#SUNNY CAME HOME GUITAR CHORDS HOW TO#

They are 3 of the most commonly used patterns in rock, pop and indie music although they are used frequently in genres ranging from folk to metal too, so it really is essential that you learn them. We are going to keep it simple today and learn just 3. The following three strum patterns are all taken from my e-Course, ‘Strumming With Soul’.

#SUNNY CAME HOME GUITAR CHORDS HOW TO#

3 simple strum patterns on to how to strum a guitar like a pro To do so though, you will need a big repertoire of strum patterns to call on. Many guitarists dream of becoming a session musician and why not? Not only will it make you a better sounding player, but your understanding of rhythm will also improve, your timing will improve and your ability to create stunning rhythm parts of your own will increase dramatically. That being said, it is relatively simple for most guitarists with even just a bit of playing experience to learn specific strum patterns and practice them, and call on these at will when a certain song or style requires it. (If you want to learn a cool, simple chord trick, check this out) They can play minor chords for sadder sounding music, or major 7ths for a more jazz feel, but they can’t do this with strum patterns, and to be honest the rhythm is often more important than the chords. Most guitarists can do this stuff with chords i.e. How great would it be if you were able to strum a certain pattern on your guitar at any given time – and one that relates to a specific genre or feel you are after. There is nothing wrong if you did, you just haven’t been made aware of the importance of being able to call on a variety of different strum patterns at will. What often happens when I ask a student to play me a strum pattern is, I either get a blank look and they say they don’t know any, or they give me a blank look, think of a song in their head and then play the strum pattern from that song. What I would like you to do is stop reading for a second, pick up your guitar and play me your favourite strum pattern.

In my experience of teaching beginners, intermediates and even some players who have mastered many areas of guitar is that they don’t know what or how to strum like a pro. It doesn’t matter if you are a pop player or a rock player, at some point you are going to want to strum the guitar.Īsk yourself, how many exact strum patterns do you actually know how to play? One area that lacks any efficiency whatsoever is their rhythm playing, and in particular – strumming. If guitarists were more efficient, most would be much better players in a much shorter space of time. So much so that they don’t have the time to work on some of the things that really count – such as rhythm guitar. They spend way too much time on chords, scales and just noodling around. Most guitarists spend a huge amount of time on everything EXCEPT rhythm guitar. “ Loughborough six” by Matt Preston, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Sunny came home guitar chords