https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:00:59 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/paged/2/#post-276161 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:45:57 +0000 Great song... as with most of John Fogerty's songs, it's great to play, but also easy to sing along with.

Thanks Matteo That's an interesting comment! Are you singing it in the same place that he is?]]> Easy Songs General Savage https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/paged/2/#post-276161 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/paged/2/#post-275810 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:49:51 +0000 Easy Songs ShadyHarrison https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/paged/2/#post-275810 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-274352 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:33:09 +0000 Easy Songs DrunkRock https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-274352 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-273612 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:03:51 +0000 Easy Songs GWR https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-273612 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-273611 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:02:12 +0000
ESD Index]]> Easy Songs Anonymous 22752 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-273611 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-273365 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:51:42 +0000 Easy Songs GWR https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-273365 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-234152 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:10:51 +0000
if you're a beginner please do not do the same mistake that many of us (me included) made in their first guitar months: do not focus too much on the strum directions since what it is really important is to keep your strumming going syncronizing it to the song beat. If, like most beginners, you have still not developed the ability to play with steady timing, trying to replicate a specific pattern could be only frustrating: that's what happened to me. It is better to start with some easy straight patterns and learn to play them conformtably and then move on to more complex ones. The suggested pattern I gave is a wondeful, really versatile one which can be employed with excellent results with all 4/4 songs faster than 100-110 bpm speed (it can be played but it does not work so well with slow numbers since it is has too few strums!), but is is not immediate to learn since it involves syncopation (missing a downstrum) which is not easy for a beginner.

The best thing you can do is listen to a few examples of this pattern to understand how it should sound and then try to replicate it playing with metronome.

I give you a couple of links where you could listen to it and check if you're near to play it correctly

http://www.heartwoodguitar.com/blog/FolkStrumPatternLesson.wmv

http://guitar.about.com/library/weekly/aa082300e.htm

Cheers

Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-234152 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-234039 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:46:20 +0000
Thank you so much for your reply, your such a tremendous help! I just started playing the song with my stroke and naturally I came out to it that way. Although I have one concern.

the stroke I use is DOWN DOWN-UP UP-DOWN-UP.

You guys have this split into 4 d/du/u/du but I feel like the way i play it its more d/du/udu

is that a problem?]]> Easy Songs kirkland https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-234039 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-233978 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:14:14 +0000
to answer your questions:

a) do not focus on capital letters, what it is really imprtant is the slash which divide one beat from another, so that if I write that the pattern is

du/du/du/du

it means to play a downstroke (d) and an upstroke (u) for each beat;

b) the C/b is just a different C chord with a different fingering, but for the moment, since you're a beginner, don't care about it: just play the regular C and it will still sounds ok;

c) to understand how to play a pattern you have to be able to play at a steady time, so the first thing to do is try to recognize the beats and the measures in the song. As i said the song is in 4/4 so you have to count from 1 to 4 to complete a measure. Just listen a few times to the record and tap your foot alongside the beat. If everything is ok you could try to play it. At the beginning just play a downstrum for each beat and change chord like this


intro: play Am 4 times, F 4 times, C 4 times, G 4 times, C 8 times
verse: play C 16 times, G 8 times, C 8 times then repeat it
verse: F 4 times, G 4 times, C, 4 times, Am 4 times repeat it twice (last time substitute Am with an additional C)

Since the song is moderate pace (around 115 bpm if you play with metronome), you should be able to play one downstrum for each beat alongside the record quite soon


Cheers

Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-233978 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-233947 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:31:39 +0000
Im very new to guitar and music, for that matter, so I have some questions.

What significance does a capital "D" have when you describe the strum pattern and the slash?

Also, what's it mean when you place a slash between two chords like here with C/B:

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain

Lastly,

Can someone tell me what I would strum for perhaps the first few lines of the song. I'm a little confused as to how to relate the strum pattern to the song itself.

Sorry for my very silly questions.

Any help is appreciated, thanks.]]> Easy Songs kirkland https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/ccr-have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/#post-233947