Chords for Basic 3/4 Strum Patterns

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Hi, Dave Jones here again.
We're going to look at a little lesson today on strumming in 3-4 time now
3-4 time means three beats in a bar
It's a lot less common particularly lots of rock pop blues
It's a lot less common than 4-4
But still useful to be able to strum in various time signatures and I'll do a few more lessons on different time signatures
In the near future, but strumming in 3-4.
There are some songs that spring to mind in 3-4
Muller Kintyre, Paul McCartney
Peter Stastig, Where Do You Go To My Lovely
Perhaps a little bit
Folky but even if you like kind of Nirvana and stuff like that
Nirvana's done a cover on their acoustic album of a Lead Belly song called I think Where Did You Sleep Last Night
That's in 3-4 as well.
So it is a useful strumming technique to have
So as usual, there's a PDF up on this on the website.
This is sort of basic 3-4.
I'll put a more advanced one up soon and
What you need to do to get to grips with it is work through several little patterns on the on the website
Starting very very easy and then gradually getting more difficult
So there's four patterns up in the PDF and then there's sort of a mix of them because it's kind of nice to be able to mix
The patterns towards the end.
So what I'll do is I'll take you through them one at a time
Okay, so the first pattern when you count in 3-4 you're counting three beats in a bar
If you're tapping your foot you're going 1, 2, 3
And when you're learning a new strumming pattern or a new strumming technique if obviously because if you're watching this lesson you're
Probably a relative beginner
3-4 actually whilst I mention it is it comes in a grade 2 in the RTT electric guitar exam syllabus
So if you're doing that you this would be a good video for you to watch
So the first pattern is literally 1, 2, 3
And you make the the first beat slightly heavier
And as always I've got some other lessons up on strumming.
I always advise you you mute the guitar just touch the strings
Don't worry about two hands at once if you're learning a new strumming pattern get this hand your strumming hand 1, 2, 3
Until you feel totally comfortable with it then put some chords [C] with it any chord
You know it doesn't really matter what chords they are to practice changing so C to A minor nice easy [Am] change one finger moving there so
[C]
Etc
[N] The next pattern because just like in 4-4 you've got 1, 2, 3
You can subdivide that with an and beat 1 and 2 and 3 so
The next pattern I've got is just giving one upstroke in there.
It goes 1, [F] 2 and 3
Little bit more interesting a bit more movement with the with the upstroke in there so again practice your pattern
So you've got it then apply [C] it to some chords
[Am]
[C] Etc and then pattern [N] 3 that I've got there is a bit more of an and beat there goes 1 and 2 and 3
So get your pattern
[F] [C] And apply your chords
[Am]
[C]
And hopefully you should be [F] you should be getting the idea now
pattern 4 is
1, 2 and 3 and
Slightly more difficult if you're changing chords there because you've got an upstroke on
The half beat before the new bar starts so it gives you slightly less time to change chords if you're new to the pattern
Don't do an upstroke on the beat after 3 because that way you get whole beats change chords so that pattern is
And again apply the chords
[Am]
[N] And play you know whatever chords you want
I'm just using these chords as an example and the last thing that I've done on there is
Because sometimes once you've mastered these patterns, I'm going through this quickly
You need to if you're a beginner you need to master each one before moving on to the next
but the last
The last pattern I've got on there is a mixture of all the patterns that you would have learned if you're following the PDF
Which has got 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3
So it's the idea of mixing up all the patterns you've learned so it becomes a bit of a natural thing for you to strum in 3, 4
And once you've once you've got that you can apply it to the chords obviously you can make up your own patterns
You can put and beats in different places
I
Wouldn't put any off beats in until you've mastered these patterns
And I'll do a 3, 4 on off beats as well because it can be quite interesting
If you're if you want to sort of start on off beats
That's a useful place to start will be I've got PDF up and a video up on golden brown
Which is it's not always in 3, 4 so it's not for the novice, but it changes to 4, 4 in places
But I hope you found that useful it's very useful to be able to strum in different time signatures
like I say there's not as many songs in 3, 4, but
It's a good idea for you to be able to strum in it
And there's a lot of countries on the 3, 4 actually if you're into country ballads.
There's quite a few of those in 3, 4 and
If you're doing like say if you're doing an RGT [Eb] exam especially grade 2 the patterns that are here will get you through
In your 3, 4 if you get 3, 4 section for your rhythm playing so I hope you found that useful
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F
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Eb
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C
3211
Am
2311
F
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Eb
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Hi, Dave Jones here again.
