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Hi @MikeGaurnier now I got to the “G” and a list came up but you wasn’t in it until I hit the “u” so sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
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Right for this post that you’ve written, I watched this yesterday and combined with one tip that he gives on another video and another tip from somewhere else and a 3rd tip from somewhere else, my strumming to Wonderwall which I’m presently learning has come on leaps and bounds.
Justins tip was slow down using a metronome, then slow down, then slow down UNTIL you’re strumming at a speed at you can do ok to ALL of the chords. So pick the chord that is your weakest at strumming and strum it as slow as need be until it sounds good and if that’s as low as 40 bpm, then play all the chords at 40 bpm.
Once that sounds good and your happy, adjust out in small increments of maybe 5bpm until you’re happy and gradually raise it up.
The 2nd tip I got from somewhere which even after 14 years, i’ve never thought of. What pick do you use. I’ve been using a 0.79 all that time whilst getting nowhere and never thought of the pick size (thickness), I just thought it was my slow inaccurate learning. I’ve now changed to a 0.38 yesterday just to follow on from the first tip above (slow everything down and that includes pick size) and straight away on my first couple of strums, I was absolutely blown away, my strumming completely changed and it was kind of over whelming. After all these years, i can actually strum if I slow my bpm’s down to a really slow acceptable level and use a mush thinner and flexible pick.
The 3rd tip was what strings are you using. For 14 years I’ve always just stuck to using medium strings by d’addario because the various types totally confused me and I had absolutely no idea which ones I should be using. Now I find out that I should try lights or custom lights, not only because they’re easier on our fingers if we’re not use to strumming, but obviously thinking about it now, guess what, yep they flex easier which means that combined with having a thinner pick, strumming will be so much easier.
<font face=”inherit”>I mean if your a rock star giving it </font>large<font face=”inherit”> on tours for two hours a night bashing the crap out of your guitar, then yer of course you firstly need </font>thicker<font face=”inherit”> strings, secondly a </font>thicker<font face=”inherit”> pick which is why they make them and thirdly, you would obviously be use to that sort of punishment. </font>
<font face=”inherit”>So I hope these tips help you out as well as everyone else that sees this thread. I’ve now tried using a 0.60 pick and its going surprisingly well. One last thing, a thicker pick </font>amplyfies the sound more and as you hold the pick tighter and tighter, it amplifies it even more… the cheapest amplifier you’ll ever come across and once you find the size that you like, buy 10 of them<font face=”inherit”> because 9 will end up in the sound hole 🤣</font>
<font face=”inherit”>Lastly I emailed Larrivee to ask what strings they ship they’re guitars with and the ones on this new guitar are really lovely and easy to pick, finger strum and pick strum and I want the same when I change them. They replied with </font>d’daddario light phosphor bronze and this is when i got the light bulb moment of why its easier to strum now after all this time, because I’ve been using mediums which are harder to flex, meaning its been harder for me to strum until now