{"id":5176,"date":"2011-02-24T08:13:44","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T08:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2019-08-01T13:26:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:26:54","slug":"strumming-pattern-to-god-of-wonders-by-marc-byrd-steve-hindalong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/strumming-pattern-to-god-of-wonders-by-marc-byrd-steve-hindalong\/","title":{"rendered":"Strumming Pattern to God of Wonders by Marc Byrd &#038; Steve Hindalong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This pattern purposely misses out the down strum on beat 3, which gives it a pushed feel. Its similar to Oasis\u2019s Wonderwall and this kind pattern works well for giving a slower song an \u2018up\u2019 feel. Its taken from the \u00a0Third Day album, Live in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"God-of-Wonders\" href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123349\/God-of-Wonders.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment wp-att-5177 \" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123349\/God-of-Wonders.png\" alt=\"God-of-Wonders\" width=\"520\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have God of Wonders as one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/backing-tracks\/worship-backing-tracks-guitar.html\">Worship Backing Band DVD<\/a> tracks. You can remove the guitar from the mix and play along with the pro band (the words and chords are all on screen).<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\">I\u2019ve listed these in kind of 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 again I\u2019d recommend either our\u00a0<a style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" 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 style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" 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. God of Wonders is one of the songs we teach on the Beginners Worship Guitar DVDs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\"><strong>Caveats<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: circle; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 9px 0px 18px 1.5em;\">\n<li style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\">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 style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px;\">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 style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This pattern purposely misses out the down strum on beat 3, which gives it a pushed feel. Its similar to Oasis\u2019s Wonderwall and this kind pattern works well for giving a slower song an \u2018up\u2019 feel. Its taken from the \u00a0Third Day album, Live in Philadelphia. 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