Lots of Guitar Strumming Patterns for Practice – Part 2

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Guitar Strumming Patterns

Strumming Patterns – Part 2

Here are some more guitar strumming patterns for you to practice. This is the second and concluding post in the Guitar Strumming Pattern for Practice series. If you haven’t read the previous post, check it out.

      ROCK 1

      | ^ , -^ , ^ , ^ | | ^ , -^ , ^ , v ||


      ROCK 2

      | ^–^ , v^ , – , ^ | | ^^ , v^ , -^ , ^^ ||


      16 BEATS

      | ^–^ , v^-^ , ^ , v | | ^^ , v^-^ , ^^ , v^– ||


      DISCO

      | ^v , ^v , ^v , ^v | | ^v , ^v , ^v , ^v^- ||


      POPS 1

      | ^ , v , ^ , v | | ^ , v , ^-^ , v-^ ||


      POPS 2

      | ^ , v , ^ , v^ | | -^ , v^ , ^ , v ||


      POPS 3

      | ^^ , v^ , – , v | | ^^ , v^ , – , vv ||


      SLOW ROCK

      | ^ , -v , ^^ ||


      SWING

      | ^ , ^-^ , ^ , ^-v ||


      MARCH

      | ^v , -v , ^v , -v | ^v , ^v , ^-vv , ^^ ||


      REGGAE

      | ^v , -v , -v , –^v ||


      BOSSA-NOvA

      | ^ , ^v , ^v , -^ | ^^, -v , -^ , ^^ ||


      SAMBA

      | ^^ , ^-v^ , -^-^ , ^v ||


      BEGUINE

      | ^-^v , ^v , ^v , ^v | –^v , ^v , ^v , ^v ||



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  1. [...] Update: Lots of Guitar Strumming Patterns for Practice – Part 1 [...]

  2. ranjan Says August 31, 2008 2:41 pm

    Dear can you send me the name of each strumming pattern with the example of a song in which that particular pattern is played..Plz send it to me at ranjancoolit@gmail.com

  3. Saloni mittal Says September 2, 2008 4:21 pm

    Hye ABHINAV
    I am a big fan of urs. I used to learn guitar but due to some reasons, i had to leave.But i really want to learn guitar chords.From few days, i am learning them through ur site.
    I need ur help.Can u help me how can we judge the pattern of chords for different songs?
    Can u send me the some songs as an example of each strumming pattern to my Id mittal.saloni@yahoo.com?
    or if u have any video or audio of urs playing the chords of each pattern.
    PLEASE HELP ME OUT.
    COZ ONLY U R MY GUITAR TEACHER NOW.
    PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE.

  4. Abhinav Says September 2, 2008 4:32 pm

    Hello Saloni.. thanx but I am myself learning guitar and m in no position to teach anyone! :)
    To judge the rhythm, you need to listen the song carefully. To judge the chord pattern will require time and practice. You need to train your ear by listening to lots of music and remembering how each chord sounds. It will come with regular and serious practice… nothing to hurry!
    Even if I listed the songs for which these strumming patterns apply, it won’t be of much use. The important thing is to be able to practice these patterns and use them in whichever song you wanna play.

  5. Saloni mittal Says September 3, 2008 12:42 pm

    Hello SIR,
    I have replied u 3 times before but it seems not to be working. This is my 4th time I’m leaving my reply.
    First of all thank u very very much for replying n guiding me.
    U said that u can’t teach anyone.But really,”U R MY TEACHER”
    In fact I would rather say ” U R MY ROLE MODEL”
    As I’m going to become an eng. n u r an eng.,I just love to play guitar a lot n u r a master in that, I have so much interest in doing all this computer work n u r a master in that too.
    U r really extraordinary.
    HATS OFF TO U.
    Please don’t think that I’m lying or flirting or buttering.
    THIS ALL IS CENT PERCENT TRUE.
    I SWEAR.
    THIS ALL IS TOTALLY TRUE.

    Ok, I wanted to ask u that I don’t have any problem in playing LEAD(I even got the BEST GUITARIST AWARD by RAJASTHAN PATRIKA)
    But don’t know the ABCD of chords and trying to learn it through ur sites.
    So can u suggest me any site on which all the details related to chords r provided?
    (Means all those which r required by a begginer.)
    In which all the basic informations like-what all types of chords r, which finger to keep on which string while playing which chord, how to strike the strings while playing particular chords,etc. is given in detail.
    Do u think I would be able to learn the CHORDS through net?
    PLEASE HELP ME OUT.
    PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE.

    Ur student,
    SALONI

  6. Shouvik Says September 6, 2008 5:31 pm

    hi i m shouvik…
    can u give me the chords and strumming patern of mitwa plzzz…. and the intro of ek din teri rahon me from naquab….

  7. pooja Says September 21, 2008 5:02 pm

    wel hiiiiiiiiiiii,my name is pooja,i want to learn more strumming patterns can u plzzzzzzzzz help me.

  8. Abhinav Says September 21, 2008 5:07 pm

    I have only the above strumming patterns. Practice these. They should be enough.

  9. pooja Says September 21, 2008 5:17 pm

    ok but can u tel me wat this stand – and ! ,in the starting,plzzzzzzz tel me

  10. Abhinav Says September 21, 2008 5:27 pm

    I think now its much more readable! :)

  11. pooja Says September 22, 2008 5:53 pm

    can u plz tel me Dsus,i know its a chord but i dn’t know how to play plz tel me the simple method,so that i can play it.

