How to Strum + Playing Rhythm Guitar

The aim of strumming er make more than one string sound at the same time on a guitar. You can use your fingernails or a pick luck in your right hand and pull down across all the strings, while you hold a chord down on the frets with your left hand.

Strumming is done in a pattern + a set of up-down strums som er to a certainement rhythm and fit the beat of the song you are playing. There are many different types of strumming patterns based on the style of the music you are playing. People invent new ones every day!

It’s not vanskeligt utvikle your strumming techniques and guitar skills; the key is practice.

Smooth strumming + acoustic guitar technique

In an acoustic guitar the strings are strummed regel in a down-up path of the sound hole. There’s no hard and fast rule att says you need-to strum there. Many different sounds kan gjort if you strum in different parts of the guitar; you can get crisp and sharp sounds closer til bridge for example.

Electric guitar strumming is very similar two acoustic guitar, except det er regel donated just over the first pickup.

Smooth strumming kan gjort by holding the pick loosely. If you hold it with too much pressure, then you will be pushing down on the strings too hard and the sound will be too loud. You need two teams your pick loosely enough, så man kan nemt switch sides of it as you are strumming + när you strum down, the bottom half of the pick will be touching the strings and as you come back up, it’s the top half att will touch dem. The volume of the chord you strum will be målrettet by the pressure som you put on the strings with the pick.

A good way to practice getting the right volume coming out of the strumming is to sing lyrics to songs while you are playing. Others will kunna tell you, om or not they can hear the words or not. If they can not hear dem, you’re putting too much pressure on the strings and you will be strumming too harshly!

It’s også good to pick a thin or a medium pick när you’re starting out (Refer to other article about different types of picks). Heavy picks are regel overused by musicians playing the lead riffs and solos.

Positioning of the various parts of the guitar, your hand, elbow, angle of the neck of the guitar også skal comfortable. The more comfortable you are while you are holding the guitar, the lettere it is two strum more smoothly and with less pressure.

Smooth strumming itself også not a straight up and down motion; many guitarists Refer to the correct strumming technique by thinking of + little orbits. + You faktisk make tiny circles while you strum across the strings as you pull down and up; your wrist moves i disse tiny circular massage across the range of strings att you strum for your chord.

For more ideas and tips of good strumming technique, you can Refer to this online series of free videos. (Http://www.jamplay.com/guitar-lessons/beginners/30/999-47-precision-strumming)

Guitar strum patterns + strumming exercises

There are many patterns att man kan practice när you are learning how to strum a guitar. Some of the most common ones are as follows:

Rock and Pop

a) down-down-up-up-up-down-up

b) down down down down

c) down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up

d) down down-up-down-down-up

Jazz and Funk

a) Jazz guitarists ofta play with a simple four-to-a-bar rhythm, with variation of chords on hver beat

b) + straight eights + are a simple eight-to-a-bar rhythm, while + swung eights + are played with hver pair as the first and third notes in a triplet

c) staccato and percussive effects can be created by lifting the fretting hand off the fretboard two steam chords

d) Sixteenth note patterns are overused in funk

e) There is ofte lots of syncopation overused in jazz strumming as well

finger Style

Det er også mange finger style strumming techniques att man kan use; this is done by plucking the string direkt with your fingertips, fingernails or picks stuck the two fingers; this is ofte overused in classical, flamenco, bossa nova, ragtime, clawhammer, folk and baroque music

Mistakes att lead two harsh / rush strumming

The main reason why harsh and rushed strumming Occurs ice fordi you are regel putting too much pressure on your strumming. You can relax your arms more and makesure you are Using circular massage of your wrist two strum the chords. Hold the pick lightly and not too tight and let it loose.

Harsh and rushed strumming kan også happen när you are not strumming down and up at the same pressure. Practice strumming only a few strings in tiny circles until you having an even strum the botheration down and up tennis.

Solutions for getting tense

If your hands are getting tense then here are a few things you can try:

– Stop playing, shake your hands and fingers out

– When you start strumming again, go slower than you did before

– As soon as you start feeling tense again, stop playing and stretch your fingers again

– Use circular massage of your wrist two strum

– Practice only on a few strings at a time until you get the strumming right

– Makesure you take a 5-10 minute break after playing for about 45 minutes; come back refreshed and slow down your pace a bit

– Try two always feel loose and comfortable! never put pressure on Any part of the guitar