another stum Q sorry

Hi all iv been playing for around a month
and my strumming still sucks been trying to play alsorts with no joy
so now im trying some slow stuff but im stuck
been trying to play Love Me Tender a nice and slow song i play it UUUDU
G------------------Am----------D----------------------G
1) Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me …………...go.
UUUDU------------UUUDU----------UUUDU---------------U
G---------------------Am------------D----------------------G
You have made my ………life complete, and I love you…………... so.
UUUDU-------------UUUDU---------UUUDU-------------------U

and so on


but its missing something or iv got the strum all wrong and its driving me mad
so please any advice on stumm or anything would help me in a big way
many thx

Aloha Linnett2000,
Except chords try this tab for love me tender...might be more fun....
C-0, E-101 3, C-2, E-3
Love me tender, love me sweet..
E-10, C-2, E-01
never let me go..
C-0, E-101 3, C-2, E-3
you have made my life complete..
E-01, C-2, E-01
and I love you so.....
A-00000000000
love me tender, love me true...
A-0, E-313
All my dreams fullfilled..
A-0010, E-3, C-2, E-3
for my darling, I love you
E-10, C-2, E-01
And I always will....
I hope you enjoy, let me know how it goes...
MM Stan....

Linnnett,,, Forget about the strum patterns for now. First work on being able to move from one chord to another smoothly ,,,, and just go with a up / down strum. Once you have the song down "smoothly' your strum will begin to accent itself,, as you get comfortable and are just able to let your own personality to shine thru.
Ive heard it said , and believe it true, your left hand is your brain,,, your right your personality.
Theres nothing wrong with adopting someone elses strum patterns,,,, but probably not in your first few months.
In a couple of months you will play things you only imagine now,, if you just stick with it. your ability will increase . at a surprising rate
Steve

thx stan and steve for the advice

mm stan,

Sorry for my lack of understanding....but I can't make heads or tails out of your "tab". What do the numbers mean? I've never seen notation like this....

mm stan said:

Aloha Linnett2000,
Except chords try this tab for love me tender...might be more fun....
C-0, E-101 3, C-2, E-3
Love me tender, love me sweet..
E-10, C-2, E-01
never let me go..
C-0, E-101 3, C-2, E-3
you have made my life complete..
E-01, C-2, E-01
and I love you so.....
A-00000000000
love me tender, love me true...
A-0, E-313
All my dreams fullfilled..
A-0010, E-3, C-2, E-3
for my darling, I love you
E-10, C-2, E-01
And I always will....
I hope you enjoy, let me know how it goes...
MM Stan....

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just tried and enjoyed it.

C-0 = play C string unfretted
E-101 = play E string on 1st fret, unfretted, 1st fret
C-2 = play C string on 2nd fret
E-3 = play E string on 3rd fret
and so on...

thanks stan.

linnett2000 said:

Hi all iv been playing for around a month
and my strumming still sucks been trying to play alsorts with no joy
so now im trying some slow stuff but im stuck
been trying to play Love Me Tender a nice and slow song i play it UUUDU
G------------------Am----------D----------------------G
1) Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me …………...go.
UUUDU------------UUUDU----------UUUDU---------------U
G---------------------Am------------D----------------------G
You have made my ………life complete, and I love you…………... so.
UUUDU-------------UUUDU---------UUUDU-------------------U

and so on


but its missing something or iv got the strum all wrong and its driving me mad
so please any advice on stumm or anything would help me in a big way
many thx

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I echo Swampy Steve's sentiments. Don't worry about the strum for now. Start out as simple as possible. Try 4 downstrokes - D D D D.

Also, I don't know where you got those chords, but they're incorrect.

Love Me Tender
[G] Love me tender, [A7] love me sweet, [D7] never let me [G] go.
[G] You have made my [A7] life complete, [D7 ]and I love you [G] so.
[G] Love me [B7] tender, [Em] love me [G7] true, [C] all my [Cm] dreams ful-[G] filled.
[G] For my [E7] darlin' [A7] I love you, [D7] and I always [G] will.

[G] Love me tender, [A7] love me long, [D7] take me to your [G] heart.
[G] For it's there that [A7] I belong, [D7] and we'll never [G] part.
[G] Love me [B7] tender, [Em] love me [G7] true, [C] all my [Cm] dreams ful-[G] filled.
[G] For my [E7] darlin' [A7] I love you, [D7] and I always [G] will.

[G] Love me tender, [A7] love me dear, [D7] tell me you are [G] mine.
[G] I'll be yours through [A7] all the years, [D7] ‘til the end of [G] time.
[G] Love me [B7] tender, [Em] love me [G7] true [C], all my [Cm] dreams ful-[G] filled.
[G] For my [E7] darlin' [A7] I love you, [D7] and I always [G] will.

mailman said:

mm stan,

Sorry for my lack of understanding....but I can't make heads or tails out of your "tab". What do the numbers mean? I've never seen notation like this....

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I agree with the mailman.....can't figure this out. Seeso's got the right chords. Just use a SLOW and simple D U strum. Practice and you will get it.

thx seeso that works alot better than my version i had
thx all

mailman said:

mm stan,

Sorry for my lack of understanding....but I can't make heads or tails out of your "tab". What do the numbers mean? I've never seen notation like this....

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Aloha Mailman and molokinirum, as JongM noted before...
the letters are the strings played, in this instance CEA, and the numbers are the frets to be picked in that order...in this instance 1,2, or 3
and 0 means open fret picked...

if you need further assistance or explanation....jus ask
MM Stan....

mm stan said:

Aloha Mailman and molokinirum, as JongM noted before...
the letters are the strings played, in this instance CEA, and the numbers are the frets to be picked in that order...in this instance 1,2, or 3
and 0 means open fret picked...

if you need further assistance or explanation....jus ask
MM Stan....

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Mahalo MM Stan.....now I got it! Just never seen it written like that before!

Mahalo brah!!!