I am a beginner facing problem with strumming/ picking pattern in any given song. I am moderately comfortable with chords and shifting between 2 chords. Problem is I have difficulty in identifying or understanding how the strumming pattern should be for a song. Can anyone guide me? Say for example - take the song do dil mil rahe hai from Pardesh.. I know the chords used in this song but the strumming doesnt match when i play. That drives me nuts! Help!
Why dont you start with something simpler?? With just the strumming without any background music or anything. I think by doing so you will gradually start to understand the rythum of the chords.
Here's some Help Hey. There's no doubt practising eight hours a day will work wonders but it's better to have *something* at least to guide you. Take a look at cyberfret.com's very basic strumming lessons. Cyberfret.com :beer:
8 hrs......u mean continious 8 hrssssss..i ve practiced for minimum 4 hrs continious and 7-8 hrs in all in a day;-)4 me strumming is no problem while playin sitting but when i try to play standing i face some problems.hope more practicing will do the charm
wat bout the rythmn..... u get tht when u practise and also depends from song to song.... right ?... on a scale of 1.10... 1 being the easiest..wht acc. to every1 here is "how tough is strumming ? "
just take any cord combination or any one cord and any strumming pattern.perfect it and then turn ur attention to the fretboard.make sure u can strum that pattern withous seenig on the right hand side and then do the cords.this will help.practice 4 2-3 hrs a day.if possible 4 hrs.Remember practice makes a man perfect:rule: :rule:
hmm...yea.. i've been doing tht..i took one chord and strummed it out ..for a while till i gotthe hang of it ..and then i took...also tried 4 ..but tht'll take a while.... will TRY to practise for 4 hrs mann...altho once u start..u dont realise how time goes by..but something or the other always comes up and i gotta stop..
i practice with my friends...we just lock the room and practice......in the afternoon when everyones gont to work;-) :rule:
i am also facing the same problem I am unable to figure out strumming pattern for a song. I tried a lot but in the end all invain. Can anyone help me by giving step by step instruction... :nw:
which song dude..........just try to humm with the tune u will gradually get it.keep triying man :rule:
strumming is one problem, i guess every1 who learns on there own faces it in the beginnning. u may just sit with ur guitar for 8hrs learning nothing and evan half n hr learning a lotta things. so just sit for a fixed time with ur instrument and try to understand what works how...
for strumming, u need to have good rythm and control over ur hand. listen to the song first....tap ur feet, understand and start. i started my practice for rythm with led zepplin's 'rock n roll'. that was great help to me.
i also agree with 6stringassin just try tappin,humming or just try tappin a dest or table like a tabla.u should get it that way.