Where to Find Strumming Patterns for Gospel Songs
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12-09-2013 #1
Junior Member
How to find a strumming pattern?
I'm taking what appears to be a slow approach to learning rhythm guitar. After "mastering" Knocking on Heaven's Door at 58% on RR, the song jumped into strumming patterns. After I failed that part, the game laughingly suggested that I hit Guitarcade and play the space chord game. I didn't understand how power-chords without any strumming pattern would help me with the song, but tried it. Of course, it didn't help in the slightest.
I went back to lessons and, after skipping all the chord lessons that deal with power chords, I found a nice one that starts to teach patterns. Unfortunately, all it really does is talk about them and then go into a song. The graphics do not really give a good way to see what the pattern is and also does not give a good way to know when the beat is up or down. In the end, I had to run Riff Repeater at 80% and keep watching the first riff for about five minutes to get the pattern, and they pay it a dozen times to learn that I was wrong about the pattern. In the middle of the song, an A chord comes up with a different pattern that I haven't figured out yet. Since the chord on beat "one" covers up the next strum, it's hard to tell when playing if the next one is "and" or "two".
Does anyone know a way for the game to show what the strumming pattern is, or how to easily tell what beat things are on? I'm doing my best at keeping my hand going, but when I play a chord on 1 and the next is either on 3 or 3.5, it's hard to tell when to hit (and if I hit early, the game says I'm right, so I don't get the immediate feedback I need).
Thank you.
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12-09-2013 #2
Member
There isn't much feedback or help on strumming patterns in RS, I agree. As you point out, the timing registration seems to be off for chords. Some of the chord detection is whacky as well (e.g. D/F# just doesn't register in some cases for me). I really think rhythm is a weakness for this game compared to lead, and I wouldn't want to rely on this game to teach me rhythm guitar.
I'd suggest turning the game audio down a bit in the mixer so you can listen to what you're playing. Does it sound right compared to the original? Also, practice with an acoustic guitar and perhaps some YouTube videos outside of the game might be helpful - it will give you a feel for when down and upstrokes are right.
I also never practice anything below 100% as I'd rather just reduce the speed to as slow as I need. I can't see how adding notes / chords which may require completely different fingering or strumming patterns is going to help you learn, but YMMV.
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12-10-2013 #3
Member
Like Crypto said the game is a bit weak when it comes teaching rhythm. It sounds like you already know the basics, i.e. keep the hand moving. All I can suggest is to slow the song down even more and try to listen to the record. It's no shame to slow it down to ridiculous levels.
I think you should forget trying to memorize all the patterns for each sections because it seems like it's different every time (the guitarist is spicing it up by adding or omitting a stroke here and there however he feels like). Instead try to get the "groove" of the song (sorry for vagueness). There's a certain emphasis for certain upstrokes there. I think once you get the "groove" it becomes easier to read the highway because when you see a gap you'll know exactly which stroke should be omitted because it makes the most sense in the pattern. Just slow it down and keep your hand moving at a steady pace because that pace will not vary during that song.
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12-10-2013 #4
Senior Member
On the contrary, you're better off placing your guitar sound lower in the mix. Why? Because it's essential to LISTEN to what the guitar in the song is doing. Half the battle in learning a strum pattern is right there. Listening. Especially on Knocking on Heaven's Door, which is one of the most iconic chord progressions in the history of rock. Seriously.
And don't be afraid to slow down the Riff Repeater even more -- take a section all the way down to 20% for a couple of rounds (it does'n't really get slower than that). Playing slowly is the quickest way toward playing fast. Really.
You can also pause the game -- even though this doesn't work all that well -- to examine the strum pattern. Remember that the sound is based on 4/4 timing. The rhythm display based on that. Practice the pattern offline for a few moments before retarting the song. Play as slowly as you need to in order to get it 'right.'
I also feel that on the Rhythm path (which is what I'm doing too right now) it's actually easier to raise the mastery to the point where it's showing you the full chords in the pattern. On songs with only chords in the Rhythm part, I always work at 100% and slow things down.
I agree that the Guitarcade Games are useless for learning chords -- or any technique for that matter. The lessons, on the other hand, are often quite helpful.
This is not to deny that Rocksmith just doesn't handle rhythm guitar all that well -- it's very sensitive about insisting that you always hit every string in a chord display. But a big part of playing music is listening to what the other musicians are doing.
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12-10-2013 #5
Junior Member
Pausing doesn't help a whole lot for me, since the notes are coming back to front as opposed to left to right. Hard to tell the spacing in a false 3D environment.Originally Posted by mrvega79 Go to original post
You can also pause the game -- even though this doesn't work all that well -- to examine the strum pattern. Remember that the sound is based on 4/4 timing. The rhythm display based on that. Practice the pattern offline for a few moments before retarting the song. Play as slowly as you need to in order to get it 'right.'
It seems to me that keeping things at 100% speed to get the up and down motion right would be the quickest way to master it. But everyone here with more experience says otherwise, and I will heed the advice.
Thank you, all.
Where to Find Strumming Patterns for Gospel Songs
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