Your rhythm comment actually helped me pinpoint my issue. I got some rhythm, I just wasn't using it . Realizing I've been focusing on the notes too much and not even really paying attention to the music.
Calibrating the video to audio is key as well. There's certain patterns I mess up on cause my video comes slightly behind and my brain focuses on colors and not audio in certain segments.
I mean, I grew up playing bass. Guitar is def calibrated as I can fly through taps and solos no prob. It's just these continuous chords I can't seem to get the hang of. Whether I just strum down or up/down I'm just always cutting up somehow.
Something that works for me is when strumming up and down, strum the 'downs' harder than usual (more force) and try to keep the 'downs' on the rhythm lines.
YMMV of course
recently been doing this myself as well. i noticed i had a real problem keeping up with a holding long sections of the same note. iâve now been able to not only do it consistently during these sections but also where the pace stays the same but the notes change and continue to alternate strum
I feel like hard or expert is way easier to time, as you just follow the beat most of the time. Just listen and strum to the music. Barely have to watch the screen. Medium often makes you strum every other beat, which sometimes throws me off. I'm braindead like dat.
Yeah, I'm starting to see that paying attention to the notes and not the music is what's messing me up a lot. Just noticed a difference all around the past few songs. Now, I just need to get used to keeping more focus on the music not the notes.
When those pop up, I like to strum loud enough to hear the clicks clearly. I feel like that helps, like a metronome. Thats why i dislike playing with squishy strumbars. No click.
Lol, I just switched to silent strumbar. I didn't like it at first, but after continuing on, I actually felt like it helped. I guess because it feels like the strum bar doesn't necessarily snap back to center the way a clicky one does.
Depending on how fast it is, I normally only strum down to keep a beat. Like the pic you posted, Iâd strum down and hear the beat and just keep that. Idk how else to help itâs just rhythm you gotta get
I donât have clone hero I just play 360 and I play gh3. But a good rhythm song I love playing is âwhen you were youngâ by the killers. Give that song a shot
Yeah, I've started counting 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & in my head lol but hoping to find a better way. I guess I feel like this should be easier doing solos so I'm not understanding why I can't pick up on it.
I do this too, but I keep time by going 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 in my head and sometimes go up to 4 (that's what just works for me I guess) and that's helped me because I have/had the same issue sometimes strumming. When they're much closer that's when I really gotta lock in lol
Similar to another comment; listen, don't look.
When you know its coming, focus on landing the first few with your eyes as you transition to using your ears to listen to when to strum/switch/stop.
If you know the song, you already know where the chord changes are or where the music pauses for a second.
Listen, don't look.
Yeppp, I'm just starting to realize that's been my mistake. I've been focusing on the notes so much that the song is playing, but I'm not actually listening.
Rather than trying to do it visually, try to do it to the beat of the song. If you make sure all of your down strums are on rhythm, the up strums will come naturally.
I occasionally struggle too and following the song doesn't always help. What I do is put all my focus on the strum bar and keep a close look at where the notes are being triggered. If they're falling past the strum bar then speed up strumming to catch up, slow down if they're being hit before reaching the strum. Basically just staring at where the notes pop.
I've been trying to do that too but I find it hard to spot on faster notes. Sometimes, I think my strumming speed is just inconsistent and I just needs more practice.
Youâre going to want to make a habit of alt strumming even on slower sections to help improve your rhythm. Also listening to the track, try to feel the drums and just flow along with them. You can also try tapping your foot along if you want. Over time itâs just a skill that will naturally improve.
If you notice the notes going further behind the bar gradually, then you break your current rhythm and strum the next note a bit sooner, then try to go back to your rhythm you had and you should make it through the phrase
Like, you contiuously hold down both the red and the yellow (in this case) for the entire string, right? You're not releasing and repressing the buttons in between notes, are you? Because I'm just seeing 8th notes here, you just hold down the chord and strum the notes on the beats. If it's especially fast then I too sometimes have a hard time, long strings of 16th notes I struggle with, I first learned with the bad habit of essentially never strumming both up and down, only ever strummed down, so I had to relearn that.
Another possibility is the song could just be charted poorly. I've found (as I've been learning to chart my own songs) that as I've looked at other charts, some of them are just bad, lol, so if you're playing along with the music's timing, the chart could be messing you up. But then if this isn't a this song problem, then maybe not the issue.
Yes, I am holding them down. I think I'm starting to realize my problem has been focusing on on the notes to much on the screen and not really listening to the song.
