How does Dave strum Watchtower?

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How does Dave strum Watchtower?

Unread post by Mikeyt21 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:46 pm

I'm having trouble strumming the chords to the jam of watchtower with the same speed and intensity of Dave. I've been playing for quite a while now, and no matter how hard I try I can't match the rhythm he gets out of those Am-G-F chords.

Any tips or suggestions?

Thanks!
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Unread post by i-am-me » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:48 pm

hmm.....that's interesting actually. i've never heard someone say they've had trouble with this strumming. its about as basic you can get.

all i can really say to help would be that you play the Am for two beats...the G for two beats....the F for two...then F G each one beat.

so i guess its like Am Am G G F F F G Am Am G G F F F G.....etc

just listen...a lot. that's as much as i can tell you. listen an dplay along. keep your hand moving. try playing just the bass notes but keep them in time, then play the ful chords.
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Unread post by 6_strings_for_life » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:17 am

you could try just playing the open chords to start. There is a video of dave playing this live and solo, it might be from a farmaid but im probably wrong. That version helped me a little. Its real basic
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Unread post by Kukini » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:54 pm

6_strings_for_life wrote:you could try just playing the open chords to start. There is a video of dave playing this live and solo, it might be from a farmaid but im probably wrong. That version helped me a little. Its real basic
He is jamming on the open chords (Am, G, F).

Maybe this'll help...

It's not a traditional strum when he jams but the way I do it and it sounds fine is on Am go DDDUDX(G)DDDUDX(F)DXXDD(G)DUDU.

Looks dumb, if I were at home I'd do an audio, but I'm gonna see Dave tonight in AZ.

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Unread post by aleceiffel » Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:35 pm

hmm... jamming out the way he is it can be improvised and alternated each run through. the way i usually play it is DDD DUDUD DUDXDXDXDXD DDUD (the muted X's are upstrums)
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Unread post by Mikeyt21 » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:31 pm

I guess I should've been more specific in my question. I now realize what I was looking for was a stroke guide to the chords.

Thanks to those who helped

I looked at the video from 10.24.02, and I noticed that dave plays all the strings open very quickly between the transtition of Am to G.
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