{"id":5183,"date":"2011-03-04T12:51:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T12:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=5183"},"modified":"2019-08-01T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:15:25","slug":"strumming-pattern-days-of-elijah-by-robin-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/strumming-pattern-days-of-elijah-by-robin-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Strumming Pattern &#8211; Days of Elijah by Robin Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of versions of this that all vary slightly. I&#8217;ve used Robin Mark&#8217;s original. Its another syncopated \u2018gallop\u2019 style pattern that moves the song along when played fast. Many people use the pattern all the time and it can become a bit wearing if the song doesn\u2019t need it so use it appropriately and again be careful of the timing issue too.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Days-of-Elijah\" href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123348\/Days-of-Elijah.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment wp-att-5184 \" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123348\/Days-of-Elijah.png\" alt=\"Days-of-Elijah\" width=\"520\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/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.<!--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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of versions of this that all vary slightly. I&#8217;ve used Robin Mark&#8217;s original. Its another syncopated \u2018gallop\u2019 style pattern that moves the song along when played fast. Many people use the pattern all the time and it can become a bit wearing if the song doesn\u2019t need it so use it appropriately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":21961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[113,7],"tags":[1469,1108,1470,1404,1387],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Strumming Pattern - Days of Elijah by Robin Mark<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Its another syncopated \u2018gallop\u2019 style pattern that moves the song along when played fast. 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