Oh man, I find that last bit frustrating.
I really like the way my guitar teacher strums. He's a professional, very musical, etc. He does all of those subtle things you are talking about, for instance only hitting 3 strings with a strum, all this stuff:
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Besides which, there are little nuances like only hitting certain strings on a strum in either direction, muting either the up or down strum
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It's really nuanced and has so much feel to it the way he does it, you just
have to groove along. I love it. I reckon my strumming is in time, but a bit stiff by comparison. I keep asking him to teach me how he strums. Last time we were doing "Oh Sherrie." I asked him how he captured the feel of it so well. He told
me to play it and said exactly this: "
I guess there's more than one way to play it."
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It's even quite possible that you and I would strum it differently, as there's more than one way to play any song.
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He'll give me tips like "play a strong back-beat" or "listen to the drums." But from what you say, maybe he
really does think my strumming is fine, and I just like the way he does it better. And yeah that level of subtlety comes with experience, so maybe the more I play the more nuanced my strumming will become.
I feel better. Thanks!
