After trying and failing to play the guitar, around 5 times over forty year period. I saw this video and had to try it. I could always make the chords, just struggle to make it musical. I have been playing and learning for 3 1/2 years now. In fact I feel comfortable enough to learn how to play the piano now. Thank you for filling my retirement years with music.
really appreciate how thoughtful, professional, and patient your videos are. so many of the "beginner" vids on YT go way too fast and lack the supporting ideas and visual aids that help beginners learn
Hi , I don’t know if you still read these comments from older videos But since I’ve found your channel , you’ve helped me immensely with my progression with guitar and I feel more confident in my playing ever since . Thank you so much for these videos
Personally I use it for many years when playing as a street musician. It gives you a great percussive sound so, I recommend using it even if do not have struuming problems :)
The-Art-of-Guitar I literally thought that was the excercise and you'd have to not tear the egg but still touch. See I learnt guitar at Shaolin and that's one of the methods there.
I must express my gratitude. I have been playing for over 20 years, albeit with some breaks. Despite my efforts, my performance was lacking. Many people commented that I was not in rhythm, but I believed I was playing accurately. The issue was resolved by a simple trick involving an egg. It made me realize what was amiss-I was consistently lagging behind where I should have been. Your exercise has greatly aided me in identifying and resolving the problem. Thank you once again. You achieved what several teachers were unable to discern and communicate to me. Thank you again.
I experimented with some other dairy products. The butter got too slippery and my glass of milk sloshed everywhere. Just stick to the egg... trust me on this.
I have been struggling to play guitar for years. Strumming is the reason I've quit so many times. It took me about 15 minutes of shaking to get this technique down. And I'm strumming so well... Thank you thank you for teaching. ♥
Brilliant! This is a tremendous lesson, learning new patterns. Or with everyone so obsessed about wondering what the storming pattern is on a particular song You can really make any song sound good with a simple serving patterns used in this technique done right. Thank you for this valuable lesson PS I'm off to find an egg shaker. Too bad Easter was over a month ago now.🐣
As someone who's been playing for years, adding a shaker to my strumming hand for added effect is a revelation! And it also happens I've recently been trying to teach someone chords/strumming on a ukulele, so double thanks for posting this insightful video. This just might make it click for her!
I'm a drummer, bass player and guitarist. I don't really have any problems with my rhythm (other than sometimes I drag a little with walking bass lines) yet I'm still watching this. You've got so many great weird learning tips. Even though I don't need this, I still love it!
I'm gonna lay off the egg puns. Been scrambling my brain to think of them but now i'm fried! Some were eggselent but others just boiled over, I felt like I was poaching for more. They were cracking at first but now it's no yolk...
I've been doing this for a while now, and I thought I was the only one. Albeit I did it so I can add more flavor to my music rather than proper pick technique, but still, it's a great trick! Great video man! You got your self a subscriber!
This is so helpful. I'm teaching my little cousin guitar (I'm no teacher, but I have the basics down) and this is a major problem area of his. Now, I'm going to try this with him. Peace and love mate!
They make egg shakers with a pick attached. I used to play with one like twenty years ago. I don't have amazing rhythm, so it was very helpful to me at that time.
I'll have to give this a try, thanks! I really struggle with the rhythmic strumming patterns that skip certain beats, so I can see this as a good way to fix that.
Yes! I feel this! I do this weird and totally subconscious flourish on this strum pattern on the "and" or up after the 3rd down (I'm a beginner, so I hope that made sense). Anyhow, that flourish throws me off about 1/16 which adds up over the measures. I'm trying to be more aware and just keep the rhythm. Great tip!
Brilliant idea. I teach the same pattern and have the same issues with most of my students (stopped-hand-syndrome :-) ) I will evaluate, if the egg helps me get them enlightened. Thank you.
That's a clever way to work up someone's rhythm, I used to do the bad strum, I didn't even realise that I could up stroke for the first few months of playing, but once I learned about strumming patterns from a magazine it took me next to no time to learn, alternate picking was a whole different story though!
watching the video where you explain the wrong way of strumming, that sounded pretty much how i was doing it, im gonna get me an egg shaker now, and practice this method, thank you, a great video and easy to follow, unlike most other videos i have seen :)
Great video! I've played mostly lead my whole life. When I decided to get more into acoustic guitar I was very surprised how hard good strumming is.... This helped !
