![]() With triplet rests shown becomes D-D-U-UD-U With triplet rests shown becomes D-UD-UD-UD-U Swing is very much a global effect, so in learning different strumming patterns, check whether they can be played both with and without swing. The result is add a "shuffle" effect to the rhythm, used widely and especially in blues music. The effect aurally is to clump each upstroke with the downstroke immediately following it. Or to put it another way, two thirds of a beat is occupied by the downstroke and one third by the upstroke. Each beat is divided in three and the middle one is treated as a rest so that the downstrokes ring out and sound for twice the length of the upstrokes. There are degrees of swing, but it is routinely based on triplet time division. Swing however alters this so as to add some bounce or sway to the rhythm, by lengthening the (onbeat) downstrokes and shortening the (offbeat) upstrokes. In "straight", i.e un-swung, rhythm the downstrokes and upstrokes have equal spacing or time value. The above clips are on a C-major open chord. Simple waltz style strum pattern in 3/4 time, still at 95 bpm. This strum and the one above have a calypso feel and are well suited to ballads etc. This requires a missed downstroke on beat 3. ![]() Rest stroke has effect of emphasising beats 1 & 3 Try emphasising downstrokes on beats 1 & 3 versus on beats 2 & 4 The clips have been created in Tuxguitar at 95 bpm, with some additional use of beat-slicing. You can easily derive further variants to extend your playing. The following example patterns are useful in themselves. NB You may need to view this page in Google Chrome browser to hear the audio clips. Song specific strum patterns & styles variously use strum rests, accents and muting to syncopate, ie vary, the rhythm. This requires plenty of practice so that it becomes smooth and automatic. Generally the strumming technique will maintain a regular up-down hand motion, with the hand missing the strings on appropriate strokes. For example, omitting the second up stroke in the simplest pattern yields D-DUDUDU. It's helpful to speak the eighth note pattern, which at it's simplest is DUDUDUDU, where D = down strum and U = up strum.īasic syncopation is achieved by inserting a rest, ie omitting one or more strum strokes. At it's simplest the strum pattern comprises an eighth note down-strum and up-strum to each beat, hence eighth note strumming. With typically 4 beats to a bar of music, each a quarter note length, each beat can be divided in to two eighth notes. Only strike those strings making up a particular chord. Strum the guitar variously with the thumb, finger, thumb/finger in a "pinch" or with a plectrum. O = open string, x = not played, eg3 = fret number ![]() Learn the (mainly) open chord shapes shown below and playing many popular songs becomes accessible. NB Best viewed in Google Chrome to be able to access the audio clips Basic Chords Strumming basics to help with learning to play guitar Acoustic Guitar I Oldsville Graham's Hobby Website Home Page
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