Steve Stine Guitar Podcast

How to Change Chords While Strumming Clean and Fast: Chords Workshop 3 l Steve Stine Guitar

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February 25, 2021 10:00am

33m

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Today we’ll learn some powerful distortion on how to play clean and fast while strumming and changing chords at the same time.

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Learning the guitar chords matters the most especially when you are still practicing and developing your guitar skills. Guitar chords are important because they harmonize the song that you are playing. 

In playing the guitar, knowing the chords isn’t enough. Learning how to strum is also a big deal. How you strum changes how your music would sound like. In this episode, you will learn techniques on changing and merging the chords while strumming and you will learn how to do it like a pro-- clean and fast!


Highlights:


  • How to play a chord and strum and move chords at the same time
  • Playing on different bar chords and bouncing between the chords
  • Shifting from one chord to the next while strumming
  • How to fully play clean while continuously strumming while changing chords
  • Lifting and shifting from last up strum
  • Strumming techniques
  • Using of up strumming to shift on the next chord
  • Lifting while touching the strings to keep the strum going
  • Tightening up chord movements
  • Adding distortion to the tone and playing power chords to tighten up the music
  • Things to do if you don't want the noisy sound
  • Playing a power chord from 3rd fret to 5th fret and sliding the fingers while moving
  • Working on the timing of strumming 
  • How to stop strings from vibrating
  • Palm Muting Techniques
  • Finding the fine part of the string when doing palm muting
  • Hearing slides when doing palm muting
  • Utilizing the noise when making sound
  • Why turning off the volume of your guitar matters


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