5 Strumming mistakes that RUIN your sound! Fix them in 13 minutes

Today we'll go through 5 strumming mistakes that almost every beginner guitarist makes. If you don't fix them your guitar playing will be really rough, sloppy and you won't be able to play fast strumming patterns. And yes, these tips will apply both to acoustic and electric guitar.

Some of these mistakes are really subtle and it's hard to notice them on your own, so you should watch this video even if you're an intermediate player.

👉 Video Chapters
00:00 What you'll learn today
00:43 Why is it important to fix these mistakes
01:48 Mistake #1
03:53 Mistake #2
05:26 Mistake #3
07:41 Mistake #4
09:54 Mistake #5
12:10 Summing up

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[cherylfrain]

I was progressively getting worse and more frustrated as I was developing these habits. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video. It instantly helped.

[rickl]

Also, people who strum all 6 strings all the time. Should play the bass note and down. Good video.

[tecaccessories]

Dude, you just opened my eyes! I have been struggling with strumming with my (unfortunate) intermittent practice time and this has made a world of difference. Especially mistake #1. I never realized it until now. Thank you for this great lesson.

[RyanProsser]

This was fantastic video. I really agree with the 5 mistakes. I think I’m lucky enough to have not developed them as habits in my playing. But I’ve heard plenty of others playing with a sound I didn’t like, so hearing you break this down has identified WHY I didn’t like their sound. What a huge difference correcting these methods can make. Big thanks and please make more like this

[wesleyalan]

As someone with 25+ years of playing, I must say..this is a great video for beginners.
I'm planning on teaching my nephew, he wants to learn, he's 13. So here I am, going through tutorials on YouTube to get better ideas on how to teach, so THANK YOU so much for this video! 🤟

[dookiefingers]

This helped me out a lot, I thought I was doing okay, but i was making almost all of these mistakes. Thank you for this, this was much needed for a beginner.

[jb]

Dude, you totally nailed it… I’m a pretty confident rhythm guitarist and I’m guilty of #5 a lot. It’s almost like you get lazy or hypnotized half way through a song and you find yourself scraping. Thanks for this!

[arigoldberg]

The suggestion about holding the pick lightly really helped me a lot. Thanks! I've been afraid to let go of it, but I definitely play better holding it loosely. Hopefully I'll find that sweet spot of just the right force to hold it lightly without losing it.

[benbam]

For years I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with my guitar techniques, why it sounds different than others. And was in vain. Finally, you point that out. Thank you.

[RoanFair]

Essential viewing for anyone with an acoustic guitar. This is brilliant. This should be the very first lesson for anyone who's just bought an acoustic guitar. This is all about building quality and finesse into your playing from day one -- so it becomes second nature. Strongly recommended! 😃👍🎸

[testRobot_overlord]

Thank you so much! This video is absolute gold. I was seriously stuck with my strumming technique and despised the pick, after watching this the difference is like night and day

[Person]

Lolol I taught myself guitar some years ago but haven’t touched it in a while. Now I’m going to start over considering I did almost all of these and never knew why I couldn’t get it right. Thank you.

[jazzyboydc]

I have been playing guitar for 15 or 20 years. It was nice to know all these tips. I am self taught. But it was good to know some things I was already doing correctly. And Some things that I need to improve on. Good video

[anthonymaillard]

Man this is so great. I've been playing guitar since 2 years now and I didn't know what was wrong in my playing. But now I figured out the subtil mistakes that makes my play "too rough"!
Thanks a lot ! Now I have to work on this :)

[jjjtttggg]

This is a really great video… I’ve been playing guitar for more than 40 years, but I still can remember progressing past each of these. And I apologize if there is any possible way this next comment can possibly be misconstrued as anything other that a compliment, but for a non-native English speaker, your English is absolutely amazing!!! Many years ago I could communicate somewhat effectively in German, but I can’t even imagine developing your level of bilingual skill.

[roseklassenlewetz]

The history of Epiphone is very fascinating. Justin, you do a great job of explaining the differences between the guitars.

[Chrisanthadenil]

I have been playing guitar for the last 25+ years and I have many lessons to learn from this video. Wonderfully simple. Thank you.

[tomcoon]

This was outstanding! I tried to learn guitar (for a short time) and it always sounded so completely awful I gave up and gave the guitar to a family member. I want it back now! I think I did everything wrong that you pointed out. He he, good thing I can laugh at myself! Anyway, this was incredible and not one single thing that was too technical that I didn't get it! Simple solutions.

[allgoodanimals]

Great lesson! I’ve been playing for about a year and a half and have figured out a lot of this on my own just by listening to how it sounds. I sure wish I had a guitar teacher like you. I’ve tried three different people but no luck.