05-30-2014, 08:48 PM
I see what you mean. Some tabs or guitar/vocal sheet music show the strum patterns.
Like so:
Although, not all of them show whether to use up- or dowstrokes. Problem is, sheet music is rarely free.
But some of the better tabs will show it as something like:
So, the strums that are spaced out would be 4th notes, and the two that are close together would be 8th notes. If there's a space between two of them, then hold the chord (don't strum but let the chord sound) until the next slash mark.
I don't know what else to tell you, except make try pounding out the guitar strum beats with your hands for a song like this. Get the beat memorized. And then play the chords on guitar and/or sing.
Like so:
Although, not all of them show whether to use up- or dowstrokes. Problem is, sheet music is rarely free.
But some of the better tabs will show it as something like:
Code:
C D
/ / / // / // / /
So, the strums that are spaced out would be 4th notes, and the two that are close together would be 8th notes. If there's a space between two of them, then hold the chord (don't strum but let the chord sound) until the next slash mark.
I don't know what else to tell you, except make try pounding out the guitar strum beats with your hands for a song like this. Get the beat memorized. And then play the chords on guitar and/or sing.