More Strumming!
Learn A More Complex Guitar Strumming Pattern!
The strumming pattern that we will be using is short and simple, but it gives this progression a nice feel. The basic strumming pattern is “Down Down Down Down Down-Up”. Practice that a few times and get a feel for it. Play this pattern once for the G, once for the D, once for the A minor 7 and once for the C.
Practice this pattern slowly at first if you need to. Try to make the pattern as smooth as possible. You may have some trouble changing chords and strumming at the same time but if you practice practice practice you will get better in no time. Watch the guitar lesson video for a simple way to keep your strumming in time
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thanks for the basic lessons u r providing to the basic learners. thank you for such help…….
please post a discussion about Family Chords.. I wanted to know that.. thank you..
your lessons are awesome!
Nate my Guitar sounds like a disaster!!!!!!!!
haha, that’s funny.. @ felicitas
Wow, l learnt the whole beginners section in a couple of hours now I’m strumming away. You were also Eye Candy so it helped too. Thanks so much. Nadia
Bro thanks sooo much I learned this whole section in about 1and a half hours, your a great teacher!!
You are the best! I hope you great success ,even more than you are in right now! If i ever find your “guitar system” package in Ukraine i’ll be sure to buy it! i promise!
You can only buy the Guitar System online. We do ship internationally though
How do you do basic strumming patterns with the F Chord?
Excellent!!! Easy for me to understand.
I bought a guitar 4 months ago but I still can not strum background music since I only play it half an hour every day.
I think it would be great help to follow your lessons. Do you have some videos talking about strumming from the tab?
2 weeks! Yes, if you’re agzainmly slow. Just do it all slowly and you can master it in about an hour.
all people say it all .ur lessons r cool
Beginner Guitar System Nate please compare your DVDs to Learn and And Master Guitar Teacher Steve Krenz
Great website, great lessons. I can see some progress in a few days. I’m anxiously awaiting the DVD’s to really get rolling.
I checked many sites for beginners but this one is the best.
I just played guitar for 2 hours since i purchased it but i hv a long way to go and i feel confident to play guitars now
thanks.
Nice there are people who have the talent to teach others. Great keep it up
Hi,you are a good teacher,very easy to learn from ,thank you ,if a person could buy these lessons by ebook,and dvd all in a program,so there where no mailing requirments would be awsome ,like just downloading the programs.is it possible ?
Rattling nice style and diegsn and fantastic subject matter, very little else we require : D.
Sorry nate l see you have A online course did not see that part until now” Hello ” for only $ 23.00 dollars a month ,just one question,does it teach just by electric guitar or acoustic ?
I have just finished watching the 12 part beginner series and I have to say that I have learned more today than I have in the past 8 years of attempting to learn guitar with books. This is definately the option for me and people like me who learn by being taught and not books. I will definately be getting this, A+ from me! Thanks nate
..thank you i learned so fast..:)
thxxx a lot…
Thanks Nate, I will surely buy your system. Watching your videos I am sure that you are a great teacher.
By the I am from Houston, went to SJC North, and U of H.
Thanks!
your lessons are AMAZING! and i CAN believe there free. double whammy! free and awesome! haha
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u r totally amazing. i’m going to write a song to that. i got a guitar 4 christmas and all the guitar lesson websites that i went 2 were dumb. and them i foung ur site. it’s amazing.
nate i practised all the chords nd i’m getting better on it, but my guitar doesn’t sound as nice as ur one….. wat shud i do?
you have to tune it
. use an electric tuner from an iphone/smartphone app if you can. also the type of guitar can also sound different 
Hiii i am from India(Bangalore), well i have gone through urs beginners lessons its really fantastic, i understood everything that u have said and the most interesting fact is the way u explained it. u are really good teacher:) thank you sir and have a many more success in future
hey they said it all! absolutely nothing left to say… this site is awesomastic!
Cool lessons but I thought we were learning “knocking on heaven’s door” at the end. Am I missing something? I’ve looked all around on here. I know this was free so far, but I feel a little cheated. I was really looking forward to learning a song
These 4 chords were probably the song, I failed to recognise that tho.
Hi, thanks a lot, it´s a great job this site.
Is it possible make a lesson about sixteen notes
(counting, strumming, etc)?
Thx
Does your dvds have any lessons on reading music?
man, i loved this stuff
thanks a lot
Abdulljj
Hi, I have a question: do you hit all strings while strumming? Or just the one meant for the chords?
Thanks in advance!
Do you have dvd/cd for all learning session so that I can buy and learn nicely.Please reply if Dvd/cd are available what is the price and how to order them.
Sunil
Is there anything different for electric guitar. I am into rock on electric guitar so is there anything different than what you are playing on acoustic than on electric
Your strumming is so simple to understand for any body. I like your explaining step by step and its really really very simple and nice.
Parvej from mumbai India.
Just want to say thanx learnt more in one night with yourself than the preveois 6 months i have been learning all i learnt up to finding this site was caged and f minor THANKYOU.
Hey Nate,
Thank u so much for these wonderful lessons.
I have a slight problem while transitioning to D major chord. My first two fingers come first on the strings and the third one after them. This makes me go kinda off beat (although quite slightly) and also one can notice a break in the strumming. Any suggestions.?
hi im just learning guitar myself and im haveing the same problems with my transition did you get any tips of anybody that help. plz share
im an absolute beginer and so im finding it hard not to lay my fingers over the other strings whilst trying out the cords you showed us is there any finger exercises i can do to help make my fingers adgile and responsive.
Hey, It takes quite a lot of practice and patience to make your fingers fall on the right strings while making progressions, as more and more practice lets your fretting hand/fingers remember well and make correct postures subsequently. Patience is a virtue, but here, with practice too.
Are your guitar lesson dvds for sale in Ireland?
wow!!!!!!u r awesome
i really find these lesson very, and i mean very helpful, its even better than Rocksmith
On the up stroke do you play all the notes,
I have a question about the strumming pattern. On the A7 chord and the C cord you arent supposed to play the highest string, but whenever I come up on the &-a of the stumming pattern, I accidentally hit it and it sounds really bad. How do you avoid that and still make it sound natural? Thanks!
Hi Nate,
I have finished the beginner quick start series.
I don’t know how i should proceed further.
Should I learn guitar chords first or guitar scales or guitar theory.
Please help because I always try to find logic for memorizing the things.
Thanks & regards
NATE
PLEASE NUMBER THE BEGINNER VIDEOS!!!
I have no idea what video what to do next. Please email if you do fix this or tell me what order you recommend on watching them.
Thank You,
Zachary
Agree – it would be helpful if it were clear what to do next after completing the quick-start series.
yay i learned how to play it all thanks to you.you are the best nate savage
Hey Nate,
Got any tips on switching from chord to chord? I’m having a hard time with that particular skill. Is it just something I have to keep working at, or is there something I can do?
Great Learning, I never thought of the way I have started learning. Amazing stuff.