Just a quick little lesson strumming chords with a combined strum pattern.
Simple chords G,D and C – keep the tempo even and your strums gentle.
Check the audio out first and then try counting the rhythm – beats in brackets are not strummed but are counted.
| S | T | R | U | M | P | A | T | T | E | R | N | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | T | R | U | M | P | A | T | T | E | R | N | ||||
| 1 | (2) | 3 | 4 | + | 1 | + | 2 | 3 | 4 | + | |||||
| G | |||||||||||||||
| D |
You could also try playing along to the track below…
The example below shows how you can expand the rhythm, further and really push your strumming skills – try and remember to count and keep your strum.
| S | T | R | U | M | P | A | T | T | E | R | N | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | T | R | U | M | P | A | T | T | E | R | N | ||||
| 1 | (2) | 3 | 4 | + | 1 | + | 2 | 3 | 4 | + | |||||
| G | |||||||||||||||
| D | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | + | 2 | 3 | 4 | + | 1 | + | 2 | 3 | 4 | + | ||||
| C | D | ||||||||||||||
| C | D |