  12. pooja Says September 22, 2008 6:12 pm

    can u plz tel me the strumming pattern of rubaru frm rang de basanti and chords also.

  13. Abhinav Says September 23, 2008 9:04 pm

    Its the Dsus2 chord.. check this website for all your chord related queries..
    http://www.8notes.com/guitar_Chord_chart/Dsus2.asp

  14. Abhinav Says September 23, 2008 9:06 pm

    The chords are A, D, E.. I will have to notate the strumming pattern. Will tell you later.

  15. Abhishek Says September 24, 2008 9:12 pm

    Check out justinguitar.com The guy is really very helpfull and hv given many free guitar tutorials,may u guys gt many of ur queries solve there and lighten sum burden from abhinav.

  16. Abhinav Says September 24, 2008 9:22 pm

    Yes justinguitar.com is an old and very authentic website for free video lessons. Earlier, I used to visit that site a lot. Thanx for reminding Abhishek!

  17. saloni mittal Says October 5, 2008 11:25 pm

    hello sir,
    can u please tell me the list of songs which sound superb on lead.
    Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease.

  18. deep Says October 11, 2008 5:10 pm

    hi pooja
    the best way of learning strumming is observing..so b a gud observer thts it

  19. deep Says October 11, 2008 5:11 pm

    keep one more finger on the same fret thts d sus

  20. Anuradha Pawar Says November 19, 2008 6:29 pm

    can ne one plz tel me strummin pattern for tum ho toh plz…………………….

  21. Kevin Says November 25, 2008 8:00 pm

    Hi Abhinav how ru?? i’m a new guy to ur blog. And was going through ur blog since many days looking after guitar chords for different songs. Hats off for ur collections. I see in the comment box ppl telling abt their problems related to the chords but mine is different i find difficulty in playing leads and strumming. so if u could place strumming patterns of the above notes in video format it would b of great help….!!!

  22. sr Says May 3, 2009 6:08 pm

    Dear friend, can you please send me the timing and strumming pattern of “kabhikabhi mere dil meim khayal ata hai”

    thanks,
    sr

  23. Ravindra Says August 5, 2009 12:37 pm

    Hey hi Abhinav,

    I hope you doing good. I like your site and your blogs. I like the way you organized the contents on this site. Thanks for such a nice site.

    I am a beginner so can you please help me out in learning guitar from very basic to advanced? I have purchased a acoustic guitar last month and trying to learn it online using your site.

    Can you please tell me the steps, I mean exactly what I should learn first to start with and after that what I should go for? like that. Please mail me some articles or some links at my personal Id ravindra.khaire@gmail.com

    Please reply to my message at least once.

    Ravindra.

  24. Ravindra Says August 5, 2009 12:39 pm

    Hey hi Abhinav,

    I hope you doing good. I like your site and your blogs. I like the way you organized the contents on this site. Thanks for such a nice site.

    I am a beginner so can you please help me out in learning guitar from very basic to advanced? I have purchased a acoustic guitar last month and trying to learn it online using your site.

    Can you please tell me the steps, I mean exactly what I should learn first to start with and after that what I should go for? like that. Please mail me some articles or some links at my personal Id ravindra.khaire@gmail.com

    Please reply to my message at least once.

    Ravindra.
    administrator (www.crickfans.com)
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  25. Learn and Master Guitar Says September 10, 2009 9:31 am

    I had just started learning the guitar because of the conflict in time schedule with my job. I want to be one of the best guitar players ever.

  26. Maxx97 Says October 22, 2009 1:14 pm

    This was our time to rise up, our time to take the mantle of this nation. ,

  27. Alex46 Says October 23, 2009 12:52 pm

    Jean: No, it’s more than the internet. ,

  28. Aakash Says February 18, 2010 3:29 am

    Hi , saloni u want any help feel free to contact me i hope i can help you out ,….. i have been playing since 9 years ….. if you want do contact me ….. cheers !!

  29. Saloni Says March 8, 2010 11:03 pm

    Hey,hii..
    Thnx fr rplying :-)

    I hv to buy a new acoustic guitar,bt DAMN confused abt company.
    So can u plz help me out by giving an idea of which company will be best??
    Range is 6-7000. So,plz suggest me abt the company,n place where i can get a best one. I jst knw abt pluto n yamaha.
    K then,bye…
    W8in fr rply…

  30. Abhishek Says March 16, 2010 2:20 pm

    Abhinav can you please send guitar notes of koi chehra from adeel to my email id abhishekkumar454@gmail.com
    thankyou

  31. gaurav Says December 16, 2010 11:10 pm

    here r some strumming patterns for u

    1 dd.uu.d

    2- dd.udu..ud

    3-ddududdd

    4- dudududu

  32. pradumn Says March 6, 2011 12:42 am

    hey abhinav
    tusi gr8 ho ji , doing very great job
    Amazing blog

  33. Ashish Bhatt Says April 30, 2011 9:33 pm

    HEy m new to guitar…I have mastered 9 chords….but I want to know what are lead guitarists????
    n are they different from chord players????

  34. kush Says May 19, 2011 9:24 pm

    can u pls tell me what does ^ means and | means

  35. sudhir Says December 28, 2011 1:41 pm

    Hi Abhinav,
    Correct me if I am wrong. . – means mute | means just end of bar

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