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Old November 23rd, 2007
Berck Berck is offline
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Hi,

I chance upon this youtube video by 'wayslinn' and the song is 'complicated' by avril lavigne.

I have been learning 16 notes strumming pattern with 4 beats to a measure ie :-

D duD du uduDudu

kind of patterns but the sound is quite predictable, so I have been wondering how to vary the strum patterns and still stay within the 4 beats per measure rule?

Can you understand what I'm getting at??? Is it alright to play an upstroke on the even count of the pattern, that kind of thing?

Could you explain more about following the drums. I know that the 2 and 4 beats are snare drum so it is a downstroke?

What other drum beats are there and how to simulate these beats on the guitar? Thanks in advance!!

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