strumming and other advice welcome

Hammy86 · Post by **Hammy86** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:56 pm

Hi, im new to the guitar, I have an electric its a jim deacon Stratocaster copy just a beginer one and I would like some advice on strumming if anyone can help I seem to be a bit stiff and rigid im a right hand player if this helps also feel free to drop in any hints or tips that you might of found useful when starting out that you wished you had learned earlier, thanks guys in advance

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:13 pm

right or left makes no difference ..goto
http://www.guitar-forums.co.uk/topic/20 ... technique/

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Thu May 02, 2013 10:11 pm

Hi Hammy welcome to the forum....Welcome to guitar I hope it brings you many hours of fun....

saurabhwillread · Post by **saurabhwillread** » Sun May 12, 2013 1:41 pm

As far as i have understood brother.. Strumming is a combination of technique and hearing..
I've seen many beginners asking for strumming patterns.
But what my suggestion is that strumming pattern can be understood by maintaining a good ability to hear and understand the Time scale of a song and track when the chords are changing..
once you get the right timing of the song you can make your own strumming patterns easily..

Good luck with yer practice... \m/

Hopesy90 · Post by **Hopesy90** » Mon May 13, 2013 10:51 am

Hi there

Best thing for strumming would buy a metronome or find one online. And basically strum every beat. Start just doing down strokes, then alternate between down and up strokes.

This will improve your sense of rhythm & strumming.

Any questions feel free to ask

doey_eko · Post by **doey_eko** » Mon May 13, 2013 2:09 pm

Or if you have an iphone theres a free app for a metronone

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Mon May 13, 2013 2:14 pm

or for your computer
http://www.metronomeonline.com/