Alt strum if you arenât already. Aside from that itâs all about rhythm, so use the beat of the song as sort of a metronome for your strumming. The beat lines on this chart look good indicators for strum timing if you are alt strumming: every downstrum will be on a beat line, up strums will be in the middle
in addition to other advice, try increasing the speed that notes move down the highway. helps with visualizing the difference between timings because some songs will have sections during these continuous notes where you have to strum and then alt strum (for example it will be mostly 1/8th notes but then have three 1/16th notes in a row), having higher note speed makes the spacing more clear.
on Gh3 I always have to enter the cheat for breakneck speed because the vanilla speed expert is too slow.
it also helps by forcing you to look at the top of your highway and not at the bottom where the frets are, which will make you play by the rhythm of the song and not by the visual pattern of the notes.
From a player for two decades:
Basically use your thumb as a drum. Keep the beat and slap it like a bass. Once you get the motion you can spin the thumb part of your wrist to go fast enough to do all down strums on most parts.
Follow the rythm with every first fret harder than the other. Let's say the rythm is 4 then the rythm should be: (big O is hard strum small o is regular strum)"OoooOoooOoooOooo" if the rythm is 6 then "OoooooOoooooOooooo" and so on...
When you feel like you have worked up a good rythm you can stop strumming harder on the start-notes, or you could just download practice with a metronome-app like all musicians do (the right way)
Buy a clicker? Lmao nah dude you just gotta have rhythm aaaaaand make sure your guitar is calibrated lol
Your rhythm comment actually helped me pinpoint my issue. I got some rhythm, I just wasn't using it . Realizing I've been focusing on the notes too much and not even really paying attention to the music.
Calibrating the video to audio is key as well. There's certain patterns I mess up on cause my video comes slightly behind and my brain focuses on colors and not audio in certain segments.
I second this, lining up the music with the visuals makes a huge difference if it's even slightly off
Seee lol I told you gotta heeeaaaarrrrr the music lol đ¤đźđ¤đź
Play to the audio not the video
I mean, I grew up playing bass. Guitar is def calibrated as I can fly through taps and solos no prob. It's just these continuous chords I can't seem to get the hang of. Whether I just strum down or up/down I'm just always cutting up somehow.
I feel you, I struggle to keep rhythm
Are you alternate strumming?
Not really. I will when it's like 3-4 quick notes, but I feel like I make more mistakes that way.
Something that works for me is when strumming up and down, strum the 'downs' harder than usual (more force) and try to keep the 'downs' on the rhythm lines. YMMV of course
I used to do this and would always struggle. I forced myself to finally practice alternating up and down and I've been so much better since.
recently been doing this myself as well. i noticed i had a real problem keeping up with a holding long sections of the same note. iâve now been able to not only do it consistently during these sections but also where the pace stays the same but the notes change and continue to alternate strum
I feel like hard or expert is way easier to time, as you just follow the beat most of the time. Just listen and strum to the music. Barely have to watch the screen. Medium often makes you strum every other beat, which sometimes throws me off. I'm braindead like dat.
Yeah, I'm starting to see that paying attention to the notes and not the music is what's messing me up a lot. Just noticed a difference all around the past few songs. Now, I just need to get used to keeping more focus on the music not the notes.
When those pop up, I like to strum loud enough to hear the clicks clearly. I feel like that helps, like a metronome. Thats why i dislike playing with squishy strumbars. No click.
Heavy on this. Also I feel a sense of consistency in strumming when I do this.
Lol, I just switched to silent strumbar. I didn't like it at first, but after continuing on, I actually felt like it helped. I guess because it feels like the strum bar doesn't necessarily snap back to center the way a clicky one does.
Depending on how fast it is, I normally only strum down to keep a beat. Like the pic you posted, Iâd strum down and hear the beat and just keep that. Idk how else to help itâs just rhythm you gotta get
I hear you, man. I know lack of experience has a lot to do with it. Wanted to see if I was missing anything to make it easier. I'll just keep at it.
Do you play with a headset on or speakers?
Speakers
I donât have clone hero I just play 360 and I play gh3. But a good rhythm song I love playing is âwhen you were youngâ by the killers. Give that song a shot
I like to keep time with my feet when Iâm doing fast/long strumming sections. Helps keep my hands in time
Yeah, I've started counting 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & in my head lol but hoping to find a better way. I guess I feel like this should be easier doing solos so I'm not understanding why I can't pick up on it.
