Learn guitar & master strum patterns and strumming to help tackle learning any popular song

[xincheng12138]

"bring joy to the rest of your life!"

[CookieMonstahGirl]

Thank you sooooo much!

[Lollistar12]

hard.

[idIethreat]

Good stuff

[PrinceOfknowledge]

Excellent video. Highly appreciated, I've actually managed to do this; its a true testament to your ability as a teacher! Rock on. :)

[pepperclaw223]

Love these videos- they're super effective! And beautiful sounding guitar, by the way!

[VeronicaBrasten]

I can see why this video was so popular. Great stuff!

[Surreallism007]

i didnt know david was the co creater of nextlevelguitar....Cool

[lizzcharmed]

Hi David - I think I have the strum pattern down now but im having double gettting the chords to sounds right. Will this come naturally to me within time and more practice?

Thanks,

Liz

[rjvillan1]

You are a great guitar teacher! Thank you!

[bibes100]

You my friend are a dope teacher. Best I have come across.

[oweelvver]

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[diqueeadrii]

Hey for some reason my guitar doesnt seem to project the right sound of the chords im pretty sure my tuning is the correct standard one. is it that my guitar is broken ?

[alex2igi]

Superb lesson, you just got a big fan right here. Thanks David.

[jdjoproductions]

this is a hard strum pattern for me( \\\ \/ / \\ \/ do u think u can help me on this

[InkedAffinity13]

Hey David, what amp do you use in this video? And any suggestions for some of your favorite acoustic amps?

[iluvsnsd4ever]

dear david, im 15 and ive played when i was in 5th grade but i stopped for a long time and i forgot EVERYTHING.now im trying to learn online and stuff, but i have porblemsputting my fingers where its suppose to go while making the like notes. like i dont know where my fingers are exactly supoose to be in the frets. does it matter where in the frets it goes? i know what frets its suppose to go but idk where in the frets it suppose to go or what fingers im suppose to use please help!

[yvettealine]

i've been wanting to improve on my strumming for a long time but didn't know where to find the information, your videos are great.. thanks heaps

yvettealine

[eddie20878]

Hi David, I just signed up for a month on NLG, really like your teaching. In this vid, When you demo these chords, you show the 4 finger G chord, but when you play it you use 2-3-4. I struggle mightely with the G chord. 2-3-4 I mute the A string, so I think i should go w/th 1-2-3 finger or the 4 finger. Any thoughts?

[HImynameis303]

Thanks david for your wisdom and videos man you really help out a lot of people. :) keep on rockin ^_^

[pero1736]

i just wanna tell you that i realy think that you are realy good guitar teacher good bles you!!

[melindaedes]

Dear David! I have been playing for two weeks, and formilier with all the open chords now, and everybody on youtube is talking about how many songs you can play with simple chords, but... every time I try to learn a song 90 percent of the time it turns out to have barchords too.So would U please reccommend some simple easy beginner songs, to make learning fun?Thanx , and as U see all my other comments: U R THE BEST!!! BEST TEACHER (and other things too.....)

[rockongoodpeople]

Hi - no prob - I have a list of simple songs using open chords - go to our full on instructional website at next level guitar dotcom - look in the ARTICLES section for an artice I wrote titled good campfire songs - then use the free 3 day pass on the homepage to access. Rock on!

David T

[adrianoplaysguitar]

@melindaedes You can always play the bar chords as open chords with whichever song you wish to learn. It might not sound fantastic but it'll still get you practacing!

[Kormonde]

@melindaedes mate look up 'Axis of awesome 4 chords song'

theres about, infinite songs? for you to learn :D heh, good luck

[belleray2]

I fell off and i think i am damaged.

[batitony]

Your lesson are quite helpful David thank you so much. greetings from Mexico :D

[baldwinn127]

okay ive been watching alot of your videos lately and i have some questions. so to start off, i just got an acoustic guitar, and all your videos show patterns to play and you name chords to play, but i dont understand how to place your fingers on those chords and what strings to play? cause i have looked at a bunch of chord charts and i can see where to place your fingers but i dont know how high to place them on the guitar?

thank you so much

Zach

[rockongoodpeople]

Hi Zach - we have tons of lessons on chords including the fingerings - check out the chord library as well as the lessons in the beginner 1-99 section master classes on the full on video instructional website at next level guitar dotcom - there is a free 3 day all access pass on the home page so you can try out the site and see how u like it - enjoy and rock oN!

David T

[MrKiammi]

@Vai i think you just wrote what we all think

and i couldnt agree more, i am on a beginner level, and my guitar teacher

havent got time atm, but then i got you guys AND THANK GOD!!!

thank you Dave and marty

[gunsnroses0987]

sounds like knockin on heavens door

[liaalixx]

hey dude ...hello from germany^^

...thank you so much sooo much for these videos, i always watch your videos and try to understand, although i cant understand english well

but i try to lern what you teach ^^

so thx ..i learned so much ^^

[12345ms]

I David, thx for such amazin lessons, Question - How do we prevent fingers from touching other strings while playing a chord, invariably everything that we play on the guitar involves us to use more than one finger, but at times the finger touches another string which kind of affects the sound coming of it when that string is strummed, wanted to know if this can be prevented some how, any input on this will be gr8ly appreciated.

