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How to play the guitar strumming?

There are two main ways to accompany songs on the guitar: strumming and picking. The first method is used for energetic, cheerful compositions, the second creates a lyrical effect. A beginning guitarist needs to master both playing techniques, and our material will partially help you with this. In our article we have collected information on how to play the guitar strumming.

Playing guitar strumming

Strike is a technique of playing an instrument in which the fingers engage several strings at high speed. To master this technique, you need to learn how to run your finger or a special device - a pick - down and up the guitar strings. Down you can “strike” the strings with your thumb, forefinger, thumb and forefinger, as well as three fingers (thumb, index and ring) and even all of them. And you can play up only with your index, two (thumb, index) or three (thumb, index and ring) fingers.

Practice hooking all the strings first. When you start to succeed, practice hitting not all the strings, but several - starting with the fifth or fourth (the last three (bare, i.e. without braid) are played in all cases). Once you have mastered this technique, combine strumming with chord changes, hitting both the bass and chord strings.

Combat schemes

Now you need to learn how to mute the strings to stop them sounding. To do this, after running your fingers or a pick along the strings, sharply press all the strings with the edge of your palm. When you succeed in this technique, you can begin to study individual schemes.

First way

At a constant pace we hit down-down-down, and then up-down twice as fast.

Second way

At a constant tempo we play down-up-down-up-down-pause. At the moment of pause, you can mute the strings. This will give the battle a slightly different flavor. And at the same time it will help you prepare for the third option.

Third way

This method is a little more complicated than the previous ones, since it uses muting of the strings. At a constant tempo we play down-up-down-muffle-up-down-up-down-muffler-up.

Fourth method (six)

This is probably one of the most popular, although far from the simplest battles. It is played like this: down-up-down-jam-up-down-up-down-jam-up. In fact, it is not that difficult, but it requires practice.

Fifth method

Also quite complex, but very common. The battle pattern is: down-down-down-up-up-down-down. The last 4 strokes are played faster than the first 3.

After purchasing acoustics or classics, a novice guitarist thinks about new types of playing.

Having mastered your first chords and strumming, you can move on to studying the technique of strumming. There are many varieties of it. Read what battle patterns are and how to play it.

Imagine the picture: a young guy stands at the window of his beloved girl and doesn’t know what to do next. In order for the instrument to sound, you need to master the fighting technique.

This game is simple and won't take much time to learn. Familiarize yourself with the main varieties.

Important! Guitar strumming is a certain alternation of strong and weak beats. A piece of music is created using a simple rhythm.

All a beginning musician needs to be able to do is strike the strings. Before learning any combat, you should get the hang of it. You can play with your whole hand or with just one finger.

Try a few simple exercises to get started:

• Make a fist with your hand, but do not close your fingers. This is the correct starting hand position.

  Move from the sixth string to the first, move your hand, straightening your fingers. You can press any chord in your left hand. Don't be afraid, the strings will remain intact from your blow.

• With your left hand, press any of the guitar chords. Using the thumb of your right hand, run along the strings from the sixth to the first.

  Try to play with the side of the nail, the phalanx should be straight.

• With a movement that seems to be inviting you to come to you, play the stroke in the opposite direction: from the first string to the sixth. Try not to catch your nails.
• Instead of using your entire hand, use only your index finger. With the same inviting movement, move along the strings from the sixth to the first.

Important! In some chords it is better to avoid strumming all strings. For example, when playing D minor, it is better not to touch the fifth or sixth string.

After training exercises, you can begin to master new rhythms. The simplest types of combat are described in the table.

A novice musician in the process of playing music can come up with his own interesting rhythm:

You can master the principle of the game in a few minutes, but it is quite difficult to place the right accents.

Play in several stages: memorize the rhythmic pattern, place accents and highlight the indicated beat louder. After this, you can begin to study jamming.

How to play a fight with jamming correctly

A mute is the closing of a chord on a guitar. In this way, you can create an emphasis on the beat or give the work a special character.

This technique is used for thug combat, Spanish or American.

Important! Start playing with jamming when the type of combat is completely memorized.

There are two main ways to play jamming: with your right or left hand. In the first option, after hitting up or down, turn your hand and use the edge of your palm to stop the sound of the strings.

The second option is to place your index finger on the strings on the fret you are playing the chord on.

A great way to jam is when playing barre. Simply release the chord, leaving your fingers on the strings but not pressing.

If you need to mute only part of the strings, then it is convenient to do this with the thumb of your right hand on bass, and with your index finger on highs.

