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Rocksmith Strumming Patterns....Rebel Rebel By David Bowie (Rythmn)

I would like to start posting my suggested strumming patterns.

Why?

Well, there are several reasons.  For me, I guess I have a strumming pattern disability.  Having, the patterns figured out helps me.
I imagine if there was a Metronome and it alternated between Up/Down that could help.  It wouldn't show you a pattern but it would help you figure it out riff repeater.

I have been told you are supposed to keep your strumming hand moving up and down.  This does help to a point and maybe given time it will help a ton.  But for me, if I get off time, I tend to stay off time.  Do it right and hearing it right I am hoping it will help me connect the two so I can fix it dynamically.

I would also like to get other input since I suspect in some cases I am still not correct.
I realize there is more than one correct way and maybe no correct when it sounds good to the listener.

So this is a song I could play at near 100% in master mode.

I was playing it all wrong when I look at it from a strumming pattern.  This is probably why I would get off time if I tried playing it without music or Rocksmith.

It looks like I have a tendency to want to start any group of strums with a down strum as the first one and I find myself rushing to do this.
This is how I believe it should be for the most repeated pattern in the song.
D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx

How did I play it before this change?

D               E
DxDxDxDU xDxDUxDx

I would hesitate after the upstroke on the E so it could be a downstroke and this would pull together the rest.

I would also do this on the other pattern:
What I suggest is the right pattern follows:
A                   D                  Bm                E
DxDxDUDx DxDUxUDx DxDxDUDx DUDUDUDx
How I would play it:
A                   D                  Bm                E
DxDxDUDx DxDUxDUx DxDxDUDx DUDUDUDx
I again would hesitate to convert the upstroke to a downstroke.

Now, most songs don't come together like this with a couple of hesitations.
I really think this bad habit and my general lack of recognizing and maintaining the beat has hurt my learning.
I am attempting to learn songs I play at a high percentage but I find it a time-consuming effort for each song.
I have done some searches but seen very little postings similar to this.  I have seen some questions.

Any thoughts are tips are appreciated.
Thanks



Here is the whole song with what I call the correct pattern:

D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  times 4 and loop this for 3 more times
A                   D                  Bm                E
DxDxDUDx DxDUxUDx DxDxDUDx DUDUDUDx
D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  times 4
break
D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  times 2
D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  times 4 and loop this for 2 more times
A                   D                  Bm                E
DxDxDUDx DxDUxUDx DxDxDUDx DUDUDUDx
D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  times 4
break
D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  times 2
D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  times 4
break
D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  times 2
D               E
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  times 4 and loop this for 4 more times
D               E                       D
DxDxDxDU xUxUDxDx  D


Oh...the Song
Rebel Rebel By David Bowie
This is the Rhythm track.


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