Strumming/Singing epiphany

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I understand that it won’t work for everyone but I had a moment of realization with this and I felt that I should share it with you all. I have been concentrating on strumming today as my fret hand knuckels are pretty sore from going a bit too hard on practicing speeding up my F to C transitions.

Anyway, I was really getting into a song with the “old faithful” strum and sort of started moving my shoulders and whole body with the rythm like dancing in my chair and noticed that strumming suddenly got a lot easier, I have been tapping my foot but the eggagerated movements of the “dancing” I was doing made a huge difference for me. Well, I started to get into it and I decided to try to sing along and all of a sudden it all started to fall into place. This one little change allowed me to strum and sing as I transitioned pretty perfectly. It was weird and sudden so it felt magical and I felt that I should share it. My poor wife was wondering why I was running around the house like Tom Hanks after he started a fire in Castaway :laughing:

This little change made a big deal for me, so I wanted to pass it along in case it could help someone struggling which I found out many others do. It was sort of like when my dad showed me to start patting my head BEFORE I started rubbing my belly and magically I could do both at the same time.

Have a great day!

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:+1: :+1: This is where the tern feeling the groove comes from. Music is a whole body experience this is why it makes people dance, tap their foot or
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That’s awesome. It reminds me of a delightful day when my wife finally was able to strum old faithful after struggling with it for some time. I still remember her voice singing out as she ran down the stairs 'I can strum! I can strum!

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Congrats Richard, the first time it clicks with singing to a proper pattern feels so good :+1::clap:

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This is great to read, thanks for sharing it! :grin::blush::star_struck:

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Lol, I love this image!
Glad you shared your moment of realization. I’m having difficulties singing along with one particular strumming pattern, so I’ll try your method and see if I can finally nail it

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That’s fabulous, Richard. Bravo!

It is a moment to celebrate when one first begins to play and sing less mechanically, feeling the music.

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Sometimes its great when you can shut down the brain and just let the body flow

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I LOVE this! Thanks for sharing :smiley:
It made me smile

…and this made me laugh :laughing:
Have a great day too!