Lesson 5 - Strumming Exercise 3 - 晴天 by 周杰伦

The 3rd strumming pattern is also another modification to Pattern A1. It is another variation to make the later part of the song more lively. It is usually used for parts of songs where one chord last for the duration of 1 Bar. We shall use the song 晴天 by 周杰伦to demo.

In this exercise, note that:

1) Intro at Line 1 and 2 use Plucking.

2) Intro at Line 3 and 4 use the new Strumming Method Pattern A3.

3) Verse 1, 2 and Pre-Chorus mostly use Strumming Method Pattern A1 for simplicity.

4) Most of the Chorus use the new Strumming Method Pattern A3.

5) The new pattern is base on the Pattern A1 except from 3^rd Beat onwards are all different strokes.

First, let us look at some new chords:

The above strumming exercise is using the below general pattern:

This pattern can be applied to the songs stated for Pattern A1 like 安静 by 周杰伦, 海阔天空 by Beyond, Sometimes When We Touch by Rod Stewart, 纯真 by Mayday, 爱如潮水 by 张信哲 and many, many more of such genre!

If you are interested in in the full chords of this song as transcribed by me, you can try it out below at your own time:

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Kubri Yang Terbaik (GMB)

Artist: GMB (Giving My Best)
Album: Rise Up (1999)

Intro:
D#    Bb/D    C
D#    Bb/D    C


Verse 1:
C
   Seringkali ku
G/B
   kecewakanMu
Bb                    F      G
   Bahagia kucari tak kudapatkan
     C
   Kuingat harga yang
G/B   
   Terbayar untukku
Bb
   Tak percuma semua
          F            G
   D'rita yang Kau t'rima


Pre-chorus 1:
  F                       G/F
Gunung dan lembah telah kujalani
         Am      D/F#      F      G
S'bab cinta kasihNya hari ini ku ada


Chorus:
F/A      G/B      C                    G/B
Ku   -   b'ri     yang    terbaik    bagiMu
Am    D/F#     F     G
Kurelakan      segalanya
C              G/B
Yang terbaik bagiMu
Am          D/F#  F        G         C
S'genap hatiku       dan s'genap jiwaku


Interlude:
D#    Bb/D    C


Verse 2:
C
   Saat kurenungkan
G/B
   KasihMu nyata
Bb
   Kau telah menanti
     F        G
   Dengan setia
     C
   Hatiku penuh
G/B
   kasih padaMu
Bb
   Kutahu yang terbaik
        F     G
   'Tuk kulakukan


Pre-chorus 2:
       F                G/F
Ku menghampiriMu p'nuhi panggilanMu
Am    D/F#       F        G
Kurelakan 'tuk beri s'galanya


Bridge:
D#                           Dm   Gm
   Kau t'lah b'rikan hidupMu bagiku
Cm           F     Bb
   Yang terbaik di Kalvari
D#         F/D#         Dm      Gm
   Kau relakan 'tuk disalib bagiku
Cm            Dm
   S'karang kub'ri yang terbaik
D#             Dsus             D/F#
   Kub'ri hidupku, s'genap hidupku

Dan Kasih-Mu (GMB)

Artist: GMB (Giving My Best)
Album: Follow (2001)

D                 A/G  G   A/G  D/G  A/G  G
Besar kasih setia-Mu
D                    A/G  G   A/G  D/G   A/G  G 
Agung, dahsyat karya-Mu
Em         A          Bm7    A
    Takkan pernah kulupakan
Em           D/F#    G          Asus4    A
    Bah'wa hidupku dicipta untukMu


D                A/G  G   A/G  D/G  A/G  G
Kudus, Suci nama-Mu
D                     A/G  G   A/G  D/G  A/G  G
Mulia dan dalam kasih-Mu
Em         A          Bm7    A
    Takkan pernah kulupakan
Em           D/F#    G          Asus4    A
    Bah'wa hidupku dicipta untukMu


Chorus:
D            Am7/C         G
   Dan kasih-Mu melekat di batinku
Gm           D
Damai di jiwaku
        Am7/C            G
Dan kuhidup hanya 'tuk menyembah-Mu
Gm           D
Allah yang hidup


Tag:
Gm           D/F#
Allah yang hidup    (Repeats)

