Topic: standart strumming? patterns

hi every body,

first of all, sorry about my bad english...  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_redface.gif" border=0 alt="Embarassed">

a&#180;l tray to write as clear as i can.


i would like to know if enyone knows some standart strumming patterns, for country music, pop...

something like down, down, up... dont know if i explain my self, i&#180;m looking for something basic en tipical for each style ( if that exists  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy"> )


im learning guitar for 2 months now, its dificuld but fun, y was strugeling with songs like my darling clementine.. and whas getting pritty bored, found this place over a week or two en whoow, i found a lot of songs i know and or not so dificuld, clementine is&#180;nt bad, but playing and singing a song i like is a lot more fun.


so i hope enyone can help me with this cuestion or indicate me a site or something.


greetz out of spain en my felicitacions fore the site


trippy

Re: standart strumming? patterns

I don't think ther is such a thing as a standard strumming pattern. It realy helps if you know the song and practice off of it. However in country music alot of the strumming is followed by hitting the base string in tempo. I hope this helps. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">

Re: standart strumming? patterns

I agree with jcellini.  There's really no standard when it comes to strumming pattern.  Although some genres may have similar strumming patterns (ie country), but even then, there isn't always a standard.  You have to strum based on the rhythm and the beat count the song is written in. 


Some songs are 4/4 beat, some have 3/4 and so on.  Some songs will call you to be in a chord/note for two beat, then change.  Some will change chord after one beat within a measure.  This often alter the strum pattern.  One example of this is a James Taylor's song: Sweet Baby James.  This song requires you to change chords after only one or two beats. 


Others may have different thoughts on this.  Hope this helps.


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I don't think ther is such a thing as a standard strumming pattern. It realy helps if you know the song and practice off of it. However in country music alot of the strumming is followed by hitting the base string in tempo. I hope this helps. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_smile.gif" border=0 alt="Smile">
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Re: standart strumming? patterns

thanks, i whas afraid i would get this answer but stil wanted to try  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">  , wel a&#180;ve been ryding about this tempos? you speak about, i understand that 4/4 means 4 beat between two lines if you look at a partiture, someting like this


|--1--2--3--4|--1--2--3--4|


how can o know in a song where the line ends? do i have to hear it? or can you count is same how?

Re: standart strumming? patterns

Trippy,


Your understanding is correct, if the song is played on a 4/4 measure.  However, it may not apply to strumming pattern.  As, in a 4/4 song, you may play one note on two beats (beat 1&2), then you change chord to play the remaining two beats.  Your strumming pattern always start with a down stroke.  Depending on the time signature of the measure, you may be have to strum down/up/down (3 strokes) in one beat!  Some songs go as far as four strum stroke per beat!  But, that's pretty extreme. 


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thanks, i whas afraid i would get this answer but stil wanted to try  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">  , wel a&#180;ve been ryding about this tempos? you speak about, i understand that 4/4 means 4 beat between two lines if you look at a partiture, someting like this


|--1--2--3--4|--1--2--3--4|


how can o know in a song where the line ends? do i have to hear it? or can you count is same how?
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Re: standart strumming? patterns

Hi Trippy!


At first I want to say that your english is fully understandable. If you are more comfortable in spanish check this link:


<a href="http://www.freeguitarvideolessons.com/index_spanish.html" target="_blank">http://www.freeguitarvideolessons.com/index_spanish.html</a>


I don't speak spanish so I don't now if its well translated, I think the web pages originates from Argentina, and I don't know if they use spanish or portugese (It was well translated to swedish, which is quite unusual).


Hope it can help you, and good luck with your guitar.


/Missen

If you love what you do, there's no need to be good at it...

Re: standart strumming? patterns

thanks for the help, the site has a lot of information,

searching by my self i found this:

<font color="red">Here it is, the holy grail of beginning strumming, the Folk Strum Pattern:


D   D U   U D U

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


The other patterns in these exercises were merely warm-ups. The Folk Strum Pattern, on the other hand, is used in a ton of songs, so keep working on it until you can play it in your sleep. Try it with Bob Dylan&#8217;s &#8220;Blowin&#8217; in the Wind,&#8221; Buffalo Springfield&#8217;s &#8220;For What It&#8217;s Worth,&#8221; or if you want something less folksy, how about Nirvana&#8217;s &#8220;Come as You Are?&#8221;</font>


below is the link to the site where i found it, there or example videos for each of the steps to learn this pattern.



<a href="http&#58;&#47;&#47;www.heartwoodguitar.com/WordPressBlog/?p=10" target="_blank">http://www.heartwoodguitar.com/WordPressBlog/?p=10</a>


greetz trippy

Re: standart strumming? patterns

Here's one that works with most beginners, later you can switch to more complex patterns.



DDUUDU   DDUUDU   DDUUDU  DDUUDU   DDUUDU   DDUUDU