[steve/f]

Hi everyone,just bought an acoustic guitar guitar chord songbook ,and was wondering do i strum every word in the same chord untill the chord changes.

Example.
D e7
Love me tender, love me sweet

Sorry for not be clearer.

[Rockerbob]

An easy way to start would be to have 2 or 4 strums per measure, not matter what the words do in the measure. Hopefully, the songbook has the measures blocked out.

[steve/f]

Cheers Bob, i don't think the songbook has the measures blocked out.

in the song days by ray davies it has
D A7
Thank you for the days

Do i play the d on every word till i reach A7,or do i play d once and just strum,
Thanks.

[tcliff]

Have a look at this, and I think it will be a little clearer. I'm not sure what your book is trying to tell you.

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/ww...me_tender2.crd

[tcliff]

I apologize. I misread your earlier post. I would try just a slow steady down - up strumming with these songs. It isn't necessary to strum on every word. Experiment, though, to find what sounds best to you.

[steve/f]

I know it sounds stupid do i play the d on me and tender , as well as love ,if that makes sense.

[tcliff]

For Love Me Tender....change at the word love. It's not always that clear with chord tab however. Most times you have to have a listen closely to the song to figure it out. Try singing along, (if you're like me, solitude is necessary for this ), that should help.

[nagukush]

Originally Posted by tcliff

Try singing along, (if you're like me, solitude is necessary for this ), that should help.

LOL Same here

[matteo]

Hi mate

unless your songbook gives you the measures's staff it is impossible to say when to change chord if you do not listen to the song...in most cases every line of verse is equal to two measures of music, so with only two chords over the line each chord is probably held for one measure, while if the chords were four they should be held for half-measure each, but it is not always true (sometimes there are measures where chord change each beat..). It is only listening to the song that you could determine the exact lenght of each chord. To do so, get a recording of the songs and count the beats (you should recognize'em if you listen to the drums): if you do it correctly you should determine how many beats each chord is held (if it is one measure you should count one to four for each chord). Then you could choose a suitable strummin pattern

Matteo

[USGold]

I hope this doesn't violate the community rules-but I found this link and if your like me you could use all the help with strumming you can find-so here goes-lets see if clancy lets me do this.

http://freeguitarvideos.com/Rhythm/R_01.html

[toryst]

That is an extremely useful sight!! I have it bookmarked because this guy has
taught me a lot. Peter Vogl (to me he is like the Mr. Rogers of guitar )
is a very talented musician and his instruction is easy to follow. Plus his
lessons are free (I think you can buy a companion book and CD) and everyone
knows that free is better than cheap!!!!

[steve/f]

Thanks everyone.

Cheers.