Hello - I think there might be some confusion when I say a "16th note strum pattern". When I say that, I don't necessarily mean to strum every beat, but that the pulse of the pattern is subdivided into 16th notes.

So for the D D DUDU pattern - you are not striking the strings on the first 2 upstrokes - they are only down strokes (on beat 1 then then and-of-1). Then on the second beat, you will strum 2 - e - and - a with D - U - D - U.

I suggest you use the speed buttons on the left side of the video frame to slow down the perfomance to see what I'm doing there for the strum.

Hope this helps - let me know how it goes!

Mike

Originally Posted by: martjor854

Hi Mike,

Sorry the song I was referring to is " It must have been Love" by Roxette

I watched the tutorial video for this song and am starting to learn these barre chords.

Thanks for the previous message about " knocking on heavens door" by Dylan

you said this song used 16th note strum pattern.

I don't understand hiw you explained the 16th nite pattern for each chord.

Could you write out a few chords

G D Am Am7

are used through to this song

you said the pattern for knocking on heavens door is

DD-DUDU

G major chord

The first DD is counted as 1 but is strummed twice to give two strums for these two downstrums

then the rest of the pattern is

DUDU

Counted as 2 -e-and-a

confusing as I was taught

sixteenth note strumming was

1e- and - a per chord

This is a great song could you write the chords with the pattern underneath to show the counting as well, please. Appreciated. Very interested in your song.