strumming

SPOTLIGHT5584 · Post by **SPOTLIGHT5584** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:23 pm

ok so Does Dave strum every song even when its one note? I hear sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't....When he does strum hitting one note how does he mute the other strings or does he even do that?

Grachi · Post by **Grachi** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:57 pm

no he doesn't strum everything.

There are certain chords where he is only hitting two or three notes, and in that case he is muting, but individual notes he doesn't.

SPOTLIGHT5584 · Post by **SPOTLIGHT5584** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:41 pm

thanks its so annoying sometimes...Im not good at tuneing out other instruments to hear just what he is doing....it is much easier to hear him when its only dave and tim but its still hard to say sometimes. I have only been playing about 10 months now. My pinky finally moves more on its own and my strumming is hell of a lot better than it was 10 months ago but I am not where I want to be yet heh but I guess no one is really.

paulaitchison · Post by **paulaitchison** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:50 pm

a more accurate question will probally yeild more accurate answers,

give examples,

SPOTLIGHT5584 · Post by **SPOTLIGHT5584** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:55 pm

example - LIOG Verse each single note is not strummed but he moves his hand like its strummed so sometimes I think hes muteing but it is all confusing. I can play the song fine its just the question of whether he does it muting or just picking each note and it just makes me crazy because of how me moves his hand to look like he strums.

onid41 · Post by **onid41** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:11 pm

dave's strumming hand is like a butterfly

paulaitchison · Post by **paulaitchison** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:51 pm

onid41 wrote:dave's strumming hand is like a butterfly

something about that sounded gay, i dont know what.

onid41 · Post by **onid41** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:30 pm

paulaitchison wrote:
onid41 wrote:dave's strumming hand is like a butterfly
something about that sounded gay, i dont know what.

just being silly

matts420music · Post by **matts420music** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:31 pm

in L@L it almost sounds like dave or tim is strumming typical situation when the verse kicks in, does anyone know if or what they are strumming

DrumsFoDaSoul · Post by **DrumsFoDaSoul** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:15 pm

onid41 wrote:dave's strumming hand is like a butterfly

A caterpillars dream to fly?

Grachi · Post by **Grachi** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:33 pm

So bust out of this old cocoon

Hydro120 · Post by **Hydro120** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:17 pm

SPOTLIGHT5584 wrote:example - LIOG Verse each single note is not strummed but he moves his hand like its strummed so sometimes I think hes muteing but it is all confusing. I can play the song fine its just the question of whether he does it muting or just picking each note and it just makes me crazy because of how me moves his hand to look like he strums.

All strumming.

If you count the song in 4/4, the downstrums are on the eightnotes. You have to mute the rest of the strings.

SPOTLIGHT5584 · Post by **SPOTLIGHT5584** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:45 pm

ok so how do u strum one note...do u mute with ur left hand or right hand?

Machtimus · Post by **Machtimus** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:40 am

SPOTLIGHT5584 wrote:ok so how do u strum one note...do u mute with ur left hand or right hand?

Generally your left hand.

Hydro120 · Post by **Hydro120** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:27 pm

SPOTLIGHT5584 wrote:ok so how do u strum one note...do u mute with ur left hand or right hand?

Get good at, when you strum (for example) an open A major chord, you don't hit the low E. What you are practicing by doing this is going through the motion of a full strum but not hitting all the strings.

Then, what you have to do for LIOG, is mute the strings below the one you are playing the note on, using the finger you are using to play the note with. Your fingertip hits the fretboard, and the rest of your finger is slightly off the fret board, muting the strings.

I hope that isn't confusing.