{"id":5150,"date":"2011-02-08T16:47:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T16:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2019-08-01T14:42:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:42:59","slug":"strumming-pattern-come-now-is-the-time-to-worship-by-brian-doerksen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/strumming-pattern-come-now-is-the-time-to-worship-by-brian-doerksen\/","title":{"rendered":"Strumming pattern &#8211; Come Now is the Time to Worship by Brian Doerksen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This pattern is taken from the \u00a0UK Vineyard original album \u2018Come Now is the Time\u2019. This is a very common syncopated rhythm that comes up a lot in worship songs. If it seems complicated on the page, break it down and count it through very slowly. Keep your hand moving as you strum and only build up the speed once you\u2019ve got the groove nailed.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Come-Now-is-the-Time-to-Worship\" href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123353\/Come-Now-is-the-Time-to-Worship.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment wp-att-5151 \" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123353\/Come-Now-is-the-Time-to-Worship.png\" alt=\"Come-Now-is-the-Time-to-Worship\" width=\"520\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/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><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>This pattern is taken from the \u00a0UK Vineyard original album \u2018Come Now is the Time\u2019. This is a very common syncopated rhythm that comes up a lot in worship songs. If it seems complicated on the page, break it down and count it through very slowly. 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