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Alternate Bass Note Strumming |
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Written by Danny Poole
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:46 |
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To understand a little about alternate bass note strumming you have to have some basic scale knowledge and also understand how chords are constructed. Since we have not gone through either of these yet some of this may be confusing.
All examples will be based around the major scale.
| 3. When we strum a chord
we usually strum from the bass note down. The bass note
is the 1st note of the scale or the 1 of 8. For example
when strumming an E major chord we strum six strings,
from the lowest sounding E note down. |
4. For an A major chord you
strum 5 strings because the lowest sounding note in that
chord should be an A. |
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5. The following
diagrams show the lowest note of each chord. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 01 May 2009 12:47 |