Simple songs by chords

Try to apply your knowledge in practice. Simple songs will help you master combat to perfection.

“A Pack of Cigarettes” - select the fight for two quarters, for the song Spleen - for four. Good luck with your music studies.

"A pack of cigarettes"

Intro: Am C D Em

E|——7-5——3———-5————7-5——-3———5——-
H|———-5——5———-6——-7——5——-5———6——
G|-4-5———5——5-7——-5-4————5——-5-7——5-4-
Em Am C D Em
I sit and look into someone else's sky from someone else's window
And I don’t see a single familiar star.
I walked along all the roads, both here and there,
I turned around and couldn’t see the tracks.

Chorus:

Em Am C D Em
But if there is a pack of cigarettes in your pocket,
So everything is not so bad today.
And a plane ticket with a silver wing,
Which, taking off, leaves only a shadow on the ground.

And no one wanted to be guilty without wine,
And no one wanted to rake in the heat with their hands,
And without music in the world, death is not beautiful,
And I don’t want to be lost without music.

Chorus.

Spleen “No Exit”

Introduction:

Em C G D Em
How many years have passed, the wires are still buzzing about the same thing,
C G
The planes are still waiting for the same thing.
C G D

Em

C G
Melts under machine gun fire.
C G D
At least someone has to melt...

Chorus:

Em
Dawn is coming soon
C
No exit,
G D
Turn the key and fly
Em
Need to enter
C
In someone's notebook
G D
Blood, like in the subway:
C D
"No exit".
Em
No exit!

We parted somewhere, I don’t remember in which cities,
It was like being hungover.
Trains go through my songs,
Disappearing into a dark tunnel.
If only we woke up in the same bed...

Chorus:

How many years will pass, the wires will still buzz about the same thing,
Planes can expect the same thing.
The girl with eyes made of the bluest ice
Melts under machine gun fire.
If only we could wake up in the same bed...

Chorus.

Useful video

Guitar fight

In order to be able to play the guitar, it is not enough just to know the placement of the chords. You also need to be able to extract sound from them. To do this, you need to study fighting techniques. Guitar strumming is a kind of accompaniment in which sound is produced from the guitar strings by striking them with the right hand or a pick. So, there are several varieties of it. Here I will try to explain the principle of guitar strumming as accessible and simple as possible.

Simple guitar strum

So, first, practice counting exactly to eight: one-two-three-...-eight. It is very important that this count is even (with equal intervals between numbers). So, the battle consists of striking the strings in turn up and down. One - down, two - up, three - down, four - up. Repeat several times to consolidate this skill. This is the foundation on which all other combat skills are built.

Another simple guitar strum

One - down, two - up, three - a pause (that is, nothing is played, at this time the right hand is moved down, but without hitting the strings), four - up again. This is the most popular type of battle for noisy companies and songs in the style of Tsoi’s “Eighth-Grade Girl”.

Fight "six" on guitar

This is one of the most popular types of guitar accompaniment. As you can easily guess from the name of the battle, there are six strikes on the strings. It is played as follows: one - down, two - pause (moving the hand up without hitting the strings), three - down, four - up, five - pause (moving the hand down), six - up, one seven is down, eight is up. There were six hits on the strings in total. This fight is not easy. However, once you learn how to play it, you can play almost any song.

Figure eight on guitar

This type of combat is a little simpler. It is played like this: One - down, quickly moving the hand up, two - down again, three - up, four - down, then again quickly moving the hand up, five - down, six - up, seven - down, eight - up.

Another interesting fight - Spanish guitar fight

This type of combat is quite difficult for beginners, but practice makes all the difference. The main thing is to understand the essence and principle, and then reproduce it yourself and repeat until it turns out perfectly. This technique is also called "rasgueado" or "fanning" because the technique is visually similar to opening or closing a fan. So, the Spanish fighting technique. The fingers are gathered together into a fist, but not tense. Imagine that you are holding a butterfly in your right hand - at any moment you can straighten your fingers and release it. In this case, the little finger may not participate in this - it is not needed. As soon as you bring your hand to the strings, begin to sharply straighten your fingers and hit the strings with each of them. First, straighten the ring finger, then the middle one, then the index finger. You have “opened your fan.” Repeat this at a faster tempo so that the strings ring continuously throughout all three beats. Some sources indicate that the little finger can also be used. This will only give the sound fullness and volume. Such a “fan” is called ascending - from the lowest string to the highest (by sound, not by location!). There is another type of Spanish fighting - downward. It is performed by striking from the highest string to the lowest. We now “close” our “open fan” by striking first with the little finger, then with the ring, middle and index fingers from the highest string to the lowest. This again creates a continuous stream of sound. Another option is to combine the first and second types of Spanish combat. First ascending and then descending. This technique is called "ring fan".

