Older beginner with rhythm trouble? These 2 patterns can fix your strumming

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  • Strumming advice for older beginners on guitar.
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    In this tutorial, I address the common challenge of rhythm and provide two essential strumming patterns designed to overcome early guitar roadblocks. Whether you're new to the guitar or looking to refine your strumming technique, these patterns are geared towards older beginners, ensuring a patient and effective approach to rhythm improvement. Join me as we delve into beginner-friendly strumming exercises, learn essential strumming techniques, and work through the entire process. By the end of this video, you'll be equipped with the tools to enhance your strumming abilities and enjoy a more rhythmic and musical playing experience.
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    We kick off with a pattern designed to instill a steady rhythm, a fundamental skill often misunderstood. I'll guide you through the process of making tight, repetitive motions to build your internal rhythm. Our next pattern focuses on cultivating smooth motions. With a unique approach involving vocalization, we'll ensure your down-up motion is fluid and your arm moves with the right velocity. Finally, I'll introduce you to an easy way to use a metronome, an invaluable tool for refining your sense of timing. Together, these patterns and techniques will not only fix your strumming issues but also lay the foundation for playing songs with confidence.
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    ▶️ Table of Contents
    0:00 - Intro
    1:04 - This pattern teaches steady rhythm
    5:42 - This pattern teaches smooth motions
    9:37 - Easy way to use metronome
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  • @Good_Guitarist
    @Good_Guitarist  4 місяці тому +6

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    • @kathywoody4022
      @kathywoody4022 3 місяці тому +1

      Is your course good for a lefty?

    • @AndreRMeyer
      @AndreRMeyer 2 місяці тому +2

      @@kathywoody4022
      ask Mark Knopfler, [he's a lefty].
      Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland

  • @yudipitre5720
    @yudipitre5720 3 місяці тому +9

    James, you and wife are great. Thank you for all you do for beginners. I lose my rhythm while I am playing and strum to hard and pick continually spins in my finger .

  • @mikedip99
    @mikedip99 3 місяці тому +12

    Wow. Thank you. You’ve hit me right where my playing is at. Perpetual beginner, and my strumming is what is holding down my advancement. I’ll be taking your course!

  • @brendachristopher2693
    @brendachristopher2693 3 місяці тому +5

    Thank you! I struggle with rhythm, this tutorial is helpful.

  • @albertoherrera4616
    @albertoherrera4616 3 місяці тому +5

    You’re a natural professor
    Thanks a lot,

  • @johnbradshaw5891
    @johnbradshaw5891 3 місяці тому +2

    Very good “mantra”for the rhythm. Works great.

  • @goodrest.studio
    @goodrest.studio 3 місяці тому +13

    I like it. Early 60s, a couple of months into learning, and find most of my issues are in strumming...

    • @theunsuccessfultrader5681
      @theunsuccessfultrader5681 3 місяці тому +1

      I'm now 40 and 1 year in. Most definitely strumming was overlooked. Now I'm catching up.

  • @brianodonnell586
    @brianodonnell586 3 місяці тому +8

    Great Lesson James. Many thanks

  • @georgehunter3231
    @georgehunter3231 3 місяці тому +7

    I really enjoy your lessons well done

  • @AndreRMeyer
    @AndreRMeyer 2 місяці тому +1

    XXL 🙏
    Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland

  • @rolandgardiner3059
    @rolandgardiner3059 3 місяці тому +2

    Thanks best simple strumming instruction I have seen, very helpful!

  • @CR-wn1fk
    @CR-wn1fk 3 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for the info. As an older beginner I have trouble keeping time with others. I even have trouble keeping time with my own recordings! I am trying your suggestions.

  • @TannyH
    @TannyH 3 місяці тому +2

    Thanks for crisp and easy explanation. Really works for me. You are doing a great job helping us with simple yet helpful techniques which otherwise is tough to understand even while taking formal course. Keep up the great work. 👍

  • @user-wo3xq3zs7j
    @user-wo3xq3zs7j 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you, I love my guitar.you make this strumming lesson simplified. 😊

  • @russshaber8071
    @russshaber8071 3 місяці тому +6

    My foot makes a great metronome.

  • @edwardlovs7850
    @edwardlovs7850 3 місяці тому +4

    Thanks I enjoy your lessons,!

  • @CR-wn1fk
    @CR-wn1fk 3 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for the info. As an older beginner I have trouble even playing and keeping time with my own recordings. I will try your suggestions. I need all the help I can get as I never played piano or in the school band. I need to learn to hear and feel rhythum.

  • @scott_itall8638
    @scott_itall8638 2 місяці тому +1

    Strumming and chord transitions

  • @antoniopetroff979
    @antoniopetroff979 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for the lesson. The mantra “ I like watermelon “ is great and I will be making more because it really helps

  • @clydespaulding5826
    @clydespaulding5826 3 місяці тому +1

    Another great tutorial and thank you

  • @zanehuether6031
    @zanehuether6031 3 місяці тому +2

    I like Watermelon, 🤦‍♂so deceptively simple. Thank you

  • @otisdriftwood6723
    @otisdriftwood6723 3 місяці тому +1

    Where are you located I would love to take lessons from you in person

  • @hwy27west
    @hwy27west 3 місяці тому +1

    Good stuff…

  • @tezlallc2900
    @tezlallc2900 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi James....With respect to the first part of the video which is all down strokes. I find that although the metronome is set at the rate of the numbers (1, 2, 3, 4) my foot wants to tap on ALL the down strokes including those between the numbers. Is this an issue? Any exercises on how to focus tapping the foot at one rate while the hand is 2x rate? I don't seem to have this issue when the strumming pattern is down up down up.....

  • @With-one-wing
    @With-one-wing 3 місяці тому +1

    It seems easier to keep a strum pattern without a pick. When I use a pick, that slight extension of my fingers throws me off. I either strum too hard or miss the strings entirely, throwing off my strum pattern.

  • @rich2376
    @rich2376 2 місяці тому

    Are you strumming all of the strings? Fellow Canadian.

  • @goldenglowladore3842
    @goldenglowladore3842 2 місяці тому

    Thank you "I like wa-ter mel-on".

  • @vdove605
    @vdove605 3 місяці тому

    🙋‍♀️ Eternal beginner 🙁

  • @goranhansson58
    @goranhansson58 3 місяці тому

    Maybe some ather words for ather strums ? Thanks a lot :)

  • @russshaber8071
    @russshaber8071 3 місяці тому

    My "automatic" brain isn't little, it's infinite.

  • @marcoliver625
    @marcoliver625 Місяць тому

    Anyone else got 500 miles by the proclaimers in their head at the start of this? Just me then? Ok.

  • @tonygarner3942
    @tonygarner3942 3 місяці тому +1

    Went to the mall today singing the watermelon song. Highly not recommended.