With each chord, please listen and observe these characteristics:
- Clarity- with practice, each note within the chord should ring clearly. If the notes buzz or sound muffled it might be because:
- your thumb is not positioned correctly behind the neck
- Your callouses are still developing on your fingertips
- Your fingers are lying flat and not arching over the strings
- Motion- Once you are happy with the sound of the chords the next challenge is to move smoothly from one to the other
- try to be economical with your hand movement- find the shortest path and move directly without wasted hand or finger movement
- move slowly with your strumming patterns. Only move as fast as your weakest chord change. This will help develop consistency between chords.
- Strumming- The most advanced strums are basically combinations of up and down strokes. When we have trouble with strums it generally is a result of the following:
- keep your wrist relaxed so there is a natural flow on the up and down strokes.
- Try to sync your hand motion with the rise and fall of your tapping foot. This will help you play more consistently in time.
- Say the strumming pattern in your head as you play until it becomes second nature. (syncopated = "down down-up up-down-up"), etc.
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