Thanks Mark. Good stuff again. Always good to go back to this stuff. I did develop a bad habit when I started guitar of stopping my strumming hand, not to allow for chord changes, but just stopping, and trying to hit the strums I was hearing in the song I was trying to learn. I did not know about strumming up on upbeats. It has taken a while to break this, especially on songs I learned when I started, and it is good for me to work the exercises.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
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