only half the strings it sounds great i think i could make a whole song doing it it sounds so good i was so happy i started to cry! but im not sure if its meant to be like that, of course i can strum straight down and up but it sounds different, im playing single strings in a chord shape does this make sense to you? try it, hold a chord you know and slowly play each string on its own kinda thing it makes a melodic tune sounds better than struming in my opinion.

[@emcee6915]

Hey Justin I’m on module 14 of your course and have loved every minute of it. I have a question about alternate picking. Obviously at this point I’ve done alternate picking on certain scales but are we supposed to be alternate picking the riffs we learn or is that coming later in the course? I feel it hasn’t been clarified whether we are supposed to be doing that or not and I have now been playing for nearly a year with pretty much just down picks on the riffs alive learned. A reply would be much appreciated

[@lkgguitar3382]

Awesome video!! Is there something you’d recommend for targeting notes with downstrokes?

[@shaliniamanna7920]

Justin beautiful strumming 👍👍👍

[@zohrafanclub]

Wow that escalated quickly. Great fun, but this will take some repeating to get right. Great lesson

[@erdogan330]

great lesson thank you so much.

[@justinguitar]

You're very welcome!

[@atraaax6351]

wonderful lesson!

[@yoshiume4674]

ありがとうございます！

[@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

[@KowboyUSA]

That sounds incredible. Even more so contrasted against my shoddy stumming.

[@oddlyspecific7644]

Picking individual notes is so hard >_< it feels impossible to not miss a few

[@nathanlu9959]

Is it okay to look at your strumming hand while doing this?

[@arieswaters]

Could you tell me Justin what guitar hanger you're using back there in the background?

[@sameerkm]

Thanks

[@justinguitar]

Thank you Sameer! Appreciate ur support.

[@mr.goldfish1530]

I'm not here yet but this has given me something to look forward to

[@miritsm]

lovely lesson! if i use finger strumming which fingers should i use please? i feel pretty comfortable with thumb and index . thank you!!!

[@justinguitar]

Check out this video about Strumming without a pick, it will answer this and more answers! | www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/how-to-strum-without-a-pick-b1-107 | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator

[@miritsm]

@@justinguitar thank you champ😊

[@KooKoogm]

Awesome tutorials. But I wonder why this is in the fingerstyle guitar lessons playlist.

[@ethanchapman9181]

any reccommended fun songs to use/that use this?

[@mebanteikharbani563]

Thank you so much Justin

[@eduardotrillo3519]

awesome! thanks!