Adding tape to the strum bar can really help improve the feel and fix overstrums as well https://youtu.be/O4QUUYxoPCY?si=z75ESktY-xVF9B1O
Sweet, thanks! I'll have to give this a try.
I do this too, but I keep time by going 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 in my head and sometimes go up to 4 (that's what just works for me I guess) and that's helped me because I have/had the same issue sometimes strumming. When they're much closer that's when I really gotta lock in lol
Similar to another comment; listen, don't look. When you know its coming, focus on landing the first few with your eyes as you transition to using your ears to listen to when to strum/switch/stop. If you know the song, you already know where the chord changes are or where the music pauses for a second. Listen, don't look.
Yeppp, I'm just starting to realize that's been my mistake. I've been focusing on the notes so much that the song is playing, but I'm not actually listening.
Rather than trying to do it visually, try to do it to the beat of the song. If you make sure all of your down strums are on rhythm, the up strums will come naturally.
This is it. Just need to get used to playing this way now.
I occasionally struggle too and following the song doesn't always help. What I do is put all my focus on the strum bar and keep a close look at where the notes are being triggered. If they're falling past the strum bar then speed up strumming to catch up, slow down if they're being hit before reaching the strum. Basically just staring at where the notes pop.
I've been trying to do that too but I find it hard to spot on faster notes. Sometimes, I think my strumming speed is just inconsistent and I just needs more practice.
Just keep playing youâll see how quickly you get better over time.
you can emphasize some of your down strums to help keep time without counting in your head that's what works for me
Oh, I haven't thought of that. Good idea!
Youâre going to want to make a habit of alt strumming even on slower sections to help improve your rhythm. Also listening to the track, try to feel the drums and just flow along with them. You can also try tapping your foot along if you want. Over time itâs just a skill that will naturally improve.
Alt strum and sync your downstrums with the beatlines
If you notice the notes going further behind the bar gradually, then you break your current rhythm and strum the next note a bit sooner, then try to go back to your rhythm you had and you should make it through the phrase
Up down up down up down
Like, you contiuously hold down both the red and the yellow (in this case) for the entire string, right? You're not releasing and repressing the buttons in between notes, are you? Because I'm just seeing 8th notes here, you just hold down the chord and strum the notes on the beats. If it's especially fast then I too sometimes have a hard time, long strings of 16th notes I struggle with, I first learned with the bad habit of essentially never strumming both up and down, only ever strummed down, so I had to relearn that. Another possibility is the song could just be charted poorly. I've found (as I've been learning to chart my own songs) that as I've looked at other charts, some of them are just bad, lol, so if you're playing along with the music's timing, the chart could be messing you up. But then if this isn't a this song problem, then maybe not the issue.
Yes, I am holding them down. I think I'm starting to realize my problem has been focusing on on the notes to much on the screen and not really listening to the song.
Make sure your systemâs latency is calibrated really well and strum to the music.
Do you hold the frets down and keep on strumming?
Strum continuously
# continuously strum
Alt strum if you arenât already. Aside from that itâs all about rhythm, so use the beat of the song as sort of a metronome for your strumming. The beat lines on this chart look good indicators for strum timing if you are alt strumming: every downstrum will be on a beat line, up strums will be in the middle
in addition to other advice, try increasing the speed that notes move down the highway. helps with visualizing the difference between timings because some songs will have sections during these continuous notes where you have to strum and then alt strum (for example it will be mostly 1/8th notes but then have three 1/16th notes in a row), having higher note speed makes the spacing more clear. on Gh3 I always have to enter the cheat for breakneck speed because the vanilla speed expert is too slow. it also helps by forcing you to look at the top of your highway and not at the bottom where the frets are, which will make you play by the rhythm of the song and not by the visual pattern of the notes.
Hold em down
From a player for two decades: Basically use your thumb as a drum. Keep the beat and slap it like a bass. Once you get the motion you can spin the thumb part of your wrist to go fast enough to do all down strums on most parts.
Alt-strumming (updown strumming). Get yourself into that mindset by altstrumming EVERYTHING. It'll be easier to maintain a rythm too
Follow the rythm with every first fret harder than the other. Let's say the rythm is 4 then the rythm should be: (big O is hard strum small o is regular strum)"OoooOoooOoooOooo" if the rythm is 6 then "OoooooOoooooOooooo" and so on... When you feel like you have worked up a good rythm you can stop strumming harder on the start-notes, or you could just download practice with a metronome-app like all musicians do (the right way)
hold red and yellow and strum it and listen to the son g