You Need To Get This Right Before You Do Anything Else
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Let's talk about #strumming... again. This week we're going to cover the very basics - the fundamentals - of how to strum correctly. This is the basis of so many things on the #guitar. If yo0u have issues with this basic #technique, then you need to fix it before you do anything else.
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YES! More rhythm lessons please. As excellent as you are at teaching solos, the vast majority of what we guitarists will play in a group setting is rhythm. Anything you can teach in that regard I know I will appreciate. As I suspect others watching the channel will! Cheers!
Essential lesson! Arlo Guthrie's 'Alice's Restaurant' was my first real eye opener of someone finger picking and talking for 20mins straight without losing tempo. I couldn't get there myself. But I learned on both acoustic folk and Beatles in the 70s so I had a variety of strumming techniques down. Now I wish I could keep tempo at all, progressive neurological issues play havoc. But still playing till I can't.
Its probably the thing we practice the least, yet something we should be sure is as solid as anything we do. I don't think I've ever given this enough attention. Time to put that right. Here's why you're such a bloody good teacher.
So glad you got back to playing.
One thing it took be ages to realise is that the typical smooth picks you see in musical instrument shop counter displays are useless (at least for me). I was always dropping them while playing, and continually having to readjust them between my fingers. Eventually I tried some picks with a rough finish on them. I bought a pack of Dunlop Max Grip picks and in the years since have almost never dropped a pick. Having a much safer grip meant I didn't have to hold the pick so tightly either, and this helps with picking and strumming hugely. They also wear at about 10% of the rate.
Great lesson, John.
One of the other things that us "Rubbish" guitar players struggle with is adapting to the different technique requirements for acoustic and electric. As a hard-hitting acoustic player, electric is a different instrument.
There are various strumming techniques - some blues players do a small clockwise circular motion (Stevie Ray Vaughan often did it), which I think was to do with consistent timing, but also may have been to vary the tone as the downstroke would be over the neck pickup, and the upstroke closer to the bridge.
If you look at live videos of Waylon Jennings playing his hit Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way, he used downstrokes throughout to create an almost droning effect. I love the way that sounds.
With regard to holding a pick, I never did get the hang of it - I've used a single finger pick (the plastic 'tortoise shell' Dunlop type) on my index finger for the last 44 years. You can use thumb and index finger in the 'holding a pick' position, but if you let go it doesn't fall on the floor!
Great use of your damaged finger!
John, quick question: do you shift the position of the pick between playing rhythm and picking single lines. I do. I know there's the old adage that if it works for you, that's fine. But wondering whether you feel it's necessary and whether my pick grip is slightly off.
Thanks
I tend to go to a more angled pick position when playing lead. Instead of the pick being parallel to the strings, it's nearer 45°
Hi John, followed you for quite some time now great show by the way anyway, sorry nothing to do with the lesson just a question for you if you would be as so kind.
My Fender Mustang Mk 3 100W is on its last legs, l want a similar amp as l the band im in dose all basiclly covers so a wide range of sounds/ amps is needed we play smallish to medium size gigs so my question is :- Im a rythem guitarist and up to now have never had my amp turned up to anywhere near full maybe 5-6 on the volume control so do l need 100 Watt or do you think l could get away with a new Fender or Katarna amp ?
Cheers Kevin
The Katana is popular for a reason, the 50W should be plenty for you. Cheers 👍
@@JRobsonGuitar thanks for your quick response cheers kevin
Excellent video John thank you, I only noticed I actually had an issue after loaning a mate my strat and having it returned with 8 gauge strings on .... the lighter strings (buzz) drew my attention to my overly harsh upstrokes, time for some finesse. 👍
interesting, I wlll watch this a few times, so I fully understand,
pub players do this, great advice John.
sound advice as my son would always hold his pick different, constant correction, but in the future it will be his way, good vid
So you are going to be strumming your guitar on the live stream come Friday John?
What would I do if you sang out a tune...I was ready to walk😂
Hello Mr. Robson, I se something to raise the action for slide there. What have you used and will this act like a capo. Will this added require adjusting my slide a fret higher for reference? Thank you
It's just a folded business card. It raises the action for slide, but doesn't affect the tuning. You do, however, lose the open string notes.
@@JRobsonGuitarthank you. Glad you’re playing again. 🤓
Awesome.
What was on top of your 1st fret?
It's a folded business card shoved under the strings to raise the action for playing slide.
@JRobsonGuitar Clever. Do you not run the risk of creating citar-like noises?
I was going to ask the same question
I thought it was going to be a slide lesson and with Johns title I thought the first thing was raise the action,but no I was wrong