Strumming 101
Tutorial: Part 6
Steve Rieck: So another real common pattern that you see in 6/8 would be to add an extra up-strum after the two and after the five, after the second and the fifth beat. So again, if I just did straight 6/8, one, two, three, four, five, six, all with down strums. If I add a quick up strum right after the second and fifth beat, it will sound like this: one, two, and three, four, five and six, one, two, and three, four, five, and six, one, two, and three, four, five, and six, one, two, and three, four, five, and six.
So let's try something new. Now let's try just strumming the same strumming pattern but we are going to switch the chords every 3/8 notes rather than 6/8. So instead of one, two, and three, four, five, and six, one, two, and three, four, five, and six, one, two, and three, four, five, and six, we are going to strum every 3/8 notes or actually switch rather every 3/8 notes. So it will sound like this: one, two, and three, four, five, and six, one, two, and three, four, five, and six, one, two, and three, four, five, and six, one, two, and three, four, five, and six.
If some of that sound familiar to you, it's probably because there has been literally dozens or maybe hundreds of songs written around those same strumming patterns, with those same three chords that are so common.
So I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Again, I want to stress the fact that the most important thing in all of music is solid rhythm, regardless of how flashy or not flashy you play, solid rhythm is really the key to success with almost everything in music.
Kim Richey: Hello, I am Kim Richey, and we are going to put all the parts together, this is 'Believe Me Baby (I Lied)'. Its going to start with a G, but I play this note as well on the B string. So you would start out.
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