Crash Strumming....again

NoobGooN · Unread post by **NoobGooN** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:39 pm

hey guys im a noobie at the guitar...been at it for 3 months now. i can play crash really well, crisp and smoothly, but the strumming just doesnt sound right for some reason. what i do is i hit the bass note and then i go Down Up Down Up, hit the next bass note and then Down Up, and then i repeat. is this right or is there a way i can spice it up??? thanx

cave_cricket · Unread post by **cave_cricket** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:53 pm

NoobGooN wrote:hey guys im a noobie at the guitar...been at it for 3 months now. i can play crash really well, crisp and smoothly, but the strumming just doesnt sound right for some reason. what i do is i hit the bass note and then i go Down Up Down Up, hit the next bass note and then Down Up, and then i repeat. is this right or is there a way i can spice it up??? thanx

The best way to get it to sound like the origianl (if that is what you want) is to play along with a cd. Usually the Dave and Tim stuff is easier to follow.

Give it a try.

Peace,

NoobGooN · Unread post by **NoobGooN** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 1:39 pm

well how do u play it...how do ur strums go?

cave_cricket · Unread post by **cave_cricket** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 1:47 pm

NoobGooN wrote:well how do u play it...how do ur strums go?

I odn't know man...I don't think about whether I go up or down...I jsut play it.

And it's hard to encapsulate and rythm jsut by saying up , down, up down.

There are slight pauses and notes are played faster. Trust me you'll get it. Just keep practicing man.

Peace,

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 4:34 pm

cricket is right about the whole not being able to tell rhythm from strum patters of up down up down, and the easiest way to learn will be playing along, but this is how i strum it (i think):

(C#m) bass down up up (A) bass down (B) bass down up up (E) bass down

etc...

PilotC150 · Unread post by **PilotC150** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 5:10 pm

I help with what I can, here's a sound clip, pretty clean, that might give you some help.

http://www.cs.und.edu/~chrisa/dmb/crash.mp3

if that doesn't work, go here: http://www.cs.und.edu/~chrisa/dmb and download the crash.mp3

NoobGooN · Unread post by **NoobGooN** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 4:50 pm

hey pilot thanx man...that helps alot. i think i finally got it

James17 · Unread post by **James17** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 7:59 pm

Hey Hans, i just listened to your stuff...its awesome man! amazing! Not only amazing guitar but good voice too! Keep it comin!

James

pele0069 · Unread post by **pele0069** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 1:02 pm

its bass note down down up up bass note down up (Real fast) somepeople only play down

CPTino3001 · Unread post by **CPTino3001** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:19 pm

I hit down on the bass notes, then alternate between down down up and down up down up on the parts following the bass notes...thats what it sounds an looks like to me...i think the only hard part about playing it this way is hitting the bass notes in rythm.

michaelb14 · Unread post by **michaelb14** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 8:54 pm

CPTino3001 wrote:I hit down on the bass notes, then alternate between down down up and down up down up on the parts following the bass notes...thats what it sounds an looks like to me...i think the only hard part about playing it this way is hitting the bass notes in rythm.

I think the hard part is keeping that triplet rythm goin when you start to sing.

ModestMouse2003 · Unread post by **ModestMouse2003** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:37 pm

i always found crash tough for me. That whole rythm just gave me fits. It took me a while, but i got it. I think crash is harder than alot of dmb songs,
LIOG, Halloween, What Will Become of Me, AATW
are all easier than Crash.

I think thats why #41 is tough for me.

PilotC150 · Unread post by **PilotC150** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 11:42 pm

ModestMouse2003 wrote:i always found crash tough for me. That whole rythm just gave me fits. It took me a while, but i got it. I think crash is harder than alot of dmb songs,
LIOG, Halloween, What Will Become of Me, AATW
are all easier than Crash.

I think thats why #41 is tough for me.

I agree on most, but the LIOG rhythm doesn't work for me. When I sing I really start to rush it and my vocals get off a bit. Crash is actually really easy for me. But I can't get PM or TS.

Stinky2010 · Unread post by **Stinky2010** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 2:39 am

Halloween is lots of fun to play along with dave and timmy for newbs (like myself)

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