The Strumming Mistake All Beginner Guitarists Make!

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@rai1609 Ай бұрын

my teacher actually taught me strumming patterns this way! he came up with a list of all possible strumming combinations, 8 possible 8th notes with 2 possibilities (strum or don't strum) = 2^8 possible patterns = 256 patterns. but since it'd be weird to not play a downstrum on the first beat, he reduced it to 2^7 = 128 patterns. he gave me a pdf that organizes these 128 patterns into a bunch of different difficulty levels that i could work through!

@mattfranceschini Ай бұрын

That's amazing!

@meltheartist1147 Ай бұрын

Wow 🎉 , I sure could use that! Would you consider sharing with me? 🍀🎸🎵🙏

@feedrdev Ай бұрын

I was taught strumming by rhythmic feel instead of counting or thinking of it as physical downs and ups. My brain does not want to literally “think” when following a rhythm, it’s unable to keep up anyway. Letting go of the rigid sequence and just letting my right hand find the correct rhythm by listening to what it does and adjusting by feel seems like second nature to the way I go about it. I think there are different types of people and we learn best by realizing what works for our specific cognitive type.

@mattfranceschini Ай бұрын

Totally. I never thought about it this way when I learned to strum in time, but I was a kid when I learned how to do that. I find that most of my adult students tend to be analytical (almost to a fault sometimes) and this approach seems to help them come to grips with it!

@worshadar150 Ай бұрын

I agree, I think writing these out and thinking about them can only make you better though as well. It's all about what we want to spend our time practicing, in the end that practice time is the secret anyways.

@feedrdev Ай бұрын

@ That makes sense as I also learned it as a kid by simply repeating what others, more experienced, did. Now as an adult I didn’t even realize that if I had to start completely from scratch I would probably struggle with it without some instructional guide. Learning as an adult is indeed very different.

@Maharani1991 Ай бұрын

I love to strum without a pick, even for heavy electric stuff, because it allows for even greater differentiation: The pattern is thumb downstrokes on 1 and 3, finger downstrokes on 2 and 4, and upstrokes on the &s. Thumb downstrokes with that oomph to go with the bass drum, finger downstrokes (the loudest strokes) to go with the snare drum.

@mattfranceschini Ай бұрын

That’s an interesting and versatile approach!

@AurimasLTU Ай бұрын

The system of up and down really clicked to me while working on William Leavitt's Melodic Rhythms For Guitar. It has become much easier not only to read the rhythms, but also to find your way around the song when playing solo.

@mattfranceschini Ай бұрын

William Leavitt has blessed us with many a great book!