Before we were doing some single note stuff to a very slow rhythm just working on developing a pocket
and a discipline and not rushing ahead of the beat even the beat is very dragging.
So let's do the same thing with chords now. Just a little bit of strummings.
So we've got our forty BPM's and we're just going to play one strum per beat and you're just going to lag behind that beat.
If the beat is so slow that you're not feeling the internal pulse of when it's coming then divide it in your head to something, just double it up.
Just go instead of bump, bump, bump, just go bump, bump, bump, bump
or if you have to go bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump or whatever it is play to that.
You want to stay behind the beat.
Alright let's move this chords around how about G, C. Want to do two G's.
Two C's.
G,C,D,C.
What we're doing here now is just focusing on staying behind that beat.
Let's do two chords per beat.
Still making sure that the ones on the metronome hit behind it. You don't want to do this.
You want to stay behind it. Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it.
I'm getting sick of these chords, let's change them and let's do three per beat.
One triplet, two triplet and let's change up these chords. Let's do A minor, F, C, G, incredible.
Let me tighten up the strum to so it's more percussive and it's right on it.
Slow it down, pull back.
Let's do a little two ahead, pull it back more.
I'm still acting like a guitarist and I'm jumping ahead just a little hair so pull it back more.
One, two, three, one, two, three. One, two, three, one, two, three.
It's tricky it is, it's really tricky.
You want to get just right on it and then you start jumping ahead of it and it's very hard to stay behind it.
That's what we are practicing here. Staying behind the beat.
We're going to try four per click, ok.
Click. Let's try A minor, D minor, G, C.
I'm still too on it, I want to get behind it.
There it is.
Not bad.
It's always just a little behind it.
That one was good, that was good.
My triplets stank but that was good.
So yeah we can keep on going, we can do five.
Which for that either you can do just a bunch of downs and do them like that.
Let's see one, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, five, one, two, three, four, five.
Yeah see I'm rushing already. Guitarist.
Rushing a little bit, but better.
Six per beat.
One, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five, six.
Let's go down, up.
Yeah, tricky. Just finding that sweet spot, not quite on the beat, not too far behind it.
You're definitely not jumping in front and once you get into that area it's pretty good.
It's good stuff, good pocket but it takes practice.
It's not easy to do.
So something to work on.