I am really lacking in my ability to come up with unique strumming patterns - which becomes more obvious when I play my acoustic - If anybody can direct me to a site/link etc that will help me that would be great. Wish I could do more of the funk style of strumming but I'm lame
Question (Which I may not explain well) - I have seen strummin patterns(8th note Up Down Patterns) where they show a "tie" between a Down note and an Up note, Which means on the next up stroke you don't play, so the previous down stroke is ringing through the up stroke(ex - U D n D), but then I see on the same pattern notation, The "tie" not there and the staff for an Up stroke not showing either(ex U D D) which is saying to not play the Up stroke- I don' see the difference between the 2 but they are supposed to be different in some way. how these are different sounding - The fact of the matter is we are letting the Down stroke ring, and missing the strings on the next up stroke .
Am I making everybody confused or does someone know what I am saying and can help.
I am starting to realize how important good strumming is, and want to get better.
Pehaps some lessons as well as some training exercises , Kris.
Thanks,
Strumming is all about rakes and mute notes between the chords. They take you from complete beginner to absolute pro from what I've noticed. Practice rakes in between.
The difference between an upstroke and a downstroke in strumming is that you begin with the lower notes during a downstroke and the opposite during an upstroke. This causes a slight change in the overall sound.
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