I'm loving this lesson! Having wanted to play some bluegrass for a while but too afraid to make my fingers move so fast, I found this an instant success!
I have a few problems I'm trying to work out.
One of which is just going to be up to me to repeatedly watch one bit of your video till it sinks in... Which is are you downstroking every pluck (I end up just relying on a 'hammer-on' the 5th string second fret)? Does it matter if I pluck up or down?
The other is how to fit in the d-run with the rythym, I'm struggling a bit with that. I think I'm right in saying that the last pluck on the open D string is on the first beat of the bar? Other than that I don't quite kno when to start the run to fit in with the rythym.
Thanks for this so much! I may have missed it, but which strings are you hitting on the down stroke after you hit the base notes? Is it the G, B, E strings or just the B, E strings?
The honest answer is that I'm not sure! It really doesn't need to be that precise - I mostly am aiming for the middle and high strings of the guitar. If I lean more into the middle strings it makes the guitar "bark" more on a strum and if I aim more for the high strings then it gives a slightly "string-ier" sound. Both can be appropriate in different circumstances. The main thing to focus on is really just staying relaxed as you strum through it!
Hi Chris,
I'm loving this lesson! Having wanted to play some bluegrass for a while but too afraid to make my fingers move so fast, I found this an instant success!
I have a few problems I'm trying to work out.
One of which is just going to be up to me to repeatedly watch one bit of your video till it sinks in... Which is are you downstroking every pluck (I end up just relying on a 'hammer-on' the 5th string second fret)? Does it matter if I pluck up or down?
The other is how to fit in the d-run with the rythym, I'm struggling a bit with that. I think I'm right in saying that the last pluck on the open D string is on the first beat of the bar? Other than that I don't quite kno when to start the run to fit in with the rythym.
Thanks!
Hi Chris,
Thanks for this so much! I may have missed it, but which strings are you hitting on the down stroke after you hit the base notes? Is it the G, B, E strings or just the B, E strings?
Thanks!
C
Hey Chris,
The honest answer is that I'm not sure! It really doesn't need to be that precise - I mostly am aiming for the middle and high strings of the guitar. If I lean more into the middle strings it makes the guitar "bark" more on a strum and if I aim more for the high strings then it gives a slightly "string-ier" sound. Both can be appropriate in different circumstances. The main thing to focus on is really just staying relaxed as you strum through it!