Proud mary

Caren Anderson demos this song in a tutorial however the notation for it seems incorrect.

can you check it for me please and provide a diagram showing where the ghost strums come in.

Hello Martin - I see Christopher Schlegel is addressing your questions in his forum.

Mike

Originally Posted by: martjor854

Caren Anderson demos this song in a tutorial however the notation for it seems incorrect.

can you check it for me please and provide a diagram showing where the ghost strums come in.

Hi

In the verse Caren counts 1+2+3+4

she does not count the and after best 4

and ends on best 4 yet the notation shows

it is played as an upstrum.

The notation you sent with the red arrows was helpful

could you do it for verse and chorus please

Christopher here. :)[br]

Originally Posted by: martjor854[p]In the verse Caren counts 1+2+3+4

she does not count the and after best 4[/quote][p]She does not always count it in the breakdown explaining it, for whatever reason. But she does when she's playing it in real time, putting it all together. Go to 5:40 of this lesson & you can see & hear her playing on the "and of 4". She explicitly explains that the strumming rhythm often starts on the "and of 4". Except for the first measure of each section which starts with a downstrum on 1.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=26781&s_id=2241

Originally Posted by: martjor854

and ends on best 4 yet the notation shows

it is played as an upstrum.

[p]All the upbeats, the "ands" in between the beats, are upstrums.

[quote=martjor854]

The notation you sent with the red arrows was helpful

could you do it for verse and chorus please

That was me. Here's the verse done the same way. I also included a little diagram to show how the "ands" are part of the rhythmic pattern & start on upstrums. This means the very end of a phrase often sounds like it belongs to the beginning of the next phrase: "and-1-and" (mute on 2), and-3-and (mute on 4) and-".

Both the verse & chorus are exactly like this. Keep strumming even 1/8th notes. Mute on 2 & 4.

Hope that helps!