{"id":5291,"date":"2011-05-05T09:26:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T09:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2019-07-31T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T16:50:50","slug":"strumming-pattern-our-god-saves-by-paul-baloche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/strumming-pattern-our-god-saves-by-paul-baloche\/","title":{"rendered":"Strumming Pattern &#8211; Our God Saves by Paul Baloche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a strumming pattern to Our God Saves which I&#8217;ve taken from the original Paul Baloche version. Again another syncopated pattern similar to some of Paul Baloche\u2019s other songs. This works well with the very U2 esque lead guitar dotted 8<sup>th<\/sup>s part on the album.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Our-God-Saves\" href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123336\/Our-God-Saves.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment wp-att-5292 \" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/08123336\/Our-God-Saves.png\" alt=\"Our-God-Saves\" width=\"520\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->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><strong>Other posts you might like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/category\/chord-of-the-month\/\">All our strumming patterns\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/category\/chord-of-the-month\/\">Chord of the month archive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a strumming pattern to Our God Saves which I&#8217;ve taken from the original Paul Baloche version. Again another syncopated pattern similar to some of Paul Baloche\u2019s other songs. 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