Strumming 101 from beginner to intermediate! - Week 5

Welcome to week 5 of the Technique weekly challenge!

In this video we look in more depth at the subdivisions which can help us understand, break down & carry out any strumming pattern.

Exercise 1 - One Bar Of Each

• Place chord hand around the 5th fret and mute all the strings

• Strum once on each beat (4ths)

• Strumto a count of 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-& (8ths)

• Finally, strum 1-e-&-a-2-e-&-a-3-e-&-a-4-e-&-a (16ths)

Exercise 2 - Metronome Practice

Do the same as exercise 1, but this time along to the metronome.We want to be right on the beat - Not late or early, the strum & metronome should sound as one. 

Exercise 3 - Metronome Practice (Intermediate)

With the metronome set to 40bpm, in a 4 count, we treat each metronome beat as 2 & 4 and repeat the same exercise!

• First, try simply clicking your fingers on the beat, with the metronome falling on 2 & 4 of YOUR internal count

• Repeat exercise 2 with the metronome again falling on beats 2 & 4

• By not having the click on every beat, we’re actually relying on our internal rhythm! 

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