Strumming/Picking Help....

[RofB]

Hey everyone....Im new to guitars...anyway- im trying to learn songs and stuff....but its hard for me to strum without hitting other strings - which ruins the whole song.... for example- im trying to learn Blur - Song 2 formt his address :

http://www.mxtabs.net/tabs.php?path=Guitar,b,162,Blur,Song+%232,31629

well how do i strum A and D without hitting E and G?

Please help,

Thanks,
Michael.

[fatstrat]

You just strum those two strings. It's not hard. You can also mute the next highest string to ensure that you dont hit it.

-fatstrat

[slaughteredsoul]

Practice.

[Chickwithapick]

Yeah, practice. When I'd first learn a new string, I'd hit every other string on the guitar, and I had even more trouble trying to pick without looking. But just play it over and over and over and it just happens--you can do it! Now I can pick pretty fast without looking (which usually surprises people cuz I'm still very new at guitar--they said picking is the hardest part--I got it in a week) and I didn't do anything special. Just played a song over and over. It's weird how you get used to where strings are.

[RofB]

Thanks guys.....ill do that- .....
I know that its gona take a lot of practice to learn the chords and switch chords......but i guess the outcomes worth it.

[Jasper_e]

Yup practice and it'll come. As a temporary solution (when it's needed), u can try to mute the other strings with your left hand.

Jasper:cool: :cool: :cool: