Reply To: Strumming mechanics

[That_Guy]

The number one thing that I needed to learn that no one ever mentions is how lightly you need to hit the strings. When they say “brush the strings” it’s literally like how hard a paintbrush would go across the strings.

If your cords are buzzing it’s not necessarily your fretting hand it could be that you’re just smashing the strings too hard. The lighter you strum the less pressure is required to hold the strings down without buzzing.

Strumming sounds best when you’re just barely catching the strings with the tip of the pick playing with the minimal amount of impact force on the string possible possible. This leaves room to go up in volume instead of already being at max volume the entire song

As Beavis and Butthead once explained every song has to have a part that sucks so that you have contrast to let you know when it’s the part that rocks

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by  That_Guy.