progrmr
July 9th, 2010, 10:25 AM
I bought the Hal Leonard Blues Method book - first song is an open chord blues shuffle with E, A and B. There are a couple different fingerings for each of the chords but they're all open.
I can't get it down very well but that's probably just a matter of practicing. My question is about how to pick it. Should I kind of strum the chords in an up/down pattern on the open chords?
Tough to get the shuffle sound because on the open chords, strumming UP from the first string makes the chord sound too high/twangy, but if that's how it's done it's how I need to practice it.
I can't get it down very well but that's probably just a matter of practicing. My question is about how to pick it. Should I kind of strum the chords in an up/down pattern on the open chords?
Tough to get the shuffle sound because on the open chords, strumming UP from the first string makes the chord sound too high/twangy, but if that's how it's done it's how I need to practice it.