Strumming

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Strumming

Unread post by dbow » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:18 am

I'm not sure if this is 'meant' for this board, but... I have been coming here for about 4 months when I started playing guitar cause I was always into Dave's music. I am good with my fret hand but I can't strum worth a crap. Well it's probably not that bad but I have a problem with upstrokes, and i always force my hand to stop for some reason I don't just let it loose. Is there any way to get over this? Oh and sometimes I'll start soft then for some reason just go hard and faster when I shouldn't.
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Unread post by riffduster01 » Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:01 am

Best thing you can do is to keep working on it.

practice makes perfect.
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Unread post by mikee » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:53 pm

I had the same problem, try this website and practice the strumming exercises. It's free and it certainly helped me in like a day's time, actualy a few hours.

The exercises may seem stupid or trivial, even very beginner-ish, but honestly give it a try. It works!

http://guitar.about.com/sitesearch.htm? ... 363&type=1
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Re: Strumming

Unread post by dmfollower » Sat Apr 10, 2004 2:11 pm

dbow wrote:Well it's probably not that bad but I have a problem with upstrokes, and i always force my hand to stop for some reason I don't just let it loose. Is there any way to get over this? Oh and sometimes I'll start soft then for some reason just go hard and faster when I shouldn't.
riffduster01 wrote:Best thing you can do is to keep working on it.
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Unread post by mikee » Sat Apr 10, 2004 2:20 pm

Hahaha

I just realized that. thanks for pointing it out....lol
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Unread post by dbow » Sat Apr 10, 2004 2:48 pm

Thanks for the link, it really helped. Yeah I saw what I wrote was kinda pervish but I was like oh well.
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Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:35 am

dmb isn't a good style to get better at strumming, since he has odd rythms, and hard ones sometimes. I would stick to early dylan to start, since his music is more lyrical dominant, and is simple, but nice.

start simple then, move up.
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Unread post by mikee » Sun Apr 11, 2004 1:14 am

dbow wrote:Thanks for the link, it really helped. Yeah I saw what I wrote was kinda pervish but I was like oh well.
Hey just glad you liked it :)
Glad it helped too :)

RT, Dylan is definitely some good advice. Also, try early or late Beatles. They have some good "strum" along songs. Good Thread all together.
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