Sampai (GMB)

Artist: GMB
Album: The Best Is Yet To Come (2006)

    Gmaj7
Semua harta di dalam dunia
   Em
Semua taktah yang dapat tergapai
   Am7          D          G
Takkan bisa menggantikan kasih Bapa


    Gmaj7
Semua karya yang t'lah terlukiskan
   Em
Semua nada yang telah terdengar
   Am7        D          G         E7
Takkan bisa menyaingi cinta-Mu


Chorus:
                  Am7       D
Sampai habis bumi berlalu
                   G         C
Sampai siang malam menyatu
          Am7         D             Gsus       G     E7
Akan ku puja dan kusembah Engkau ya Bapa   -   ku
                 Am7         D
Sampai nama-Mu ditinggikan
               G            C
Di setiap hati dan bangsa
             Am7          D             G
Kasih sayang-Mu dan setia-Mu 'kan menyertaiku

Lesson 5 - Strumming Exercise 1 + 2 - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You by George Benson

The first strumming pattern you will learn is actually by itself not a conventional pattern used, but more of a fundamental pattern to let you progressively build up on more complicated ones. Recall back in Lesson 3: Chords & Rhythm Playing, Chord Progression Exercise 1 to 3, we learn to strum chords on a basic pattern of all Down Strokes. The idea behind this pattern is that it follows the main drum beats of popular ballad , pop or slow rock songs. Now, we will build up from this pattern.

Lets call this strumming pattern: Pattern A. Lets try the song Nothing’s GonnaChange My Love For You by George Benson.

In this exercise, note that:

1) It is base on the simple Down Stroke pattern in all the exercises of Lesson 3, however, I have added a fast DU at 2.5 Beat and 4.5 Beat instance of every bar. This will make the pattern more lively and less monotone.

2) Because it is not easy to show Strumming on Tabs, for every chord stroke, I have put the tab numbering for every single note of the chord. But it doesn’t mean you strum every single string of the chord strictly. This will make the strumming dead and weird.

Instead, relax your Right Hand when you strum. Strum on majority of the string notes, and for the DU stroke, strum on the higher treble notes because the event for a DU happens very fast.

The above strumming exercise is using the below general pattern:

This strumming method does great at the EARLY part of a song, but you will need to add more strokes and variety later on to make the song sound more lively and heavier as it progress to a different phase. You can try using this method to test out songs like 安静 by 周杰伦, 晴天 by 周杰伦, 海阔天空 by Beyond, Sometimes When We Touch by Rod Stewart, 纯真 by Mayday, 爱如潮水 by 张信哲 and many, many more of such genre!

The next strumming pattern is not a new strumming pattern by itself, but modification to Pattern A1. Because playing Pattern A1 throughout the song will be boring, so you can modify it slightly at later parts of the song to make the song more lively. We shall use the Pre-Chorus and Chorus of  the song Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You by George Benson to demo the idea.

In this exercise, note that:

1) For completion purpose, the new pattern starts at the 3^rdline of Pre-Chorus. The 1^st two lines still use Pattern A1.

2) The new pattern is base on the Pattern A1, however, I have replaced 3^rdBeat with a fast DU, 4th Beat with a fast UDU and 4.5 Beat with a fast DU of every bar. This will make the strumming heavier, making the chorus more emphasized.

First, let us look at one new chord:

The above strumming exercise is using the below general pattern:

This strumming method does great at the LATER part of a song. Similarly, they can be applied to the songs stated for Pattern A1 like 安静 by 周杰伦, 晴天 by 周杰伦, 海阔天空 by Beyond, Sometimes When We Touch by Rod Stewart, 纯真 by Mayday, 爱如潮水 by 张信哲 and many, many more of such genre!