Okay!! Wow🤯 I have watched hundreds of videos no exaggeration on that number! And for the life of me it never clicked... I just started playing guitar a few months ago on my own and I’ve had to do FingerStyle only because I couldn’t get the concept of strumming. And bam 💥 I got it thanks to this video and your explanation thank you sooo much!! You Just opened up so many new doors for me 🙏🏻💗
Omg! This helped me A LOT. I was trying to learn the strumming pattern for the song Breakfast at Tiffany’s and I just couldn’t get it right. This such an awesome trick!
You can get cheap little bracelets (or anklets) in Indian / hippy shops in places like Camden Town, which are easier to wear on your strumming wrist to achieve this useful effect. And perfect for playing Don't Fear The Reaper!
so how to clean the egg yolk out of the sound hole is my question...? Seriously though a lot of people i think strum and learn open cords but stuggle to put the two things together and that causes the breaks in stumming. Best thing i think is to teach them first to do everything slowly and tell student to play a open chord on the last up stroke before or as they go to change to the next chord ....as they learn the muscle memoy in changing to the next chord the open chord they play on the last up stroke in the bar when speeded up then becomes part of the song....this helped me with the timing...as it gives the student more time to transition to the next chord. Travis picking on the root chord has the same effect when doing finger picking style
You're an excellent instructor....I would entrust my own child to your tutelage....don't know what higher compliment I can pay. Have also enjoyed your "Top Techniques of [xxx]" videos...thanks for the shared enjoyment!
All these TH-cam strumming lessons are teaching rythm but I'm not having trouble with that. I can't seem to get a smooth upstroke. It's like I bang the hell out of half the strings and you can barely hear the rest. I've tried: making sure I bend at the elbow and being cognisant of the angle of the pick and making sure (or trying to) that I just graze the strings. I'm sure it'll come with practice but it's difficult to fix a problem when you're not sure what you're doing wrong.
Hey :) I really enjoy your videos, they're all of high quality and relate sometimes to some "basic" stuff just like strumming which are definitely not basic at all when nobody is there to tell you "you're doing it wrong". These tricks are maybe the most important to handle when playing the guitar, before trying to go to far (because we all do that I think haha !). Thanks for your content !
I just found this video; some times I strugle to keep flowing the strummin, as you mentioned; so I think I will get one of the se eggs to practice, Thank You, now new subscriber here , like and best regards 👍🏼👊🏽👋🏾
Interesting. I'm a long time player. Recently I've been really working on my rhythm and right hand technique. I gotta try strumming with an egg in the hand.
Hey bro, I knew you would get the reference! Dig your channel, and have been a sub for a long time. I was a lead vocalist/writer for close to 30 years, and 99% of the time I wasn't playing guitar. I taught myselfish to play on acoustic, I had a sweet Yamaha FG 365 acoustic which was a YUGE improvement over the $25 cheese cutter my mom bought at a flea market for me!! When I became a lead vocalist I only very rarely played guitar on stage. I taught myself how to play using a Yamaha FG 365 a PHENOMENAL guitar! My favorite bands were Beatles, Wings, The Who, Super Tramp and then I also dug Crack Sabbage, and Rainbow with R.J.Dio, and I also loved Dio's first three solo albums. He didn't have the same sort of raw, filthy explosive style after Sacred Heart. Anyway, I wasn't playing the guitar, and the only time I played it was at parties or to write with. So at fiddy six, I've decided to really learn how to play. I have the Yamaha 340 - Epiphone Casino - and my sons bought me an Epiphone Les Paul Jr, which I absolutely love!!' I'm digging your style and approach, as well as a couple of other YouBoob instructors. This old sumbitch is gonna prove you CAN teach old dogs tricks! Learning guitar as with learning anything else requires the desire to learn, and time, dedication. At fiddy six (as those annoying punk kids and their transistor radios, frisbee and hula Hoops say it) I'm gonna invest the time and effort. By this time next year there's a good chance I'm struggling to play in my coffin! Jack - Canada
This is so funny! I actually never had a problem with keeping my strumming hand moving - I had trouble with remembering to hit the strings at the appropriate moment - but I think this egg-trick would have... done the trick :D
Eggcellent.
Kenneth Ord that’s pretty punny 😁
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Brilliant! I've been using this technique with my students over the past few months, and it has dramatically helped them. Thank you!
@@ngoh2002 wtf...
How come, dramatically?
Music teacher here, always looking for new ways of teaching things. I love this!!
