Strum & Drum - 4 Basic Acoustic Beats for Percussive Guitar

In this lesson I show you how to play four basic (but great) drum beats on the acoustic guitar whilst strumming simultaneously.
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[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Hey guys, I've just made a sequel lesson for this with four more beats - check it out ➡️ bit.ly/3gQ49nm

[@auroranamex5886]

But how do I avaoid wrist pain when guitar drumming? I think I'm starting to get an injury from that wrist kick...
I'm really into modern fingerstyle guitar and it will be a huge loss for me not to use it...

[@shaleensarthak7854]

@@auroranamex5886 hey it's been bout 5 years since i'm playing guitar percussions, and tbh, I haven't experienced such issues. maybe, the method of your kick is wrong. Try hitting the wrist a lol bit slowly and lowkey, so that you'll get a "decent" sound and it'll prevent injuries too!
Hope it helps.
Have a good day/night ahead! :)

[@likeaboss684]

Hi , I have a f cut guitar it doesn't produces such drum beats... any solution

[@hw2k]

Shortcuts for the patterns played with chords:
03:58 First
05:48 Second
08:02 Third
10:07 Fourth

[@tralalalatrollin]

2:57
4:30
6:55

[@nightspicer]

2:03
5:49
6:36

[@tralalalatrollin]

@@nightspicer cool beans

[@slykhajiit2]

7:58 8:45 (left this for myself)

[@slykhajiit2]

You guys forgot 8:18 ("4 Basic Beats")

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You've honestly opened up a whole new horizon for me, cheers mate you've got your self a subscriber

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Same here

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Same!

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Yes he did

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Me too

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Need some bo-oh of wa-ah??m8??

[@TheKINGisComing777]

I've watched a number of videos on percussion on acoustic guitar. This is by far the best I've seen, both in technique, as well as explaining it. Thanks.

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Thanks David, really glad it's helped you out.

[@javierorellana7440]

Recommend some of the other ones

[@DontLookBehindYou1]

I definitely agree... This was actually a good tutorial, not a showoff session with 2 minutes of explanation

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May God bless you for teaching us. Thank you.

[@justdoingodswork]

Your guitar sounds so good with just single chord playing

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Thank you

[@Focus_20SF]

Mine sounds like shit

[@arrtv3139]

@@Focus_20SF Hahahaha! Know the feeling. Keep practising! I'm trying to migrate from playing Metallica/Megadeth to playing more of this kind of thing. PS - try using electric guitar strings on your acoustic.

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@@arrtv3139 I definitely have to try this!!

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My mind is telling me yes, but my body!

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We can

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This is exactly what i've been looking for thank you... lot's of practicing to do to get it fluent at it but I'm so happy 😁

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Did you finally get it right? :-D

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speechless of how awesome and clear this video was , you wouldn't believe if I say i've been looking for this more than a month ... thank you

[@CharlieRootsMusic]

I started doing this type of stuff on my own because I wanted to drum but it was too loud so I got a guitar as a kid and I ended up amazed with this style playing.

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Dude I can't tell you, how long I have been looking for such a lesson. Thank you!!!!

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Ikr👏🏼🙂👊🏾

[@GearShifter925]

This percussion strumming sounds SOOO COOOL .... !!!!
It just BLOW UP MY MIND ... 🤯
Tomorrow from early morning...I will try this...😊👍🏻
THANKS for this great cool strumming lesson.
WE WANT MORE such cool & amazing percussion strumming tutorial videos.
😊👍🏻

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Lol, very happy to have blown your mind!

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Thats how you get subcribers. Uploading clear fabulous stuff

[@andrewmcp7563]

Thanks for ruining my week. I've dabbled with my percussi-curious side, but had been happy to shelve it under 'I have enough mediocre techniques to improve already, thanks!' Then your video shows up in my suggestions list and two days later I've got a sore thumb, aching arm, and the dog's hiding in the kitchen away from the din I keep making. The guitar playing's not too bad, but the constant swearing when I get it wrong AGAIN is probably what's troubling her.
On the bright side, when I stop trying to learn these patterns, playing 'normally' seems much easier. I may never be the guitar world's Keith Moon (unless I throw my guitar in a swimming pool) but by stretching myself I might just improve what I was doing already... or need wrist surgery. ;-)

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Hey Andrew, if you're walking around with an aching wrist and a sore thumb because of this lesson, then I'm very pleased.
I too put off the percussive stuff for years, I was just never really all that excited by it. But I've found in recent years that a simple bass/snare can really do wonders to whatever you're playing. Thanks a lot for you comment.

[@JohanLouw]

Beautiful reply there Sir :)

[@samuel_77]

Bruuhh it's depended on how u practice...if u do these practices without any technique...then not only wrist ache whole ache ache will come😂😂😂😂😘😂

[@TQEVIDS]

Wow... instantly made so many songs more interesting, in my very limited repertoire. Thank you!

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[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Thanks a lot, really happy to have helped you.

[@mauricepeluso247]

Finally something „easy“ to play with and get creative without anoying people! Great base to get a feeling for rhythem and strumming percussive.. AT THE SAME TIME!!!!
I added some bar chordes and with muteing, playing only the downstrumm (muted), Great Beat, and then back to your pattons for the chorus..!! Changed my Game completely!!! Thanks!!!

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[@TrueBlueBoogie]

Chris, thank you for sharing your drum skills on this guiar lesson. These bring 4 styles add a whole new texture to acoustic performce! And you broke this technique down to the most basic components so that a non-drummer like me can follow it and use it. Man, I'm excited to take on this learning challenge and use it in my street performances. I know that my songs with this percussive style will be far more engaging for the listener. I'll follow up when I've successfully taken ownership - I'm a slow learner but once I have it, I own it. Cheers! : )

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1 minute and 20 seconds and I'm a new subscriber!

