Does anyone else have this strumming problem?

**RadiantOpaque** · Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 115 Location: Ohio

I have this kind of problem where in a series of alt. strumming notes, when I change from one note to another, I HAVE to start that section on a downstrum, otherwise I screw up completely.

For instance:

In this section I would screw up because if I start the Yellow sequence on a downstrum, if I want to continue a down up down up pattern, I must start the Red sequence on an upstrum.

In this sequence however, I would hit it fine:

Because there are an even amount of Yellow notes.

Does anyone else have this problem?
Any advice?
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**TheRiff** · Joined: 18 Jan 2007 Posts: 1570 Location: Miami, FL

If its really that much of an issue you can force yourself to upstrum the first note so you can start the next note on a downstrum, but I really recommend just overcoming this obstacle by trying to forget about what strum youre actually on and just watching the fretting. Pretend that you didnt change notes and you just continued on normally strumming. You can practice these on Miss Murder's strumming sections and Even Flow's as well. The Seeker's bridge 1 and 2 would be your ultimate practice, because you will be changing notes and strumming very irregularly. Thats all I got.
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**jesse0986** · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject:

It might be best to practice starting on an upstrum. I'm not comfortable at all doing it in traffic, really, so pick out a song that has a pause before an alt-strum sequence. I do this at the beginning of Bad Reputation - I would ALWAYS overstrum if I tried to start on a downstrum, but I nail it every time when I start on an upstrum, and there's enough of a pause between each yellow stream that I can set up for it easily.

You might wanna try something like The Seeker, as there are quite a few breaks in the middle of the strumming, and each of those sections picks up after a hold note, which is more than enough time to set up for the upstrum. (Although The Seeker is really fucking weird at those parts, impossible to tell if you're gonna end on an upstrum or downstrum unless you've counted the notes yourself

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**FlimFlam** · Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1619

Just do 2 downstrums in a row. I have this problem, so in the Noise Build in Killing in the Name, I will frequently donstrum the last note of one chord and then downstrum the very next note which starts a new bunch of chords.
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**zYgote** · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1709

Double downstrumming in an alt-strumming passage seems like a huge unnecessary crutch. I'd stick to what theriff said.
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