Strumming Patterns (4 beats to the bar) 1 1 Basic Strum 2 'Skip' Strum 3 Basic Shuffle 3a - Variation 1 3b - Variation 2 3c - Variation 3 - Swing Shuffle 4 5 Country strum/ church lick 6 Calypso Strum 6a - Variation 1 6b - Variation 2 7 Reggae 7a - Variation 1 7b - Variation 2 7c - Variation 3 7d - Variation 4 8 8a 9 Chunk strum - Variation 1 'Hawaiian' strum 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 d d d d d Extra up-stroke d u (try other positions) d d Just down -strokes All down + up d u d u d u d u strokes d d 1 missing upstroke d u d u d u at start d 1 & 2 missing upd u d u strokes d u d u d u d Missing upstroke at the end Du Du Du Du Longer down: 'Bri-an' 'Bri-an' d d u d d d u u d d u u 1 & 3 missing up d u strokes A missing downstroke on the third d beat so that 2 upstrokes come d u together with a d u d u u d u Like a country d DU d D U strum or shuffle but with a characteristic d u D U d u D U Stronger off-beat - d - d - d - d - u - u - u - u - u d u - u d u d u Xu d u Xu d Xu d du d u du Marlow Ukulele Group u Xu u Dampen a downstrum with the fleshy part of the right hand. Faster 3rd beat - 2 ups at the end Brian Ward
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