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Thanks Mark!

[@Katharina355]

this stuff is one of the strongest reasons why I wanted to learn guitar forever. finally I bought one and so happy I found this only one week later. really hard for a beginner to coordinate hand percussion part and the strumming, but it's what I've been dreaming of forever.... nothing can stop me now
lucky by boyfriend is a professional guitar player (who just is learning piano, my instrument 😂) but thanks so much for this. cause he is sleeping right now and I cannot fall asleep .... just thinking about playing guitar .... so in love

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How’s it now?

[@VipulChagotra]

great lesson man..thank you

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

vipul chagotra really pleased you liked it.

[@ruihenig]

amazing lesson! can you please do a lesson where you show these strums in random songs to demonstrate how to implement them?

[@RobbyBln]

sehr gut erklärt ...👍
you explain perfektly👍
thanks for this movie

[@nicolen.9642]

I lack a bit of coordination... as if both hands don't belong to the same body haha 🙃... 2:11: this one is really nice! I need to practice...🎶 Thanks for sharing, Chris!

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Awesome lesson..

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so good sound ur guitar bro. nice struming drum guitar. someday ill learn this.. thanks bro. 😍😍. God bless u. 😇😇

[@pete194]

This is opening a new world for me 😊. Thanks!

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

I'm so glad!

[@JohanLouw]

Thank you man! It took me a few days to actually get this down. Thanks man! I'm new to playing the guitar but really I'm already having fun playing with a bass and a little percussive sound as well. Thank you :)

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Thanks Johan, really glad that you like it.

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This is for me the most interesting lesson I had ever known.............. Thanks a lot.!!!1

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Thank you Anna.

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Your ability to teach is out of this world mate

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Thanks Jacob, that's very kind of you to say

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The moment I heard the first beat
I fell in love with your way of playing guitar ❤️

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Thank you sir, your channel helped me to find my lost love for fingerstyle :) all the best wishes

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Filip Gajewski thanks Filip, don’t lose the love for it!

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You’re my hero. Now I can learn drum from you too. ❤

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Thanks so much

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This is absolutely wonderful.. thank you..

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Thank you so much. Nice sound and amazing & clear instruction.

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Welcome along

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Yup!! I'll be rocking at least one of these this summer!! Thank you SIR!!

[@10jamevit67]

Normal percussive is easy but the hard thing is when you want to use fingers to play rapid drum like the song “Unravel “ play fingers on the wood of guitar .( sorry for bad grammar)

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Bro.... Thank you sooooo much for such a beautiful lesson.

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

It's a pleasure

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Literally I watch so many tutorials and you are the best teacher! Also this is so fun to learn! Thank you!

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Straight into the lesson plan - love it!

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Just as basic as efficient, you got me with you first sample!

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Beautiful!

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Thanks

[@danwilliams341]

Thanks man. I've been trying to add percussion to my playing for quite some time now, and haven't been able to quite get the timing down right. It realy clicked when you said which beats to play snare and bass.

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Gonna try it today:)

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Thanks a lot !

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Man this is amazing. Good teaching too!

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

Thanks Jacob

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Great lesson

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Feels like clockwork❤

[@yashkotak6823]

Exercise 1:
1N2N3N4N
K-S-K-S-
Exercise 2:
1N2N3N4N
K-S-KK-S-
Exercise 3:
1N2N3N4N
K-SKK-S-
Exercise 4:
1N2N3N4N
K-SK-KS-
All 'Numbers' and 'N' means "DOWN STROKE"

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K stands for Kick
S stands for Snare

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Haha

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I've been doing C-D-G no wonder I have so many issues!

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ill definitely watch out for your other vids

[@JoseAzul]

Thank you for these video! Please do more!

[@nishantsharma2898]

Thank you for this amazing tutorial, really helped me to put beats to my guitar playing. I'm a percussionist too and enjoy guitar too.

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Such nice one sir.. Great talents exists...

[@bigecheese9039]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It’s so much easier to fallow these sort of things having them dissected n all along with having presets to use as practice I’ve been trying to just watch people live to see what they’re doin but their hands are swinging so fast it’s hard to get anything out of it lol

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U are a great teacher man.

[@mktdreams]

It really sounds good.
I loved it and it was really helpful to me.

[@anmolkukreja5025]

Thanks. I learned something new today. Wish you luck for your future vids🙏

[@maximemichiels]

Fantastic!!! I hope you can do it also with fingerstyle (maybe a bit more advanced as in previous lesson and combined with harmonics)

[@SixStringFingerpicking]

I'm sure something can be done.

[@maximemichiels]

@@SixStringFingerpicking fantastic man!!!!

[@maximemichiels]

@@SixStringFingerpicking for inspiration please check the channel joelious he plays lofi on acoustic guitar... Wish to play like that... Greetz

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So cool ....thanks so much chris

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May God bless you for teaching us. Thank you. new subscriber

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Thanks for subbing!

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Very nice sound of beat. Thankyou for you wonderfull lesson🎼💡

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Super excellent !

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8:20 Just learned beatboxing with guitar

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Great lesson!!! Thanks!

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Could you possibly break down Alejandro Aranda’s picking style? Awesome video by the way!

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Thanks.

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Flamecrew9 At roblox pleasure

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THANK YOU

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Very helpful indeed!

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GREAT LESSON AND AWESOME EXPLANATION ❤❤❤❤👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Aaaaawesome. Thank's a million!