[rockongoodpeople]

Hi - yes, you need to employ string muting to keep string noise out as when you inadvertingly touch other strings. I teach a two handed muting technique to mute out all the notes that you are NOT playing. And also using your thumb to mute out unwanted notes when playing chords. Check out those lessons on the website at next level guitar dotcom - free 3 day pass on the homepage so you can access

enjoy and rock on!

David T

[dkrhymes]

Dont know exactly how to reach you guys on a more personal level here but I've been wanting to share this with you guys (you and Marty). Every time I type in "guitar lessons" I run across you two and I just wanna say that you guys are a blessing to the guitar and song writer community all over the U.S. Thank you so much for all your postings and advice, as a song writer and guitar player, I personally wanna thank you guys for everything you put out there.

Much Love.

Val Hovanesian

[rockongoodpeople]

Hi Val - thanks so much for your kind words - most appreciated! So glad that you like our lessons and that we can help you with your playing. Keep up all the hard work and keep on rocking!

take care

David T

[051412]

thanks for the lesson, your a massive help to me and my guitar journey!

check out this band i found - FURIOUS ANIMATION - there amazing!

[Koolv32]

Thanks for the lesson

[PhantasticMedia]

Uhm, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that chort progression some sort of similar to the ones from the song "Knocking on Heavens Door"?^^

nice to see how it's done though!

[SharpPoland]

Your guitar sounds so great. What's name of it?

[rockongoodpeople]

the guitar I use in this lesson is a Taylor GS5 - cedar top and tropical american mahogany back and sides - killer guitar

rock oN!

DAvid T

[rockongoodpeople]

@SharpPoland

the guitar I use in this lesson is a Taylor GS5 - cedar top and tropical american mahogany back and sides - killer guitar

rock oN!

DAvid T

[rockongoodpeople]

the guitar I use in this lesson is a TAylor GS5 - great sounding guitar!

rock oN!

David T

[viceisthename]

@rockongoodpeople How much does it cost? :P

[JonRHilmars]

hi David

your lessons are great. this one is awesome .. helps alot with adapting to new patterns.. so thanx alot.

one question .. is there some strummpatern combinations that are common like there are common chord sequenses ??

so thanx again... and .... love the vibe from ya in your vidz... just awesome ;o)

[vcmonkey]

this lesson sounds almost exactly like "good night" by Zox

[guitarlover373]

u guys r d ppl who really ROCK ON!! just wanted 2 tell u that: ur truly HELPFUL with ur videos & evrything. Think ill get my first guitar just in a few days (i know, it's kinda ironic cuz of the name of my channel) but hopefully ill start playing as soon as i get it watching ur lessons, and who knows mayb in a while i'll b posting on videos showin' my progress and making covers of songs. THNX!!

[marekhifi]

thank s you are really helpin out.. hey marty thanks a lot .. you doing good things you all

[eglulute]

How charming are You. I admire your dedication and will to help and to share.

[rockongoodpeople]

Hi - appreciate the kind words - thanks so much!

At this time we don't have any guitars will scalloped fretboards so we cant do any demos/reviews with them. Will have to keep our eyes out for one in the future to review/demo. Best of luck

rock on!

David T

[CoolKevinRocks]

that guitar sounds great

[KoetjesrepenTV]

where is johnny bravo?

[BazzTheBoss]

i have no problems with strum patterns at all, i just suck at alternate picking :-S. good luck everyone

[crazymallu]

great lesson

[PeterBro10]

Just what I needed David! Thanks!!

[pepeledog]

Outstanding lesson, Dave!

[JonRHilmars]

really fun strumming lesson. thanx for great lessons.

[JonRHilmars]

really fun strumming lesson.. thanx for great lessons

[tylernautica]

instead of lessons with just up/down up down tutorials, I really wish they'd include the count....... to me that's what im having incredibly hard time following, how would you count these strums? .....1, 2, 3, 4, ....1 e and ah .. etc you know? sigh*

[narf8874]

@tylernautica I agree, d&u don't really give you a breakdown of the time/rhythmic element. .....1, 2, 3, 4, ....1 e and ah .. etc definitely makes more sense.

[270Gmoney]

Hey David, whats under the hat?

[rdhvega]

David, thats a great strumming lesson. I'll practice it myself. Great clip :)

[DarkAngelOn3]

THANK YOU!

[JonoUK123]

here's a tip for newbies, put a capo on the second fret and play the same chords as David, if you are on an acoustic the strings will be easier to fret and your fingers wont have to stretch so much, then when you are comfortable remove the capo...

