The Killer Strumming Pattern Which Will Make You Sound Like A Pro!
I promise you're going to have a lot of fun with this lesson. I'm going to teach you a way of strumming chords which will make you sound like you've been playing for years. Look....I know that sounds like a bizarre claim for me to make but it's true, I've been teaching guitar
for over 7 years and I can tell you for a fact, if you learn this technique called a 'chop', it will make the difference between you sounding like a "beginner guitarist" or sounding like a "guitarist".
It's sort of like sport...any of you who play golf or baseball or football will know that it only takes a tiny shift in hand position or foot position or body posture to cause a radical difference in the accuracy of your shot, and it's the same with this strumming technique called the 'chop'.
So..the link at the bottom of this email will take you to your mini-video-guitar-lesson where I will teach you how to do the chop, but before you go and watch that, let me tell you a little story about how I became aware of it.
I was on holiday with my friends many years ago, we went to a beach party in the middle of the night where there was a bon-fire and dozens of people sat round watching a guy playing acoustic guitar. He was a surfer type; in fact, I'd seen him playing at a local bar a few nights earlier (and probably being paid for it). We joined the circle, and listened to him play. He was strumming and singing away, and he had everybody spell-bound. He was playing popular songs which his little audience were loving and every time he finished one song, every body went crazy, clapping and cheering him to play another., and calling out request like "play brown eyed girl again"_ or, "play stand by me" or "play Californication"_. He was certainly getting a lot of attention from all the cute girls who were huddled closely by his side and watching every move he made. As I watched, I was impressed with the amount of energy and enthusiasm he put into his playing, the same energy and enthusiasm that was drawing people towards him like a magnet.
Here's where the story gets interesting...and here's where I learned a big lesson from this guy...and here's where you're going to learn a big lesson from me now.... are you ready,? Here's the thing....He wasn't a very good guitarist! In fact, I only saw him play about five chords the whole time I was sat there! But what he did have was some killer strumming patterns. That is what made him sound like such a class act, that is what made him sound like a one-man-band, that is where the energy came from, and that is what I want to show you how to do!
Would you like to learn these strumming patterns? Would you like to be able to entertain strangers at a beach party? Would you like to be paid to play? Would you like to get lots of attention from cute girls/guys?............Ok Good.
(if you have been playing for some time already, you may have developed a natural instinct for more complex strumming patterns. If so, I suggest you watch the mini-video anyway, then click the link below and go to the archive where you will find "full-length-video-guitar-lessons", more advanced techniques and songs which use different strumming patterns such as "long train running - doobie brothers", "can't stop - red hot chilli peppers". Remember , this 12-part eCourse is mainly aimed at beginner guitarists so some of it may seem obviouse to you. However, stick with me, because each segment I send you will focuss on different techniques, such as strumming, Punk rock, lead solos, bar chords, improvising, funk-rythms, rock'n'roll, etc. so there's plenty here for you to enjoy, and if you have friends who are learning guitar, send them this link www.vguitarlessons.com/course because I'm sure they will benefit from this eCourse also. )
So....
to BROWSE THE ARCHIVE where you will find over 100 of the most popular guitar songs as full-length-video-guitar-lessons , you'll find everything from "Rage Against the Machine" to"Bob Dylan", click www.vGuitarLessons.com/archive
And to Watch Your MINI-VIDEO-GUITAR-LESSON "strumming patterns for chords" (I suggest you do watch it!) click the download link above or below.
Until next time, keep practising, and enjoy playing guitar no matter what standard you are at. I'll see you in a few days with the next segment of your eCourse where we will learn, , , , blues scale, hammer-ons and pull-offs.
Ben Lowrey