"Crash Into Me" Strumming

[Sayna]

I am beginning to play the guitar, and not very good. I mostly know fingerpicking, so I have almost no idea about strumming. I don't know when to strum up or down or how fast or anything like that. I've been trying to figure out how to play the verse of Crash (bad for a beginner, I know, but I can play the bass and I understand the tabs in the book I have.) and I don't understand how to strum the chords. All I can do correctly so far is the first bass note, and the first chord. Can anyone explain how to strum the rest?

[Brock]

I could go through the song later and mark down the strokes, but honestly, the best way to learn is to listen to it, preferably Luther version, and play along with it. It's better if you have headphones, too.

[Thomas]

you can do a search and come up with the exact strumming pattern but i think this will help out more...

you have to learn the difference in sound in an upstroke and a downstroke. if you have AIM, i can send you storytellers so you can actually watch dave play it. it's a rhythm thing and you can't really learn it any other way than practicing.

[Beauford33]

I wrote out the whole pattern a while ago. Basically, its a meausre pattern. Hit the bass notes on 1 and the "and" of 3. The rest is 16th notes that start on two and end on 3. The bass note that is on the and of three is just straight 16th notes until 1.

[Sayna]

I could go through the song later and mark down the strokes, but honestly, the best way to learn is to listen to it, preferably Luther version, and play along with it. It's better if you have headphones, too.

I've been trying to do that, but I do need to learn the difference between an upstroke and a downstroke. But I can't watch videos on my computer for some reason, and I forgot almost everything I learned about reading and understanding rhythms.

[Beauford33]

I could go through the song later and mark down the strokes, but honestly, the best way to learn is to listen to it, preferably Luther version, and play along with it. It's better if you have headphones, too.

I've been trying to do that, but I do need to learn the difference between an upstroke and a downstroke. But I can't watch videos on my computer for some reason, and I forgot almost everything I learned about reading and understanding rhythms.

look at mine, its 100% correct!

[Sayna]

Where can I do that?

[Beauford33]

Where can I do that?

I wrote the note value within the time signature. Its my post about 3 posts up.

[Pacs]

Bass, down up down up, bass, down up, bass, down up down up, bass... ect. Right? If you can't count, Um hemph, like Beauford can, do that. Don't get em started on that.

[i like tictacs]

What's counting?

[CWMCALL]

this post finally helped me get it....

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... highlight=

[saiyasam]

it's weird, but one day, it'll just click. just keep at it, and one morning/afternoon/evening/night when you try playing the song, you'll realize, "hey, i'm doing it! yay!" and then "i'm dave matthews! woo hoo!"

[lyrics101]

When stroking up, move the hand up.
When stroking down, move the hand down.

I'm not talking about jerkin the gerkin, either.

Seriously, just learn to keep a beat.

[Beauford33]

Bass, down up down up, bass, down up, bass, down up down up, bass... ect. Right? If you can't count, Um hemph, like Beauford can, do that. Don't get em started on that.

Telling people up strokes and down strokes maybe the the craziest thing to do when it comes to rythm. Common people.

[Sayna]

Bass, down up down up, bass, down up, bass, down up down up, bass... ect. Right? If you can't count, Um hemph, like Beauford can, do that. Don't get em started on that.

Thanks, that may help. I'll try it.

(I'm sorry, but I'm REALLY bad at reading music... Thank you all for your help.)