Alt. Strumming for solos

[TGro]

I have started learning how to alt. strum, but I can not figure out how to do any solos with alt. stumming. I can do a decent job with HO/PO but I end up strumming after a note if I try to alt. strum. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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[TGro]

I have started learning how to alt. strum, but I can not figure out how to do any solos with alt. stumming. I can do a decent job with HO/PO but I end up strumming after a note if I try to alt. strum. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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[JHetfield0816]

Well, with slower solos, you can usually stop yourself before you do an extra strum. But for fast solos (i.e. Crossroads) and very fast solos (i.e. BATM), you really need to figure out what strumming direction you will end up on at the end of a solo, based on the direction that you started. For example, on the first half of the first BATM solo where it goes RGRGRYRG, etc, etc. , I start down knowing that I will end up down at the end of the solo.

Also, you have to start on the direction that feels most comfortable for you, so sometimes you have to plan it out so that you end up on the correct direction at the end of whatever riff comes before the solo. For example, this is not exactly a solo, but on CFH, I need to start with a downstrum on the YBY RR YBY RR part. So this means I need to be upstrumming on the GY chord before that part. Consequently, if I want to strictly alternate strum this whole section, I figured it out where sometimes I have to start with an upstrum on the group of GY chords, and other times I have to start with a downstrum- all so that I can arrive at the YBY RR YBY RR part with a downstrum.

You can either figure these things out by trial and error (that's what I do, because it actually lets you determine how it feels when you try to apply an idea that you have for strumming directions), or you can look at the note charts and figure it out. Or a little bit of column A, and a little of column B, I suppose.

Anyway, I hope this helps you out. Once you get used to being successful at alternate strumming some solos, then you won't have to do THIS much planning. But I think this is a good place to start.
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"well I guess it's better than reapers and thingys"- Riyunoa

"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character." - Arnold

[JHetfield0816]

Well, with slower solos, you can usually stop yourself before you do an extra strum. But for fast solos (i.e. Crossroads) and very fast solos (i.e. BATM), you really need to figure out what strumming direction you will end up on at the end of a solo, based on the direction that you started. For example, on the first half of the first BATM solo where it goes RGRGRYRG, etc, etc. , I start down knowing that I will end up down at the end of the solo.

Also, you have to start on the direction that feels most comfortable for you, so sometimes you have to plan it out so that you end up on the correct direction at the end of whatever riff comes before the solo. For example, this is not exactly a solo, but on CFH, I need to start with a downstrum on the YBY RR YBY RR part. So this means I need to be upstrumming on the GY chord before that part. Consequently, if I want to strictly alternate strum this whole section, I figured it out where sometimes I have to start with an upstrum on the group of GY chords, and other times I have to start with a downstrum- all so that I can arrive at the YBY RR YBY RR part with a downstrum.

You can either figure these things out by trial and error (that's what I do, because it actually lets you determine how it feels when you try to apply an idea that you have for strumming directions), or you can look at the note charts and figure it out. Or a little bit of column A, and a little of column B, I suppose.

Anyway, I hope this helps you out. Once you get used to being successful at alternate strumming some solos, then you won't have to do THIS much planning. But I think this is a good place to start.
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"well I guess it's better than reapers and thingys"- Riyunoa

"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character." - Arnold

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