{"id":5138,"date":"2011-01-25T07:52:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T07:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2019-08-01T14:53:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:53:57","slug":"strumming-pattern-jesus-messiah-by-chris-tomlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/strumming-pattern-jesus-messiah-by-chris-tomlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Strumming pattern &#8211; Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Similarly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/strumming-pattern-your-grace-is-enough-by-chris-tomlin\/\">Your Grace is Enough<\/a> the main groove accents all fall exactly on the beat. The up strums add a little movement and allude to the rhythm in the melody. For the chorus you could get rid of the upstrums altogether and add them back in for the verse. Basically more down strums adds more \u2018rock\u2019, up strums adds more of a pushed groove which sounds more \u2018soul\u2019ey.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jesus-Messiah\" href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123357\/Jesus-Messiah.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment wp-att-5139 \" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123357\/Jesus-Messiah.png\" alt=\"Jesus-Messiah\" width=\"520\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have a copy of the track handy then try finding it on YouTube or Spotify so you can play along.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve listed this in a box format that shows the song over a single bar in a 16<sup>th<\/sup> note format. So the key is to count 1 E &amp; A, 2 E &amp; A, 3 E &amp; A, 4 E &amp; A over the song and crucially\u00a0<strong>KEEP YOUR HAND MOVING<\/strong> at all times. Naturally your hand should strum down on the numbers or beats (1234), the &amp;\u2019s and then the up beats should always link to the E\u2019s and A\u2019s. If you find this difficult to work through on paper then I\u2019d recommend either our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/christian-guitar\/existing-player\/intermediate\/intermediate-acoustic-guitar.html\">Song Learner series DVDs<\/a> or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/christian-guitar\/existing-player\/intermediate\/intermediate-acoustic-guitar.html\">Intermediate Acoustic DVD<\/a>s as its much easier to see it on video than in an article.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Caveats<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019ve tried to pick the patterns from either the original album version or a fairly stock version of each song but of course, there are many versions of each song, and even within each version there will be some room to change up the strumming pattern and still fit the groove.<\/li>\n<li>Do realise that while each strumming pattern will work for the song on its own, if your drummer, or indeed your band is playing a different groove (consciously or unconsciously!) then it may not entirely fit. The key is to make sure the main accents in the rhythm of the melody are reflected in the strumming pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Similarly to Your Grace is Enough the main groove accents all fall exactly on the beat. The up strums add a little movement and allude to the rhythm in the melody. For the chorus you could get rid of the upstrums altogether and add them back in for the verse. 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