To learn how to strum the guitar, you need to be able to play not only the guitar, but also a little bit of the drums. Combat is a collection of individual strokes that are combined into a rhythmic pattern. In many ways, its character depends on the specific style (tango, march, reggae, pop, rock, flamenco) and size (6/8, 4/4, 2/4). You also need to be able to distinguish between rhythmic accompaniment parts for a guitar in an instrumental environment (Dixieland, orchestra, band) and a guitar alone.

Rhythmic patterns

Where can you start learning how to play combat? As strange as it may sound, put your guitar aside and familiarize yourself with the basics of rhythm. To do this, analyze the size and duration in exercise 1, and then clap your hands, the rhythmic figures that you wrote down. Just don’t be intimidated by the musical notation, if you don’t know it yet, then it’s time to figure it out.

There are four beats in a measure of 4/4, count each of them with a foot strike and say 1 and ... 2 and ... 3 and ... 4 and ... In the first measure there are four quarter notes, this means that for each foot strike (beat) you need to make 1 cotton. You need to strictly adhere to the rhythm.

If you understand the pattern of the first measure, you can proceed to the second. In it, each beat of a bar corresponds to two eighth notes. Here's how it looks like on the count: on “1” (with a kick at the same time) – the first eighth note, “and” (raise your foot) – the second eighth note. That is, two claps for each kick.

In the 3rd measure there is an alternation of two eighth notes and a fourth. Here's what it looks like in practice: the first beat is “1 and” (with a kick at the same time clap), the second beat (eighths) is on “1” (with a kick at the same time the first eighth), on “and” (raise your leg the second eighth ). The third beat should be played as the first, the fourth as the second. It turns out 1 long clap (1 and), then 2 short ones (“2” - clap, “and” - clap) and again long (3 and) and 2 short (4 and).

After this, the pattern should be repeated in the fourth measure. This is the rhythm of the battle, which is discussed in exercise 4. The first 3 beats are the same as the 2nd beat. Eighths - two claps for each kick, 4th beat (4 i) - quarter note, 1 clap for each kick.

Learning to strum the guitar - exercise 1

Now the learned patterns can be played on the guitar. Each exercise is discussed using one Am chord as an example. This is done so that you concentrate on mastering the technique.

In the notes, in Latin letters it is indicated which fingers should be struck on the strings (see picture with a hand). The arrow shows the direction of impact - up or down. At the top above each beat is a beat.

The first measure should be played with an alternating quarter stroke, with the thumb p strike down (1 and), then with the index finger i strike up (2 and) and also the third and fourth beats. The second measure is the same stroke, only now in eighth notes on “1” there is a downstroke p, on “i” there is an upstroke i. For every foot strike (a fraction of a beat), there are 2 strikes on the strings. In the 3rd measure, alternate quarter notes and eighth notes - with your thumb down one long stroke (1 and) and with your index finger up two short ones (on “2” - strike and on “and” - strike).

Learning to strum the guitar - exercise 2

This exercise is designed to master string muting, which is very often used during strumming. In the exercise it is denoted by the symbol X, which stands instead of notes. The chord is not removed from the fretboard, the fingers of the left hand must maintain the fingering of the chord, in our case Am, and the right hand mutes the strings.

In more detail: before striking the strings, the index finger (i) is bent, and when the strike occurs, it bends in the plane of the strings. And at the same moment after the blow, place your palm on the strings, straighten your fingers. You should get a short dull sound, without extraneous sounds.

In the 2nd and 3rd bars there is an alternation of strikes: with the index finger a muffle (down) and with the same finger an upward strike. First in quarter notes, then in eighth notes. The 3rd beat is a full-fledged battle. For example, they can play fast, funny songs, like polkas, and ditties.

Learning to strum the guitar - exercise 3

To make it easier for you to master the fight, you need to take its first part and work it separately (the first beat of the exercise). For the first kick (beat), there are 2 hits on the strings on “1” with the thumb down, and on “i” with the index finger up. On the second kick of the foot (2 and) - jamming (one blow) and so on.