After trying and failing to play the guitar, around 5 times over forty year period. I saw this video and had to try it. I could always make the chords, just struggle to make it musical. I have been playing and learning for 3 1/2 years now. In fact I feel comfortable enough to learn how to play the piano now. Thank you for filling my retirement years with music.
this must be really helpful for yolk music.
shaun03a Omg
😂 🏆 🥇 🎉
You crack me up
Certainly helped me with my new albumin
🤣🤣👍
really appreciate how thoughtful, professional, and patient your videos are. so many of the "beginner" vids on YT go way too fast and lack the supporting ideas and visual aids that help beginners learn
Hi , I don’t know if you still read these comments from older videos
But since I’ve found your channel , you’ve helped me immensely with my progression with guitar and I feel more confident in my playing ever since .
Thank you so much for these videos
Hi Karina, that's awesome to hear! Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it!
Personally I use it for many years when playing as a street musician. It gives you a great percussive sound so, I recommend using it even if do not have struuming problems :)
instructions not clear egg broke inside my guitar
Gotta hard boil it. Duh!
The-Art-of-Guitar I literally thought that was the excercise and you'd have to not tear the egg but still touch. See I learnt guitar at Shaolin and that's one of the methods there.
Jordan , your funny!
Rick Chapman - stop egging him on
The-Art-of-Guitar I like your profile picture
When you get bored of a pick so you use an egg
When you can't find your pick so you use an egg instead
That guitar sounds so rich
What guitar is that?
A small loan of a million dollars
I agree. It sounds like I can't afford it.
It’s a Martin d-28, not quite millions but it’ll cost you 3k!
thank you, this teggnique really helped me a lot.
I must express my gratitude. I have been playing for over 20 years, albeit with some breaks. Despite my efforts, my performance was lacking. Many people commented that I was not in rhythm, but I believed I was playing accurately. The issue was resolved by a simple trick involving an egg. It made me realize what was amiss-I was consistently lagging behind where I should have been.
Your exercise has greatly aided me in identifying and resolving the problem. Thank you once again. You achieved what several teachers were unable to discern and communicate to me.
Thank you again.
I always wondered what those eggs at the music store are for
PROBAL MALAKAR not this
I experimented with some other dairy products. The butter got too slippery and my glass of milk sloshed everywhere. Just stick to the egg... trust me on this.
Robert Brotherton but eggs aren’t a dairy product 🤔
'other' dairy products...?
cow egg?
🤣🤣🤣
I have been struggling to play guitar for years. Strumming is the reason I've quit so many times.
It took me about 15 minutes of shaking to get this technique down. And I'm strumming so well... Thank you thank you for teaching. ♥
Brilliant! This is a tremendous lesson, learning new patterns. Or with everyone so obsessed about wondering what the storming pattern is on a particular song You can really make any song sound good with a simple serving patterns used in this technique done right. Thank you for this valuable lesson
PS
I'm off to find an egg shaker. Too bad Easter was over a month ago now.🐣
the empty strokes in strumming patterns have been a difficulty for me, that seems a good way to overcome it, I'll definitively try this.
That's a great tip. Non-stop pulse in the body, of the meters in your songs, is so important for good rhythm. Thanks for the great idea!
As someone who's been playing for years, adding a shaker to my strumming hand for added effect is a revelation! And it also happens I've recently been trying to teach someone chords/strumming on a ukulele, so double thanks for posting this insightful video. This just might make it click for her!
I'm a drummer, bass player and guitarist. I don't really have any problems with my rhythm (other than sometimes I drag a little with walking bass lines) yet I'm still watching this. You've got so many great weird learning tips. Even though I don't need this, I still love it!
great lesson. never heard of this before. As someone with no sense of rhythm this seems to help out.
oh screw strumming i'm gonna become a technical egg shaker
Tambourine institute of technology.
A Good tip for beginners man. By keeping that strumming hand constantly moving it acts as a metronome. Helps your timing out immensely
I'm gonna lay off the egg puns. Been scrambling my brain to think of them but now i'm fried! Some were eggselent but others just boiled over, I felt like I was poaching for more. They were cracking at first but now it's no yolk...
Eggtraordinary
Thanks dude...you really are a super good...guitar teacher!! Always explaining things that others don't or overlook!!
Dude... I have an egg shaker with pick all in one. It is awesome. Had it for years.
Genius tip! Thank you. I love how non-condescending you are as a teacher. Makes all the difference to a student.