If you are interested in the full chords of this song as transcribed by me, you can try it out below at your own time:

Strumming Exercise 1 + 2 Combined:

Clear the stage - Jimmy Needham

Jimmy Needham – Clear the stage
Chords by Jesper Sloth

Verse:
G#                                      D#/C  
Clear the stage and set the sounds and lights ablaze if 
C#maj7                                          D#
that’s the measure you must take to crush the idols


G#                                      D#/C
Jerk the pews and all the decorations too, until the 
C#maj7                                  D#
congregations few that have revival


G#                                      D#/C
Tell your friends that this is where the party ends, 
C#maj7                                  D#
until your broken for your sins you can’t be social


G#                                      D#/C
Seek the Lord and wait for what he has in store, and 
C#maj7                                  D#
know that great is your reward so just be hopeful,


Chorus:
C#                      Fm             
Cause you can sing all you want to
        C#/Bb                  D# 
Yes you can, sing all you want to
        C#                      Fm                             C#/Bb 
You can sing all you want to and still get it wrong
        D#                                      (Verse chords)
Oh worship is more than a song

Verse:
G#              D#/C  C#maj7         D#
Take a break from all the plans that you have made, and 
sit home alone and wait for God to whisper

Beg him please to open his mouth and speak and pray for 
real upon your knees until they blister
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jimmy-needham/321260.html ]
Shine the light on every corner of your life until the 
pride, and lust, and lies are in the open

Then read the word and put to test the things you’ve 
heard until your heart and soul are stirred and rocked 
and broken

Chorus:
C#              Fm             C#/Bb         D# 
Cause you can sing all you want to
Oh you can sing all you want to
You can sing all you want to, and still get it wrong
Oh worship is more than a song

Bridge:
C#                                      Fm                             D#
We must not worship something that’s not even worth it
                C#/Bb          Fm             
Clear the stage, make some space, for the one who 
D#
deserves it

G#              D#/C  C#maj7         D# (x4)
Anything I put before my God is an idol
Anything I want with all my heart is an idol
Anything I can’t stop thinking of is an idol
And anything that I give all my love is an idol

                C#              Fm             C#/Bb 
Cause I can sing all I want to, yes I can
                        D#
Sing all I want to 
                C#maj7          D#/C  
And we can sing all we want to
                C#maj7          D#
And we can Sing all we want to
                C#maj7          D#/C          C#/Bb 
We can sing all we want to and still get it wrong, 
C#              C#/D#           (verse chords- low G#)
Worship is more than a song


mmmmmmm

(high G#)
G#                                      D#/C
Clear the stage and set the sounds and lights ablaze if 
                C#maj7                                          D#
that’s the measure you must take to crush the idols

Allah Sumber Segalanya

Songwriter/Artist: Edward Chen

Intro:
F      C      Eb     Bb
F/A    C/E    Dm     C      Bb

 
Verse:
     F            C
Ku masuk ke dalam hadirat Tuhan dengan
Dm         Bb
nyanyian baru
     F         C                  Dm  Bb
Membawa korban ucapan syukur bagi Rajaku
    Gm        Am      Bb
Memuji, menyembah, berdoa
    Gm       Am         Bb
Menari, melompat bagi Tuhan       (repeat 2x)

 
Chorus:
       F           C           Bb          F/A
Anggur baru dicurahkan, berkat-Nya dilimpahkan
     Bb            F/A       Gm      C
Bagi m’reka yang mengasihi Dia
      F                C/E      Bb/D        F/C
Damai s’jahtra Dia berikan, sukacita kudapatkan
         Bb           Gm      C
S’bab Engkau Allah sumber segalanya


Interlude 1:
F     C    Eb     Bb


Interlude 2:
F/A     Bb      Dm     C     F/A     Bb     Dm     C
Eb      Bb      Eb     G#    Eb      Bb     Eb     G#      Bb     C     D


Chorus: (key = G)
       G           D           C           G
Anggur baru dicurahkan, berkat-Nya dilimpahkan
     G/B           C         G/B       Am    D/F#
Bagi m’reka yang mengasihi Dia
D     G                D/F#     C/E         G/D
Damai s’jahtra Dia berikan, sukacita kudapatkan
         C            Am      D
S’bab Engkau Allah sumber segalanya


Interlude 3:
Em     D/F#     G


Tag:
         Am           G/B       C     Em     D     C     G/B
S’bab Engkau Allah sumber segalanya
         Am           D
S’bab Engkau Allah sumber segalanya


Interlude 4:
G     D     F     C


Ending:
F      C     G/B    C     G/B
Engkau Allah sumber s’galanya
F        C  F       C/E      Dm     C      G/B      Am     G
Allah    sumber     se   -   ga  -  la  -  ga   -   la  -  nya