Now the battle is complete, remember the rhythmic pattern from the fourth measure of the first exercise. 1 beat “1” – p down, “and” – i up; 2nd beat – “2” –i down muting, “and” – i up; 3rd beat - make 2 beats, as in the first beat; Beat 4 – i down muting “4 and” one beat.

The more you practice, the better. Everything needs to be brought to automaticity so that no little thing distracts. It is also useful to listen to how professional guitarists play accompaniment, analyze the drawings and apply them yourself in the future.

Video lessons

One of the most common ways of producing sounds when playing the guitar is considered to be a guitar strum, in the language of specialists called a rhythmic pattern. This is just one of the ways of sound accompaniment.

In ordinary language, guitar strumming is the production of sounds by striking the strings with the whole hand or only with certain fingers. This musical technique was first invented in Spain and was called “razgueado”. Subsequently, other types appeared, distinguished from each other by the frequency of strikes on the strings and the number of pauses.

for newbies

As a rule, guitar strumming seems very complicated for beginning performers, as it has many varieties and ways of producing sounds. Main ways to play:

• If you play with your whole hand, the sound will be strong and loud, but it will be difficult to control the clarity of the sound.
• You can hit with the tips of your nails, and your fingers should not protrude too far from the palm.
• If you play by combining the big one, you get something like a pick.
• You can also hit the strings with one fingernail, in which case the sound becomes cleaner, but quieter.

To make learning easier, you can use various guitar strumming patterns.

Schematic symbols

V - downward strike.

^ - blow from bottom to top.

i - strike with the index finger.

B - bass (bass string depends on the chord).

Muting the strings with your thumb.

X - complete jamming with the palm.

Depending on the combinations of the above symbols, different types of guitar strumming are formed. Having mastered several basic fights, you can play a large number of army, pop and courtyard compositions.

Simple fight

This battle is also called four and allows you to play a large number of songs. The rhythmic pattern is V ^ V X ^, where down is played with the thumb and up with the index finger. You can practice this variant of combat using the example of Viktor Tsoi’s songs “Cuckoo” and “Pack of Cigarettes.”

Variety fight

Otherwise called “six”, it is also a fairly simple and common battle. The scheme is as follows: V V ^ ^ V ^ - without jamming and V V X ^ ^ V X ^ - with jamming on the 2nd and 5th hits. An example of the “six” is the compositions “Gaza Strip” “Demobilization” and “Agatha Christie” - “Like in War”.

The famous fight "eight"

This guitar strumming for beginners allows the musician to improvise over himself and get individual performance options.

Basic figure eight pattern: V _ V _ ^ V V ^ V ^.

For an improvised performance, you can change the order of finger strikes, play with muting, and also place pauses of varying lengths between strikes.

Thieves fight

These types of guitar strumming also have several variations in execution.

Schematic drawing: B V X B ^ V X

Depending on the chord, the bass strings will be different. For example, the 5th and 6th strings used for bass correspond, and for Dm - the 5th and 4th.

Country style

Historically, country fighting appeared in the folklore of European settlers. Now this style is known throughout the world no less than other musical styles.

Schematic drawing of country style: B V X ^ B ^ V X ^

Bass strings are played with the thumb and depend on the placement of the chord.

Spanish style

This type of combat is a variation of the figure eight. These patterns of guitar fights are difficult to study, since they involve the playing technique of “rasgueado”. Varieties of rasgueado:

• A descending rasgueado is carried out from the lower string to the upper string. To perform it, you need to run a “fan” of fingers along the strings, starting from the little finger.
• An ascending play technique is performed in the opposite direction. The fingers gathered under the palm slide like a fan along the strings, starting from the top.
• The ring rasgueado combines both of the above techniques.

Famous Gaming Techniques

Undoubtedly, beginning musicians need to master guitar strumming lessons perfectly before moving on to style techniques. For general information, here are some of the most popular styles:

• The barre technique involves plucking some or all of the six strings with your index finger. Depending on the number of clamped strings, the barre is divided into large and small.
• Slide is a style of play using a device of the same name, worn on the finger. In this case, the slide should continuously slide along the strings, giving an interesting sound.
• The sweep style is common among modern virtuosos. His technique involves moving quickly from one fret to another, thereby creating a "blurred" sound.
• Tapping is a playing technique by lightly striking the strings on the fingerboard with the right hand. Sometimes it is possible to use both hands.
• Legato is a peculiar way of extracting sounds on the guitar neck, produced by the left hand. It can be mixed, ascending and descending.

This is a long list of modern playing techniques and techniques that can be changed and improved, just like types of guitar combat.