That guitar sounds amazing.
I've been doing this for a while now, and I thought I was the only one. Albeit I did it so I can add more flavor to my music rather than proper pick technique, but still, it's a great trick! Great video man! You got your self a subscriber!
That went over easy.
This is so helpful. I'm teaching my little cousin guitar (I'm no teacher, but I have the basics down) and this is a major problem area of his. Now, I'm going to try this with him. Peace and love mate!
This is by far the best lesson. I have always struggled with my rythm. Thank You for the advice. I will try this
They make egg shakers with a pick attached. I used to play with one like twenty years ago. I don't have amazing rhythm, so it was very helpful to me at that time.
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Brilliant teaching tool!
Thank you so so much! Finally strumming feels natural to me 🥰 and my strumming overall sounds better now :)
I'll have to give this a try, thanks! I really struggle with the rhythmic strumming patterns that skip certain beats, so I can see this as a good way to fix that.
I scrambled to get my guitar
this worked immedietly, you are great!
the amount of eggs jokes here are giving me life
Yes! I feel this! I do this weird and totally subconscious flourish on this strum pattern on the "and" or up after the 3rd down (I'm a beginner, so I hope that made sense). Anyhow, that flourish throws me off about 1/16 which adds up over the measures. I'm trying to be more aware and just keep the rhythm. Great tip!
The weight of the egg helps the muscle memory. Momentum is a good teacher eh?
For the most part, this lesson went over easy.
😂😂😂
Brilliant idea. I teach the same pattern and have the same issues with most of my students (stopped-hand-syndrome :-) ) I will evaluate, if the egg helps me get them enlightened. Thank you.
That's a clever way to work up someone's rhythm, I used to do the bad strum, I didn't even realise that I could up stroke for the first few months of playing, but once I learned about strumming patterns from a magazine it took me next to no time to learn, alternate picking was a whole different story though!
watching the video where you explain the wrong way of strumming, that sounded pretty much how i was doing it, im gonna get me an egg shaker now, and practice this method, thank you, a great video and easy to follow, unlike most other videos i have seen :)
Thanks for the tip, I'm gonna try this as I struggle with strumming
Straight to amazon to buy an egg shaker
Great video! I've played mostly lead my whole life. When I decided to get more into acoustic guitar I was very surprised how hard good strumming is.... This helped !
Hey love your videos man you help with alot of issues from general beginner issues to all kinds of issues thank you
Hope you get 1M subscribers. Keep up the good work
One genuine teacher..👍
Can i use the tic tac container i keep my picks in
Great idea!
Okay!! Wow🤯 I have watched hundreds of videos no exaggeration on that number! And for the life of me it never clicked... I just started playing guitar a few months ago on my own and I’ve had to do FingerStyle only because I couldn’t get the concept of strumming. And bam 💥 I got it thanks to this video and your explanation thank you sooo much!! You Just opened up so many new doors for me 🙏🏻💗
HI, TH-cam recommended you and I'm glad I watched..Thank you this has helped me
Omg! This helped me A LOT. I was trying to learn the strumming pattern for the song Breakfast at Tiffany’s and I just couldn’t get it right. This such an awesome trick!
You can get cheap little bracelets (or anklets) in Indian / hippy shops in places like Camden Town, which are easier to wear on your strumming wrist to achieve this useful effect. And perfect for playing Don't Fear The Reaper!
Your brilliant idea worths a million!!!😘👍👍
Great presentation 🎸
There's no eggscuse why people shouldn't try this
You're pretty underrated, IMO. I will definitely try this out and recommend it to others.
so how to clean the egg yolk out of the sound hole is my question...? Seriously though a lot of people i think strum and learn open cords but stuggle to put the two things together and that causes the breaks in stumming. Best thing i think is to teach them first to do everything slowly and tell student to play a open chord on the last up stroke before or as they go to change to the next chord ....as they learn the muscle memoy in changing to the next chord the open chord they play on the last up stroke in the bar when speeded up then becomes part of the song....this helped me with the timing...as it gives the student more time to transition to the next chord. Travis picking on the root chord has the same effect when doing finger picking style
Thanks so much for this. I'm definitely going to try it.
This was really helpful. I think I have problems with rhythm and, whilst I can't lay my hands on an 'egg shaker', the video males a lot of sense!
You're an excellent instructor....I would entrust my own child to your tutelage....don't know what higher compliment I can pay.
