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(@knowzy)
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Hi all

I`m a beginner and trying to learn mr jones.
i found a thread with a link but don`t understand it

http://www.cyberfret.com/techniques/strumming/basic-44/song-similes/pattern_7.php

I wonder could someone be so kind as to explain it very simply?

By the way littlebrother`s riders on the storm vid was fantastic
if you haven`t seen it yet search for it on this site its wicked


   
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(@matteo)
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hi

this is quite difficult for a beginner (like me). Actually the strummin pattern is very similar to the classic "cowboy strum" (how the ydefine on acoustic guitar!)

so it's

1, 2, 3&, 4&

but in every measure (except for the first) you don't play the first beat (so it's syncopated)

so for two meaures it would be

1, 2, 3&, 4& ..., 2, 3&, 4& ecc.

also you have to change the chord not on the first beat of the measure (like in most songs) but on the last of the previous one

so it would be

Am (1,2,3&,4) G (&, ,2, 3&, 4) Am etc.

later i would try it but it is quite difficult to play.

I suggest you first to try to learn the strummin, then to pratice the chord changes

Matteo


   
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(@knowzy)
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Thanks for the reply that explains the rythum thanks

how about the up and down strokes?

thanks again for the reply


   
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(@Anonymous)
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knowzy..

I am a beginner aswell but what I learned here is the downstrokes are on the numbers and the upstrokes on the "&'s"...this is untill you start to learn more complicated rythms like 1-&-a 2-&-a-3-&-a-4-&-a

**EDIT**

I for got to add the pattern will look loke this: DUDUDUDU (1&2&3&4&)...plus you can skip beats to make it sound less robotic...

D D DUDU
1&2&3&4&

DUDUDU U
1&2&3&4&

DUD DUD
1&2&3&4&

anyway you get the idea...

I made this form to help myself out with it so I can see what the pattern looked like using a metronome...

http://www.mikespe.com/guitar/Metronome_form.doc


   
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(@ignar-hillstrom)
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A very basic pattern I sometimes use for Mr. Jones is D-D-DU-U.

Mean strum on the one, two and three with downstrokes. Follow the three with an upstroke on the 3&, and do a final upstroke on the 4%. Note that the first downstroke follows immediately after the last upstroke.


   
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(@knowzy)
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Thanks for your help

the Metronome_form will come in handy

but maybe mr jones isnt as easy as i first thought

i think i`ll come back to it when i`m a bit more experienced

Thanks again for your help


   
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