We're going to look at a little lesson today on strumming in 3-4 time now
3-4 time means three beats in a bar
_ _ It's a lot less common particularly lots of rock pop blues
It's a lot less common than 4-4
But still useful to be able to strum in various time signatures and I'll do a few more lessons on different time signatures
In the near future, but strumming in 3-4.
There are some songs that spring to mind in 3-4
_ Muller Kintyre, Paul McCartney
_ Peter Stastig, Where Do You Go To My Lovely
Perhaps a little bit
Folky but even if you like kind of Nirvana and stuff like that
Nirvana's done a cover on their acoustic album of a Lead Belly song called I think Where Did You Sleep Last Night
That's in 3-4 as well.
So it is a useful strumming technique to have
So as usual, there's a PDF up on this on the website.
This is sort of basic 3-4.
I'll put a more advanced one up soon and
What you need to do to get to grips with it is work through several little patterns on the on the website
Starting very very easy and then gradually getting more difficult
So there's four patterns up in the PDF and then there's sort of a mix of them because it's kind of nice to be able to mix
The patterns towards the end.
So what I'll do is I'll take you through them one at a time
Okay, so the first pattern when you count in 3-4 you're counting three beats in a bar
If you're tapping your foot you're going 1, 2, 3
And _ when you're learning a new strumming pattern or a new strumming technique if obviously because if you're watching this lesson you're
Probably a relative beginner
_ _ 3-4 actually whilst I mention it is it comes in a grade 2 in the RTT electric guitar exam syllabus
So if you're doing that you this would be a good video for you to watch
So the first pattern is literally 1, 2, 3 _ _
And you make the the first beat slightly heavier
And _ _ _ _ _ _ as always I've got some other lessons up on strumming.
I always advise you you mute the guitar just touch the strings
Don't worry about two hands at once if you're learning a new strumming pattern get this hand your strumming hand 1, 2, 3 _ _ _
_ Until you feel totally comfortable with it then put some chords [C] with it any chord
You know it doesn't really matter what chords they are to practice changing so C to A minor nice easy [Am] change one finger moving there so _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ Etc
[N] The next pattern because just like in 4-4 you've got 1, 2, 3
You can subdivide that with an and beat 1 and 2 and 3 so
The next pattern I've got is just giving one upstroke in there.
It goes 1, [F] 2 and 3 _ _ _
_ _ Little bit more interesting a bit more movement with the with the upstroke in there so again practice your pattern _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So you've got it then apply [C] it to some chords
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Etc and then pattern [N] 3 that I've got there is a bit more of an and beat there goes 1 and 2 and 3 _ _ _
_ _ _ So get your pattern _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] And apply your chords
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
And hopefully you should be [F] you should be getting the idea now
pattern 4 is
1, 2 and 3 and
Slightly more difficult if you're changing chords there because you've got an upstroke on
The half beat before the new bar starts so it gives you slightly less time to change chords if you're new to the pattern
Don't do an upstroke on the beat after 3 because that way you get whole beats change chords so that pattern is _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And again apply the chords _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [N] And play you know whatever chords you want
I'm just using these chords as an example and the last thing that I've done on there is
Because sometimes once you've mastered these patterns, I'm going through this quickly
You need to if you're a beginner you need to master each one before moving on to the next
_ but the last
The last pattern I've got on there is a mixture of all the patterns that you would have learned if you're following the PDF
Which has got 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3
So it's the idea of mixing up all the patterns you've learned so it becomes a bit of a natural thing for you to strum in 3, 4
And once you've once you've got that you can apply it to the chords obviously you can make up your own patterns
You can put and beats in different places
_ _ I
Wouldn't put any off beats in until you've mastered these patterns
And I'll do a 3, 4 on off beats as well because it can be quite interesting
_ If you're if you want to sort of start on off beats
_ That's a useful place to start will be I've got PDF up and a video up on golden brown
Which is it's not always in 3, 4 so it's not for the novice, but it changes to 4, 4 in places
But I hope you found that useful it's very useful to be able to strum in different time signatures
like I say there's not as many songs in 3, 4, but
It's a good idea for you to be able to strum in it
And there's a lot of countries on the 3, 4 actually if you're into country ballads.
There's quite a few of those in 3, 4 and
_ _ If you're doing like say if you're doing an RGT [Eb] exam especially grade 2 the patterns that are here will get you through
In your 3, 4 if you get 3, 4 section for your rhythm playing so I hope you found that useful

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