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If upstrums are always on the upbeat and downstrums are always on the downbeat won’t the strumming pattern look like below?
Is my diagram accurate? Thanks.
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The strumming pattern Justin teaches is 16th note strumming taught simplified as two 8th note strumming patterns:
| D | D | D | U | U | U | D | U | D | U | D | U | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | & | 2 | & | 3 | & | 4 | & | 1 | & | 2 | & | 3 | & | 4 | & |
| 1 | e | & | a | 2 | e | & | a | 3 | e | & | a | 4 | e | & | a |
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@Socio Thank you, this makes so much sense. What is the thing at the bottom?
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
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@dantejms the song uses 16 note strumming. For beginners Justin teaches it as two sets of 8 note strumming. I’ve shown it represented both ways as wasn’t sure if you’ve got to that stage of learning 16 note strumming.
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I’ve come back to this to try and re-learn as a basic barre chord song. I am all good with the D, G & A but am having a pig of a time getting the A7 to ring out true. I am constantly getting the 3rd string muting whenever I place my 4 finger on the 2nd string.
I know you can play a 7th by just lifting the 4th finger and adding the 7th with the barre note, though this to my ears doesn’t sound as good.
My question is, that the 4th finger is playing the octave of the G on the third string, and sounds better in this song. As it’s the same note that I am accidentally muting, is it worth trying to persevere with learning the proper way (mainly wondering if learning it ‘wrong’ will cause more problems down the road from your experience), or is this a case of ‘if it sounds good it is good’ and play as is?
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Hi @PDD87, I’m confused by your description. What chord grip are you using to play A7? 575685?
Also, make sure you are using the correct string numbers in your description. The low-E string is string 6, the A string is string 5, etc. It sounds like you may be using the opposite convention.
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Apologies for the confusion, you’re absolutely right. Will double check before posting in the future.
So the Barre grip suggested in the video is the one you’ve mentioned 575685.
I know in the module 4 video on dominant 7’s barre chords it advises you can simply lift your 4th finger to make it a 7 chord. So 575655.
In either way you are adding in the note G, either by playing it as part of the barre (575655) or both as part of the barre and as an octave (575685).
What I’m finding is, I can play the first grip (575655) by lifting my 4th finger, but the minute I try and put it down on the 2nd string I’m muting the 4th string ( I think I have the string names right now). It’s the barre lifting slightly when the 4th finger goes down. I’ve been practicing to no avail to get that note to play. I’m essentially playing 57X685.
From a note perspective, it has all the same notes as the first chord grip, so it actually sounds okay to my ears, but I was trying to work out if it was a battle worth continuing to fight as it will be a challenge that keeps coming up. Or whether as it sounds okay for this song, just go for it as is.
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As long as you’re playing the notes A C# E and G you are playing an A7 chord. It doesn’t matter how many times the note is included in the chord as long as it’s there.
You can even get away with just playing the 3rd and b7.
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Hello and welcome to the community.
99% of the time, the 3-finger version is used and sounds just fine. On occasion, the 4-finger stretchy version is required. If you like its sound better then certainly keep on trying. But not as a staple of your practice. Come back to it periodically and perhaps your general learning and practice will help make that chord more attainable.
I hope that helps. Cheers 
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I have a question.
Is the riff what Justin does at about the 8 minute written down on Justin tabs?
Yes, in the full tab, page 4. 
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