Have also enjoyed your "Top Techniques of [xxx]" videos...thanks for the shared enjoyment!
All these TH-cam strumming lessons are teaching rythm but I'm not having trouble with that. I can't seem to get a smooth upstroke. It's like I bang the hell out of half the strings and you can barely hear the rest. I've tried: making sure I bend at the elbow and being cognisant of the angle of the pick and making sure (or trying to) that I just graze the strings.
I'm sure it'll come with practice but it's difficult to fix a problem when you're not sure what you're doing wrong.
Thank you for this. I recently started playing again after a 20 year hiatus. My technique is bad, I need to find one of these shakers
Subscribed, awaiting manly tears of joy...
He's the Mr. Rogers of Guitar instruction.
Hey :) I really enjoy your videos, they're all of high quality and relate sometimes to some "basic" stuff just like strumming which are definitely not basic at all when nobody is there to tell you "you're doing it wrong". These tricks are maybe the most important to handle when playing the guitar, before trying to go to far (because we all do that I think haha !).
Thanks for your content !
This was great thanks! I had asked you about this a while ago. Great video!
This is eggsactly the strumming lesson I needed
cool idea, will def try it out with students!
Wow, John Cusack is full of great guitar-playing ideas! Thanks John!
I'll definitely try this technique..thanks
Great tip Mike! I’m trying to teach my brother how to strum correctly, hope this helps him.
I just found this video; some times I strugle to keep flowing the strummin, as you mentioned; so I think I will get one of the se eggs to practice, Thank You, now new subscriber here , like and best regards 👍🏼👊🏽👋🏾
Didn't know John cusack teaches guitar now
Lmao I thought the exact thing when I first saw him xD
Awesome idea, can't wait to try this.
Great tips!
What a brilliant idea 💡
will this help me play meshugga's bleed?
Miguel Fernandez Millan yes
Yes
Thank you sir
I’ll try the egg but even just the explanation is very helpful to get it into my head.
Great, very useful for beginners, many thx.
Interesting. I'm a long time player. Recently I've been really working on my rhythm and right hand technique. I gotta try strumming with an egg in the hand.
Interesting! It might also help to get better at holding the Pick too. I have a hard time maintaining my hand position etc..
What an idea sir!
Mine guitar is big..... I wish I had a smaller guitar like you.... What a shaker guitar.... 👍👍
Really nicely presented. Thank you.
Koo Koo Kajube!
That's also a famous Bob Segar pattern - Night Moves -
Jack - Canada
Hey bro, I knew you would get the reference!
Dig your channel, and have been a sub for a long time.
I was a lead vocalist/writer for close to 30 years, and 99% of the time I wasn't playing guitar.
I taught myselfish to play on acoustic, I had a sweet Yamaha FG 365 acoustic which was a YUGE improvement over the $25 cheese cutter my mom bought at a flea market for me!!
When I became a lead vocalist I only very rarely played guitar on stage. I taught myself how to play using a Yamaha FG 365 a PHENOMENAL guitar! My favorite bands were Beatles, Wings, The Who, Super Tramp and then I also dug Crack Sabbage, and Rainbow with R.J.Dio, and I also loved Dio's first three solo albums. He didn't have the same sort of raw, filthy explosive style after Sacred Heart.
Anyway, I wasn't playing the guitar, and the only time I played it was at parties or to write with.
So at fiddy six, I've decided to really learn how to play. I have the Yamaha 340 - Epiphone Casino - and my sons bought me an Epiphone Les Paul Jr, which I absolutely love!!'
I'm digging your style and approach, as well as a couple of other YouBoob instructors. This old sumbitch is gonna prove you CAN teach old dogs tricks!
Learning guitar as with learning anything else requires the desire to learn, and time, dedication. At fiddy six (as those annoying punk kids and their transistor radios, frisbee and hula Hoops say it) I'm gonna invest the time and effort. By this time next year there's a good chance I'm struggling to play in my coffin!
Jack - Canada
why didn't I see this before, I could save a lot of my years trying to be good at rythm,
Mind if I poach this idea?
This is so funny! I actually never had a problem with keeping my strumming hand moving - I had trouble with remembering to hit the strings at the appropriate moment - but I think this egg-trick would have... done the trick :D
Thanks for this, I didn’t even realise my strumming was off till I tried this
It really fixed my problem
great work
Great lesson.
funny but genius and i have never thought of a simple rhythm creation which i could hear
Nifty trick. Thanks!