Problem in singing and strumming together

Hi IGTians, can some one help me on this. I have problem while I strum and sing together. sometimes my strummings goes out of way or sometime my singing.

this is not with all the songs but a few easy songs I can play well. but I want to play & sing any songs with the correct strumming patterns.

any quick help will be much appreciated.

 

Try this thread: https://indianguitartabs.com/showthread.php?t=17517

 

Thank you CrYpTiC_angel , this looks more help ful, I will try this and let you know.

 

practise doing the 2 together..
u will get it in a while.
keep practising

 

thanks anshphenomenon, I appreciate help from you guys.

 

if you can strum and play even if not in coordination, I think you're going in the right direction. Happened with me a lot too and its all about practice, now I don't even have to think about my hands playing and just concentrate on singing. Simply put, its all about practice, try to balance your attention first between the two, don't consciously pay more attention to one and slowly slowly it'll come togather. I also used to just humm the song along with my strumming when I had the problem.

 

practice ~ that's is the word.

in case you think you have already practised enough but still can't get the co-ordination right, then first try to get the strumming properly and then try to sing along with it.

cheers. :beer:

 

Thank you all !! you guys are really very helpful. btw is there anone here from Pune ? I am searching for a Guitar companion as I am staying in Pune these days.

 

try the strumming alone first, get it drilled in ur head,
and after that try singing with it, u may get wrong once ,but in the second chance, u will have better chances of doing it.

and record and listen to urself, this is the best thing a guitarist can do to learn.


and if ur luking for someone in pune go start a new thread in the introduce urself forum, u'll get more replies there

 

I totaly agree with you admin, the only way is:
Practising, practising and practising. After doing this, there will comes a day you'll get it.
I'm not a guitarist, but i had this problem too, wanted to play my keyboards and sing in the same time, had to practise alot to get this under control!
So good luck!

 

first master the strumming pattern as already said here. then think of the words in your head as you strum. then maybe hum the words or tune as you strum, then try fitting the words in as you strum, then enjoy...
one more thing, it mite be worth trying to play along with a recording of the song as opposed to just listening to it, that way you can get a better feel of how everything fits together

 

Exactly. Perfect advice.

 

notty boyyyy....notty_lad.....

 

hmmmmmmmm who is notty boyyyy....notty_lad.....?

 

^ notty_lad is (or was) our fellow IGTan :think: ... i guess he's banned now (not too sure though)

 

how to coordinate both...

hi there,
what i feel the main problem with you is that you are trying to concentrate on both the things together without practicing them seperately.
what i would like to suggest you that you should first of all practice them seperately. the singing part will be very easy to listen and practice but as far as strumming goes.....there are various style of strumming techniques and practing method. first try practicing the beat of the song on a table with your hands and rehearse the same thing on the guitar holding on to one chord only. when you feel that you have mastered the beat and the strumming pattern(which will come naturally when you practice) then start changing the chords according to the song. by this time you would have learnt both the things-song and the beat(strumming pattern). now you can concentrate on doing both the things together.
i hope you will try this method and if you get some good result please let me know. i'll be glad to hear from you.
take care and enjoy music.bye.

 

hi there,
what i feel the main problem with you is that you are trying to concentrate on both the things together without practicing them seperately.
what i would like to suggest you that you should first of all practice them seperately. the singing part will be very easy to listen and practice but as far as strumming goes.....there are various style of strumming techniques and practing method. first try practicing the beat of the song on a table with your hands and rehearse the same thing on the guitar holding on to one chord only. when you feel that you have mastered the beat and the strumming pattern(which will come naturally when you practice) then start changing the chords according to the song. by this time you would have learnt both the things-song and the beat(strumming pattern). now you can concentrate on doing both the things together.
i hope you will try this method and if you get some good result please let me know. i'll be glad to hear from you.
take care and enjoy music.bye.