Just wondering if anyone knows the strum pattern.. the song is fairly easy (D G C) but after listening to the song for about a week I still can't get the strumming pattern down.. if anyone is interested in this song let me know and I will post the lyrics and chords for it when I get a chance ( at work right now)
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This is a pretty complex pattern overall
Whats played on the D and the G is really a strum then a pulloff on the D's and a strum then a hammeron on the G's D G D G
|-2-2p0-2-0h2-3-3---3-3---|-2-2p0-2-0h2-3-3---3-3---|
|-3-3---3-3---5-5p3-5-3h5-|-3-3---3-3---5-5p3-5-3h5-|
|-2-----2-2---4-----4-4---|-2-----2-2---4-----4-4---|
|-0-----0-0-----------0---|-0-----0-0-----------0---|
|-------------5-----5-----|-------------5-----5-----|
|-------------3-----3-0---|-------------3-----3-0---|
The rest of the rhythm is played on the Em and A and the pattern for them seems to be DUD_DUDU
The way the song is played it is the D & G for the into and verse 1 then the chorus is the Em & A for part of it then back to the D & G. Then verse 2 is the D & G again. Verse 3 is D & G again then the chorus is Em & A then the outro is D & G again.
You may just want to just try the DUD_DUDU pattern for the 3 chords and see how it sounds. Probably work
I think if you play the D & G as
"D" - DUD then pick the high e on the way back up
"G" - as D_D_D then pick the high e on the way back up.
Then play the Em & A as DUD_DUDU
Alternating as I outlined above for chorus and verses it comes off pretty good.
Thanks Nils.. My Dad was a big Cat Stevens fan.. and my daughter heard that song for the first time ( she is 4) and wants Daddy to learn it so I can sing it to her.. I kept hearing the DDUDUD when I was listening it but I also work in a call center so it is sometimes hard to hear with all those voices going at once.
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Also how do you tell a Hammer-on or Pull off in standard music notation?? I have a Cat stevens Song book that is written for piano and guitar that is all in Standard Notation no tabs.. just curious since all the music notation I have seen have been for standard play songs (Hal Leonard)
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My pleasure. This at least gets you started and when you make it your own your daughter will love it.
By the way, I was a big Cat Stevens fan also.
Also how do you tell a Hammer-on or Pull off in standard music notation??
That's hard to explain without pictures so try these links. They explain it pretty well
Great.. thanks again those 2 links explain a lot.
I wanna Rock N Roll all night... Ahh who am I kidding I'll be in bed at 9 pm....
You may also want to look at using PowerTab Editor if you don't already since it shows both Tab and Notation which is very helpful
