Strumming help

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Strumming help

Unread post by 1eyed_jack » Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:06 pm

Hey everyone. I was wondering if anyone had some good tips on strumming that they could give me.I'm kind of new to the guitar, about 8 months. I can play a decent amount of songs, but as my nice brother pointed out yesterday, other than different chords, I kind of have the same rythym/strumming for all of them.
If anyone has some tips on how to become better with keeping rythym.strumming, it would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Unread post by Jonny B Good » Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:25 pm

become better with keeping rythym
Keep your hand moving...at all times :D
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Unread post by ryopan » Sun Jul 13, 2003 7:36 pm

maybe try playing different kinds of songs. if you play mainly one style of music, they tend to have the same strumming patterns. also, try taking a song you know and try to make it sound totally different rhythm wise. throw in some crazy upstrokes and quick double down ups and what not. go crazy w/ it. also, it just takes time. some of it just comes w/ time. good luck to ya. 8)
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Unread post by fatjack » Sun Jul 13, 2003 7:37 pm

Jonny B Good wrote:
become better with keeping rythym
Keep your hand moving...at all times :D
hmmm... i don't think so...

the best way to learn diffferent patterns is to sit down and think of new ones on your own (this of course is assuming you can't read music, because if you can, i can tell you a much easier way). when you come up with new ones, practice them over and over again. try them at different speeds, and try to use as many types of rhythmic "expressions" (slaps, upstrokes, tremolo picking) as you can.
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Unread post by Granny33 » Sun Jul 13, 2003 8:08 pm

listen to different versians(is that how you spell versian? versien? wow i'm stupid) of two step and try to play along with each. Dave never does it the same so you'll changing a lot.
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Unread post by ryopan » Sun Jul 13, 2003 8:11 pm

Granny33 wrote:listen to different versians(is that how you spell versian? versien? wow i'm stupid)
version.. 8)
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Unread post by Granny33 » Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:40 pm

damnit! so close! lol at least i knew something was wrong : :lol:
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