Basic Strumming Patterns - Lesson 9, 10 & 11

Last three must learn strumming skills...with these, you should be able to play most of the songs. Cheers!!!

Basic Strumming Patterns - Lesson 6, 7 & 8

Good day!! Please proceed with the following 3 more strumming patterns...

Basic Strumming Patterns - Lesson 3, 4 & 5

Well I suppose you have got enough time to practice for the techniques in lesson 1 & 2, let's proceed with 3 more strumming patterns. Here we go.....

Basic Strumming Patterns - Lesson 1 & 2

Now that you have learnt 6 basic plucking patterns, let me move on to strumming technique.

As we all know, in order to be able to enjoy playing guitar, especially in pop guitar, it is imperative to master both plucking as well as strumming skills.

In this coming up series of posts, I am going to share with you the most basic but practical guitar strumming patterns.

As I always say, "Think BIG, but Start Small..." let me introduce you the two most strumming patterns...By using these methods, you should be able to play simple songs like birthday song etc.

See below clips for the demo.

New Year Greeting With Simple Classical Sample

Happy new year to everyone!!! Sorry for being lazy for more than 2 months...

I am back in action now!!

Here is another simple but nice classical short clip to kick start my very new post in 2010!!

It is kind of a "sad" melody, but it is a pretty good sample for beginner..As usual, let me know if you are interested to get the TAB for this song..

Hope you enjoy it!!

How to Play Simple Classical Song

Playing acoustic guitar is much more easier compared to classical guitar, at least for beginner. This is because to play acoustic guitar, it can be only involve a few simple chords. Except for those with complicated arrangement...

Classical guitar on the other hands, tends to be more variably and dynamic in terms of finger arrangement. This lead to more challenging task and require more practice in order to master it.

Normally , classical guitars have nylon strings with wider necks that allow the strings to be farther apart to facilitate finger picking. But there is actually no big problem to play a classical song with an acoustic guitar. Before you can play a "sophisticated" song, you might want to start with something simple. Many song are being simplified for learning purpose. They can be manifested in a form called guitar tablature (TAB). You do not need to know anything about music to read the tab as it is just a mapping to your guitar frets.

To read tab, you need to understand certain conventional basic concepts:

Tab consist of 6 lines and each line to represent the 6 guitar strings. For example, the following diagrams will form a C- Am- F- G chord. The numbers on the string indicate which fret you should press. "0" means you should left the string free and "x" means "mute".

C

e--0----------------------------
B--1----------------------------
G--0----------------------------
D--2----------------------------
A--3----------------------------
E--X----------------------------

Am

e--0----------------------------
B--1----------------------------
G--2----------------------------
D--2----------------------------
A--0----------------------------
E--X----------------------------

F

e--1----------------------------
B--1----------------------------
G--2----------------------------
D--3----------------------------
A--0----------------------------
E--X----------------------------

G

e--3----------------------------
B--0----------------------------
G--0----------------------------
D--0----------------------------
A--2----------------------------
E--3----------------------------

This is the most basic knowledge in reading tab, to further understand some of the more advance techniques, check this out for some of the tablature symbols:

Symbol Name Description

h Hammer -on Rap your fingertip down to at the fret

b Bend Bend the string

p Puff off Pick the string while letting your finger

tip goes off the fret

S Slide Pick the string and slide your finger to

another fret

T Tab Tab the string with your finger

x Mute Touch the string with hand to mute it

v Vibrate Wiggle your hand to vary the pitch

slightly

These are the tips that I used to learn last time to pick up the tab reading skill, make more practice and as time goes by, you will be able to speed up your respond to interpret those lines on the paper....

Let me show you some simple but nice classical melody, I don't mind to share the tab, let me know if you are interested.

6 Basic Guitar plucking (Picking) Patterns

Before you can produces a mind-numbing sound that can vibrate in the ears for a long time...you must at least master a few basic plucking (Picking) techniques...

This post is designed to meet the needs of the beginner guitarist for a basic guide to the most common plucking patterns found in most of the songs. By mastering these, you will be able to apply them to many of your favorite songs. Check this out!!!