Strumming

[47Taskmaster84]

Does anyone have any tips when strumming? I have trouble struming only certain strings. Like in Nirvana's smells like teen spirit at one part you only strum strings A, D, G. But I keep hitting Low E too. Also at another part I am only supposed to strum E, A, D, but i keep hitting G too.

 

[marnold]

That's not unusual. Work on muting techniques. If you've got those strings muted, they won't sound. If you hear anything it will be a percussive sound that will sound cool anyway.

 

[Commodore 64]

It just comes with practice. Lot's of practice. I struggle with those issues as well. Just keep practicing, you will develop better picking accuracy. You recognize it is an issue, but don't fixate on it. Just play, play, play.

 

[47Taskmaster84]

Thx.:thumbsup

 

[markb]

It just comes with practice. Lot's of practice. I struggle with those issues as well. Just keep practicing, you will develop better picking accuracy. You recognize it is an issue, but don't fixate on it. Just play, play, play.

Yup! "There is no royal road to learning" as some Greek said.

 

[omegadot]

You can wrap your thumb around, deaden it with your middle finger or try nudging it with your index. I do a mix of 1 and 3 depending on what my hands do. It alllllllllllll takes time though.

 

[47Taskmaster84]

Thx.
Markb, u talking about Euclid because he said " There is no royal road to geometry"

 

[R_of_G]

I find my strumming to be more precise when I play without a pick. It's much simpler and more efficient when it comes to just hitting specific strings. As Hubert Sumlin said, "I don’t need a pick because I got five fingers. How can one pick compete?" He seemed to know what he was doing so I try to make it work for me.

 

[Plymman]

I find my strumming to be more precise when I play without a pick. It's much simpler and more efficient when it comes to just hitting specific strings. As Hubert Sumlin said, "I don’t need a pick because I got five fingers. How can one pick compete?" He seemed to know what he was doing so I try to make it work for me.

I come from a bass playing background where I only used my fingers. Since taking up the guitar I also find I strum much better without a pick, I'm much more accurate and rhythmic using my index finger curled as if I'm holding a pick. Lead lines are a nightmare with a finger though! I can't place why but as soon as I use a pick to strum my accuracy goes out the window.

 

[R_of_G]

I come from a bass playing background where I only used my fingers. Since taking up the guitar I also find I strum much better without a pick, I'm much more accurate and rhythmic using my index finger curled as if I'm holding a pick. Lead lines are a nightmare with a finger though! I can't place why but as soon as I use a pick to strum my accuracy goes out the window.

Yeah, I mostly still use a pick if I'm playing primarily lead, but when it's rhythm or a combo I mostly stick to my fingers. Ironically, when I play bass, I think I play more smoothly with a pick then I do without one. It's odd, but it's true.

 

[Plymman]

I'm sure I would probably still play bass better with a pick but I just don't get on with the sound. I love my bass to have that woody thump that I just can't seem to get with a pick.

I keep thinking I need to learn how to play guitar with a pick but I feel a bit better about it now I know I'm not the only one that finger strums.

 

[R_of_G]

I'm sure I would probably still play bass better with a pick but I just don't get on with the sound. I love my bass to have that woody thump that I just can't seem to get with a pick.

I'd much prefer to be able to play bass without a pick. The sound is ok for rock stuff, but when I play bass it's mostly because I want to play funk and the tone with a pick is lacking that oomph that I want on the One.

 

[Tig]

I find my strumming to be more precise when I play without a pick. It's much simpler and more efficient when it comes to just hitting specific strings. As Hubert Sumlin said, "I don’t need a pick because I got five fingers. How can one pick compete?" He seemed to know what he was doing so I try to make it work for me.

My picking evolution has come a long way. I rarely use a pick now, enjoying finger style and my own unorthodox finger picking.

 

[47Taskmaster84]

Thx for the replies, I have been practicing and it has been getting easier to just pluck certain strings.











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[R_of_G]

My picking evolution has come a long way. I rarely use a pick now, enjoying finger style and my own unorthodox finger picking.

I'm still brutally bad at any kind of established finger-picking style, but I've begun to develop my own thing which is slowly but surely becoming more comfortable and producing pleasant tone results.

 

[Tig]

Here's a useful picking lesson from Pebber Brown