Chords for Beginner Strumming Patterns For Acoustic Guitar Pattern 1 - Beginner Guitar Lessons

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Marty Schwartz here again with Marty Music.
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And what I'm gonna give you guys today,
it's a Friday is when this is being released
so I always do some kind of technique lesson on Friday.
So what we're gonna do now is we're gonna do
the five most common and easy beginner strumming patterns
for you guys that are starting off.
Break it down nice, it'll give us a nice feeling of rhythm.
And sometimes, especially when you're a beginner,
sometimes you wanna focus, you know,
cause we got both hands going when we play the guitar.
Sometimes you're a little preoccupied with the shapes
and because of that, your rhythm's not good.
So what we wanna do now is just focus on our strumming hand
and you're gonna strum right along with me.
So here's the first pattern.
And I'm gonna leave a link at the end of this video
for my Easy Acoustic Songs playlist.
They're just free YouTube videos.
I'm gonna leave a link for that at the end of this video
so you can check out different songs.
So here's pattern number one.
Goes like this.
Down, down, down, up, down, up.
Down, [Cm] down, down, [N] up, down, up.
Down, down, down, up, down, up.
Down, down, down, up, down, up.
Do it with me. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Speed it up a little bit. _
_ _ _ _ Down, down, down, up, down, up.
[F] Down, down, down, up, down, up.
Down, down, down, up, down, up.
Down, down, down, up, down, up.
Down, down, down, up, down, up.
Down, down, down, up, down, up.
Down, down, [N] down, up, down, up.
Keep doing it with me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ So hopefully you're starting to get into the rhythm right with me.
So practice that even if it's five minutes a day, you'll be looking good, I promise.
Now what we want to do is we want to just take two of the most common beginner chords and use that pattern now.
But we're really focused on feeling the rhythm and having the rhythm become more and more natural.
So we really want to focus on this thing, not this thing.
So I'm going to take an E minor chord and _ _ _ then an A major [A] chord.
And _ _ [Em] we're going to do two patterns for each chord.
So for the E minor would be down, down, down, up, down, up, down, down, down, up, down, up.
And then the same thing for the A [E] chord, [A] switch it.
Down, down, down, up, down, up, down, down, down, up, down, up.
And then back.
So [Em] try and play along with me and if you start to lose your rhythm with me, forget about the chords and just go right back to your right hand strumming.
And that's what we're focusing on is getting our natural feel of rhythm going and this can get in the way.
So let's put it together.
So remember, E minor for two patterns and then A for two patterns.
Here we go.
One, two, here we go.
Down, down, down, up, down, down, down, down, up, down, [A] up, switch.
Down, down, up, down, up, down, down, down, up, [Em] down, up, E minor.
_ Try and play with me.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [G] I don't know what I'm doing.
Anyway, that's just a good little start for you guys.
Be sure to check Marty Music because I have four other really common strumming patterns that are right for the beginner.
Right at the end here, I'm about to finish, but right at the end you'll see a little end plate and there'll be a link.
Click right in the center of that video and it'll take you to the EZ Acoustic Songs playlist.
But also look, I released four other strum patterns at the same time as this video.
So check those out as well and also it's great to share these videos with other beginners.
These are great stepping stones to get more fluent as a beginner.
It's really about that rhythm and the rhythm feeling natural.
So thanks again for subscribing right here to Marty Music.
Tons of brand new videos coming your way.
And thanks again.
We'll see you in the next strumming pattern. _
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[F] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _