singing + "complicated" strumming

millstream · 03-14-2014, 04:39 PM

Hi everyone. I've been playing guitar for about 2 years, and i think i'm getting pretty good at it. There is one problem though. When i play a more "complicated strumming pattern like "down, down, down up down" instead of just plain "down down, down down", i find it IMPOSSIBLE to sing. with a normal plain strumming pattern like the "d, d, d, d", i have no problem at all to sing, but as soon as it is a little bit irregular, i **** everything up. I just want to play and sing, and eventually play the harmonica at the same time, but i just feel like giving it all up. i have been practicing for way too many hours without any progress at all.
I should also mention that my friend have been playing guitar for literally 2 weeks, and he has no problem with this and can even play the harmonica at the same time.

Sorry for the long post, and thank you all!

03-14-2014, 04:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
millstream Groupie Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 1	singing + "complicated" strumming Hi everyone. I've been playing guitar for about 2 years, and i think i'm getting pretty good at it. There is one problem though. When i play a more "complicated strumming pattern like "down, down, down up down" instead of just plain "down down, down down", i find it IMPOSSIBLE to sing. with a normal plain strumming pattern like the "d, d, d, d", i have no problem at all to sing, but as soon as it is a little bit irregular, i **** everything up. I just want to play and sing, and eventually play the harmonica at the same time, but i just feel like giving it all up. i have been practicing for way too many hours without any progress at all. I should also mention that my friend have been playing guitar for literally 2 weeks, and he has no problem with this and can even play the harmonica at the same time. Sorry for the long post, and thank you all!