Strumming

**ConsciousOne** · Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 7

Ok Normally i have always strummed one way except for the really fast stuff. Lately though I watched a video where this person strummed up and down for everything, fast or slow.

I have been practing up and down sturmming for everything lately, the only problem with it is some things are harder where i have to hit a bunch of different notes.

Do most of the top finishers up and down strum for everything? And after time and practice does it feel just as natural?

**Fly1ngV** · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject:

if you alternate strum the entire time, after about a day or so of solid play, it will become natural for you to do it. at least it did for me.

**JDOmnislash** · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

**Fly1ngV** · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:46 am Post subject:

If you're looking for songs to help alt strumming, CbFH, TBW, Guitar Hero, etc will definately help with the alt strumming process

**thekovinc** · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 905 Location: Minneapolis, MN

**popemobile** · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 3879

BATM is another good song to work on alt strumming

**Fly1ngV** · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:13 am Post subject:

bark is a good song for alt strumming, but is a little too hard for some. I can't believe i totally forgot about the ultimate alternate strumming song....Unsung. there you go, all your problems are solved, just play unsung hard for about an hour or two straight and if you still can't get alt strumming right, then i'm afraid you'll be playing for another 3-5 hours straight with it

**popemobile** · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 3879

**thekovinc** · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 905 Location: Minneapolis, MN

**Fly1ngV** · Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:36 am Post subject:

i can't imagine anyone playing it the entire way through single strumming it. i feel way too uncomfortable single strumming on ILRR, much less unsung and mark and cowboys....

**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

**catfish7** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 927 Location: North Florida

I usually just switch around from alternate to single strumming during a song. I alt strum the main riff or BatM but then single strum the rest; I alt strum the main riff of CBfH and single strum the rest; and I alt strum a couple riffs of TBW and single strum (although painfully) other parts. I just use whatever technique keeps me a longer streak.

**silencer** · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 93 Location: Orlando, FL

I downstrummed every song through the game.. except expert TBW. I just couldn't beat it without alternate strumming. That song has put me in the mood to do the time to work on my alternate strumming.. still working on it, but all my other scores posted are still with downstrumming only.
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**JHetfield0816** · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 2230 Location: New Jersey

This is kind of a side note...but a lot of times it helps if you pay attention to whether you begin and end certain passages on a downstrum or on an upstrum. If you're having trouble with a certain section with your right hand and you don't know why, try switching it up and start a section upstrumming where you usually start down. For example...I had some trouble with The Breaking Wheel a while ago where I started the beginning downstrumming, and then ended up on an upstrum at the beginning of the G-Y whole chord fast riff thing. But then, when I started the beginning of the song on an upstrum instead of down it fixed the entire problem.
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**tommy2000** · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject:

Yeah that's what i do. I'm not sure about changing the way i start, but i always notice whether i finish on an upstrum or downstrum so i don't get confused.