As a beginner I find it hard working with lead sheets and would prefer music, since now i know how to read it.
The issue is, how manage the strum pattern. Not knowing where the bars are on a lead sheet, i can't see how much of the strum pattern to use between chords. If there are two chords in a bar, should i assume half the pattern to each chord though i am sure in more advanced songs this wouldn't work but as a beginner i am probably not going to be facing that.
Also how do i know if its one bar or two? I find this business very difficult to guess at and it confuses me.
Also you don't know if you should start singing at the beginning of a bar or a beat or two in.
What's the solution here for beginners?
I mean not every song i want to learn is in a tutorial and these chord sheets and books are very low on useful info of this kind. In my own little uke book, the author has given info on strumming patterns and I think he imagines we'll progress through the book following his tutorials though he doesn't have a tut for each song. But for songbooks, well there's nothing. I got two out of hte library, and all they have is chord charts so working with songs from these books isn't as easy as i think it should be.
I guess if you know a few strumming patterns, you try them out until you find the right one and the right way but its still a lot of confusion and uncertainty so are there some tips.
When i'm learning a song that doesn't have a tut, i find myself searching the net for the score to help me figure things out more comfortably.
But as not everyone reads music i figure others must have found a way around this and maybe can help me figure it out too. I can tell you though that life is better when you can read music.
The issue is, how manage the strum pattern. Not knowing where the bars are on a lead sheet, i can't see how much of the strum pattern to use between chords. If there are two chords in a bar, should i assume half the pattern to each chord though i am sure in more advanced songs this wouldn't work but as a beginner i am probably not going to be facing that.
Also how do i know if its one bar or two? I find this business very difficult to guess at and it confuses me.
Also you don't know if you should start singing at the beginning of a bar or a beat or two in.
What's the solution here for beginners?
I mean not every song i want to learn is in a tutorial and these chord sheets and books are very low on useful info of this kind. In my own little uke book, the author has given info on strumming patterns and I think he imagines we'll progress through the book following his tutorials though he doesn't have a tut for each song. But for songbooks, well there's nothing. I got two out of hte library, and all they have is chord charts so working with songs from these books isn't as easy as i think it should be.
I guess if you know a few strumming patterns, you try them out until you find the right one and the right way but its still a lot of confusion and uncertainty so are there some tips.
When i'm learning a song that doesn't have a tut, i find myself searching the net for the score to help me figure things out more comfortably.
But as not everyone reads music i figure others must have found a way around this and maybe can help me figure it out too. I can tell you though that life is better when you can read music.