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johnsag
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johnsag
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02/14/2012 1:51 pm
Yes, it is the song Hole Hearted by Extreme and it is in the "songs" section of guitar tricks. This strumming pattern isn't exactly at the beginning of the song, it is in the next "chunk" as the instructor Michael Elsner is describing. In the lesson it appears he is doing a regular full motion strumming pattern on just the A and D strings. I am having great difficulty with it. If I try to limit my strumming to just those strings it sounds terrible because I'm forcing myself to just hit those strings with a tight strum, but if I try to strum with a full motion, other strings come into play and doesn't sound good either. Maybe I have to work more and more on my picking hand control and just deal with it. Also in the lesson he says a six string guitar is ok to use. Thanks for the advice Hunter1801. I welcome more input from others as well. Thanks!