[decembrie92]

Thanks for the video:)

[mcagnin]

Hi David, I'm practizing strumming and chord changes on my accoustic, specially 9th, dominant 7th and maj7 chords and I've come to realize that my left hand runs slow in the search from one chord to another leaving a space where my right hand continues strumming, it sounds as a kind of chuck that always happens on the up stroke, but when I hear others play I can't hear that colateral chuck. Is it normal or if not, how can I get better on that?

[rockongoodpeople]

Hard to diagnose the problem without hearing it and seeing it but from what you wrote I would say that your fret hand is not keeping up with your pick hand on changes. So a lot comes down to get faster and cleaner and making chord changes. I have tons of lessons on the website at nextlevel guitar dotcom that teach proper chord changing technices and lots of practice exercises for application. Use the three day free pass on the home page to check them out. Best of luck. Rock on!

David T

[SkullVodka]

So what he is saying is, if you are not that talented, you need to practice a lot. That makes sense, and I think that encompasses most of us. Practicing keeps the brain lubed up too.

[CRAIGARRR]

@SkullVodka

Practice practice practice..

And remember that the RIGHT hand is the BOSS

If you don't "stick" the chord.. SO WHAT!

KEEP THAT RIGHT HAND STRUMMING!!

Keep that rhythm going when playing your .. what's it called?

RHYTHM GUITAR

not a CHORD guitar

A RHYTHM GUITAR

What ever you do, don't stop strumming that right hand!

[zippycruz27]

I have been playing guitar for over 20 years and I enjoy watching these videos because I still find new stuff that I am learning. And it always helps to revisit something, even as simple as some strumming excercises, to 'refresh' my technique and keep me striving to get better. Thanks guys!

[jamespweb]

david, your lessons were great back then, they are amazingly boring now..

[wolf69a]

@jamespweb I think he is talking to much, 1:50 before the first strum and than he begins to talk again, anyway nice lesson

[ItIsmell69]

robotic struming?

[trisix99]

i hope this guy is getting paid for this.... so fucking boring to watch. lol....

[MClown69]

Damnit lately i been playing chords and diff strum patterns and I thought I made this up myself just playing chords and all and I thought i was making my own song patterns and shit up but then you play exactly what my ear was playing! trademarked!!! lol ..... :(

[mean0machine0]

that sounds so much like Knocking on heavens door,

[Miteour17]

@mean0machine0 yeah xD

[Maestrp37388]

Hey, how about something on advanced improvisation? Pentatonics are great and they really are in mmany many many solos, but for exqample, the maj7 arpeggio is a great substitute or additive to the minor pentatonic. Oe thing I want to learn to use effectigely is the m7b5 arpeggio.

[Maestrp37388]

One way I help my students to learn strumming technique is to teach them literally how to count notes, lie 8th's sixteenths etc, and apply that to strumming. It really seems to help them understnad, in any event, thanks for this, strumming doess not need to be such a mechanical process.

[Musicunseen95]

i love davids videos

[new0305]

untuck them ears from your cap, lol,jk, good lesson thumbs up.

[rapterchannel]

Do you write song lyrics?

Also im going to university soon, what guitar is best for a beginner? an acoustic or an electric guitar?

[maxxramman]

@rapterchannel I know you weren't asking me, but acoustic. Acoustic, acoustic acoustic.

[rapterchannel]

@maxxramman really, please explain

[cccp20062]

@rapterchannel Acoustic has bigger gauge strings, so they're a bit harder to press down. Most people find it harder it switch from Electric to acoustic, so if you start with acoustic, you'll be able to do alright if you decide to switch to electric.

[rapterchannel]

@cccp20062 thanks for the response. My bro had an acoustic and an electric guitar so i learnt some chords but i wasnt good at all. Although i find acoustic strings easier to press down. I may go for the acoustic because it goes with song writing which i want to try, whereas electric guitars i associate with being in a band. Also i prob get taken more serious if i learn with an acoustic first, thats just what i think.

[maxxramman]

@rapterchannel It's very hard to hear yourself playing when using an electric without an amplifier. It's just one more thing to take care of. But with an acoustic, you can always hear yourself.

[rapterchannel]

@maxxramman thanks for the feedback

[bigbtb]

I may end up spendings days and days on this one but it's one of the best lessons I've seen on this subject.

[FlameX15]

need more punk lessons

[mannnymanny]

im so glad he said that your not suppose to think of it as "down down up down" it is more of a feel and im glad becuz thats how i am now. i just listen to the song and my hand just does what it needs to do

[DEFkon001]

It's gettin' dark, too dark to see.....

[TheUnthinkable7]

thanks for the video

[Keikei06]

just what i was looking for. Thank you

[mikedg18]

not first.

[Thetallywhacker0]

@mikedg18 You failed at not being first... wow