When to strum upwards

[Blaser93]

I have checked the chord lessons and played a range of songs with strumming but have been unable to find out what the que is for strumming upwards when playing chords. I'd really appreciate the help as I've been playing just over 2 years and enjoy playing.

[TRex Bassist]

This may help you.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=218738907

[mikedavies]

From my own experience struming patterns are a case of developing listening skills and then finding the right 'groove' with a strumming pattern.

I think the best thing you can do is get into simple song writting and working out chord progressions that work, there are plenty of good books out there to help you with this, personally I like the Rikky Rooksby series. I think when you have a simple four chord progression that works the next stage is often finding the groove from it and that is where strumming patterns start to get developed in my experience.

When I go back into Rocksmith I find my ear picks up the background groove and I drop into things. This is often apparent leveling up Rhythm tracks where rather than play what is coming at you on the screen it is easier to groove it out throwing in what feels right and a lot of the time it is and the mastery score goes up significantly. I often find you can get stuck on rocksmith and it is just better to play something full and you get off a plateau.

So have bit of confidence, experiement and just go for it you will only get better.

[SiegeFrog]

I struggled with this as well. Rocksmith does try to help you out on the note highway by placing divisions on the beats in the bar, but it didn't really fall into place for me until I got better with my strumming outside of the game. Assuming the song has a straight feel (that's a BIG assumption), try to keep your hand moving in time with the beat. Down on the beat and up on the off beat. This should help you find the strumming pattern. If it's a 16th note pattern then double that and count 1 e & a 2 e & a etc. Down on the numbers and &s and up on the e and a. Slow it down in riff repeater until you lock in to the groove. You really have to listen hard to find it sometimes. Also, this process is usually easier at higher difficulty because more of the strums are in place. For songs with a shuffle feel, you have to hear it and feel it first, then you can play it. On those songs, the note highway can be more of a hindrance than a help.